Sunday, January 13, 2013

Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa

We loved having Grandma and Grandpa come for Christmas. 

 This year, Grandma Smith made the kids pajamas and pillowcases out of this cute LDS fabric.
 They looked so cute and love wearing them.
 Of course we made our traditional ginger bread houses and Lilly got right in on the action.

 We celebrated Adam's 33rd birthday by going to one of our favorite Mexican restauraunts.

 Charlie looking up the chimney to see if Santa Claus will fit. They were concerned by some cobwebs but the next morning they were gone so it must be proof that Santa came down the chimney. This year we were visited by a Christmas Elf who we called George because he was curious but sometimes we called him Elfy because he just looked like an Elfy. He would hide in different spots each morning and the kids had a blast finding him each morning even Lilly got super excited.
 Here's our big girl with her new purse which she calls her "backpack."
 This was the year of the quilts too. My mom made each kid a quilt. This is Sherrif Charlie Evans' quilt


 Finished roof project
 Laura's receipe quilt with receipes from both sides of our family
 Here is Jack's old blanket and his new blanket side by side.  He loves them both but will always have a special place in his heart for old standby.
 Our picnic quilt from Grandma Smith. We love it!

December Fun


 December was filled with Adam finishing his final projects including making a video tape of his senior projects. We are so proud of him
 Charlie and I went on his pre-school field trip to the Disney on Ice
 We bought a new car a Nissan Armada that the kids call the "Road Blocker" We love it but we're not big fans of the lack of trunk space.
 We went to Adams school Old Dominion in Norfolk and took pictures on his campus


 While in Norfolk, we went to Bush Gardens. Lilly rode the swings
 Jack and Adam rode the cool new rollercoaster- it was freezing but we drank lots of hot chocolate to make up for it.
 My activity girls doing our service project painting nails at a nursing home
 I wrote the Christmas sacrament program and a program for the Christmas party and took pictures of the branch kids in Nativity garb. These were our "little angels"
 Bush Gardens christmas lights