Christmas Parties Already!

Last week I gave Lyza and Nixon our old point and shoot cameras to play with. They had so much fun!

They even put this hat on Henry and took pictures of him

 We had a little bit of an eruption... 

 The kids enjoyed the Tabernacle Choir singing the Hallelujah Chorus during the Christmas devotional last week

 Mason looked cute in this sweater from Peter and Jane's wedding

 Now that Figgie the elf is in our house Nixon really wanted to dress up just like Figgie

 Fruit kabobs make Mason happy

 Mason felt left out of this preschool game

 Henry sitting in the Bumbo

 Mason educating him

 When you get a little snow you play on the trampoline. It didn't last long (the playing and the snow)

 Life is great when the play well together

 I am not sure why Nixon looks so sad

 This daily activity has been a hit with the kids

 Lyza is really good with Henry

 He is way too big for the Bumbo! Look at him taking a selfie

 We did some Christmas crafts together this week

 Our tree looks beautiful again this year (almost like it is the same tree ;) We put it in the living room for the first time this year which is nice because we end out seeing it more

 Every once in a while Lyza will catch a costume bug

 Hot chocolate with mom. Lucky girl!

 Preschool this day was the letter "k" so the kids all got kangaroo pouches and had to collect letter in them

They played pin the star to the Christmas tree

 Mason wasn't even blind folded ;)

 Lyza performed with a primary choir for a Stake/community Christmas event

 There were lots of nativities set up in the gym

 On Saturday night we had our ward Christmas party. Santa was there and all of the kids got to see him and sit with him. Mason was surprisingly fearless

 Lyza presented him with a list of things she wanted

 Nixon was star-struck and completely froze when Santa asked him what he wanted for Christmas

 Henry had no issues but didn't say much

 The kids enjoyed their desserts

 I was probably the best dressed

 The boys helped me vacuum afterward

I got pictures of each of the kids before church this morning (Kim obviously didn't have an early meeting this morning)

 Nixon gave a talk in primary and did a great job

Here is a video that Google made for us showing Mason growing up

Now that our two oldest kids are aspiring photographers/videographers they would like to showcase some of their work occasionally on the blog

Here is the picture Nixon chose

Here are a few that I found in his camera roll that I like:

An inhaler can't slow her down

 This captures Mason's personality so well

 Good portrait of Henry

 And here is a video that offers a glimpse into how a 4 year old sees the world

Here is the video Lyza chose

Here are a few that I found on Lyza's camera that I like:

This one is what we see all the time now that the two of them are playing with the cameras

I like this one because it captures Henry's cute belly

I like this one because it has the most beautiful subject I know ;)

 That's all for now, take care!