Slices of Christmas

There are a lot of things I want to remember about this Christmas. It's a pretty landmark year; my Georgia's first Christmas, our first New York City Christmas, and our first Christmas away from family--unless you count the Christmases on the mission, and somehow, those don't count.


I went to some decent effort to make Christmas magical for my family this year, like my mom used to for my family. We continued some family traditions and we started a couple new ones. Here are a few of the more enchanting memories from Christmas this year:

Making Christmas cookies

Watching Christmas movies

 Having the missionaries over for dinner a few days before Christmas 

(no photos of this, but I really enjoyed it and want to make it a Christmas week tradition)

Christmas eve dinner with friends

The Christmas nativity pageant (Amelia's angel costume)

My girls by the Christmas tree

And handmade gifts. I made this doll for my Amelia, 

and I couldn't have wished for a better reaction.

Love at first sight. "It's my special doll! I love it!"

I love you too Babydoll. Forever's like. 

Merry Christmas.