Christmas 2012

We had a wonderful Christmas season. We tried to be very purposeful in trying to make time for fun family activities and not get caught up in just being "busy" this year. Before our big trip to Phoenix, we enjoyed lots of holiday activities at home with Nana and Papa. There were snowmen to build, gingerbread houses to decorate, a sweet baby Jesus to visit, and many, many Christmas lights to see. Preston was especially thrilled with the Christmas lights this year. Everywhere we went he was ooohing and ahhhing over the lights he could see at night. It was so sweet.

We even got to spend some fun time with Uncle Blakey Boy before we headed out of town.

Our trip to Phoenix was wonderful. It was so great to reconnect with family and great friends! We were busy running all over town trying to spend time with everyone, but it was well worth it. Another bonus was being able to attend Christmas service at our church. I dolled the kids up in some "not so traditional" Christmas outfits this year, and I think they looked adorable!

 We got to spend Christmas morning with Grandma Margie. We had some very excited kids who woke up to see that Santa had brought the perfect presents! Gracelyn got her Princess and the Popstar Barbie doll. Addison got her Doc Mcstuffins doctor kit, and Preston got his big dump truck with lots of hotwheels to go with it!

 

The rest of Christmas day was spent with our WHOLE family. I was happy to see the girls were still so comfortable with being around our huge, LOUD Italian family! Preston, on the other hand may need a few more visits before he gets used to the craziness. Ha! Needless to say, it was a FUN day! My favorite part of the day was that night when we settled down with just our immediate family to open presents with Grandma and all the aunts, uncles, and cousins.  It was such a sweet time to share with them!

We could not have asked for a more blessed Christmas season! It was such a joy to be able to spend this Christmas with our family in Phoenix. The only thing that was missing were our cousins in North Carolina who were not able to visit this year. We missed them dearly and it was not the same without them there! We really look forward to getting ALL the cousins together for holidays in the future.