Christmas Eve at the Park

My parents, sister, and I decided to meet at the park for a picnic.  Grandpa had the day off and the boys love playing with grandpa.  He is always willing to play with them and takes them on such fun and crazy adventures.  He was helping them explore the lake.  I don't think Cameron stopped laughing the whole time.

 They were so happy playing in the reeds.

Hunter was pretty sure that these ducks were having a meeting.

 Grandpa helped Cameron climb a tree and he loved it.

Hunter was so happy to climb and jump on the rocks. 
I am loving all of the beautiful weather and sunshine.  It is making for an amazing winter.

Family Christmas Party

We had a great time at the family Christmas party tonight.  The boys absolutely love playing with their cousins and there were so many fun games and activities.

 Patrick was a great sport and let all of the kids decorate him like a Christmas tree.
Then we had a special guest come by to visit.

 Hunter was so excited to see Santa.  I loved watching him.

Cameron was a little nervous about Santa and wouldn't go over without his daddy.  I love the way Patrick is looking at him in this picture.  They are so cute together.
What a fun family party.

Missionary Brothers

 This morning Hunter woke up a lot before Cameron so I was telling him the story about Christ's Birth.  He was so sweet and cute listening and at the end he asked if he could bring a real Book of Mormon to church.  I was thinking he didn't need to because he cannot even read yet so I asked him why he wants the scriptures at church and he said "Mom, I just want to learn more."  It was so cute. 

The boys then both had to get scriptures for church and wanted to dress up like missionaries. 

Cameron wore Patrick's old mission tag to church and Hunter wore his future missionary tag.  They went up to the full time missionaries to show them.

 Then when they came home they both laid down on the couch and read their scriptures together.  They laid down and looked at their scriptures for 15 minutes and kept talking about how they were best friend missionary brothers.  I am so amazed at how much they understand and how much they want to learn.  They are absolutely amazing and fantastic little boys.  They bring me so much joy.

Riding on the Christmas Train

We rode on the Desert Breeze Christmas train. 

 

The boys loved the train, the lights, the hot chocolate, and especially the toys at the park.

Christmas Crafts

We have been crafting out like mad this season.  It has been such a fun thing with these two little guys.  They have their very own Christmas tree and love making tons of ornaments to decorate the tree.

Our snowman door. 

Bead Candy Canes

Hunter calls this his disco ball and I am pretty sure that is going to be in my car over my mirror at the end of the season. 

 Snowmen, ping pong balls. 

Twisted candy canes.

Hunter's name tree.

Sugar Cookies.

 Rudolph the toilet roll reindeer.

 Foam Ornaments.

 Mr. Mustache.

 Mr. Mustache 2

 Baking Soda plaster ornaments.

Hand Santa Claus.

Popsicle stick snowflake.

Popsicle stick tree.

I am so glad that my boys like to craft as much as I do.  I love looking out at my house and seeing all of their projects.

Play Ball

We had an impromptu baseball game with these two little guys today.

 They love playing baseball.

 They are so cute with their little gloves and so excited to hit the ball.

Picnics at the Park and Feeding Ducks

We went to the park for a picnic at lunch and fed the ducks.  The ducks were very picky and only liked the whole wheat bread that we threw.

 Going for a run at the park.  Then we decided to go to the research park for another picnic and duck feeding party.  These duck were not picky at all and loved every morsel of food we dropped.

We had a double picnic day and ended by walking down the Christmas street near where we grew up.