A Very Merry Christmas

We really had a very wonderful Christmas! There was just so much love, fun, family, food and greatness! We hosted our family Christmas party in our home on Christmas Eve (during the BLIZZARD, which I will get to later). All the Dyer gang plus more Dyers came along with Grandpappy, Mama Leslie and Mama Judy! We ate, ate and ate some more and then played our fun family tradition of our gift exchange (or gift stealing). We had some great laughs with it all!

Here is Bethany on Christmas morning playing with her new train set. Yes, she loves trains.

Silly Bethany . . . she looks like a toy solider, don't you think? She's a funny kid, that one.

Miss Elise just soaking it all in. Her first Christmas was definitely one to remember!

Getting ready for our family Christmas party. Bethany was great 'help' with getting presents unwrapped for everyone.

The Decked Halls of our home . . . it was really fun having all our decorations up. I loved to have the lights on everyday. Bethany would say "pretty lights" when they were turned on. Again, I love how the picture of the Savior is the center focus on the mantel. It just makes things right.

A side note . . . my uber-talented sister DeAnna hand-sewed the sockings for Bethany and Elise . . . aren't they BEAUTIFUL! I love them so much! Now we'll need her make matching ones for any future children we may have. :-)

The Christmas Tree