December

 December was a blast!  Every year my high school friends have the Annual Christmas Party!  Dinner and white elephants and good company.  This year we gave an old fashion hair dryer that we found at my grandma's house when we moved in.  I gotta be honest, it is probably one of the better white elephants that we have given!  Cameron is the one that got it.  He had to try it out!

 We decided this year to start a family tradition.  The Burton's decided that we will start with the oldest sibling and every year go to the next down.  The person in charge is to find someone who needs some help during the holidays and as a family we will help them.  Brady thought it would be good to do a sub-for-santa for the Christmas Box House.  We all met at a Wal-Mart and bought the gifts for some kids.  We got EVERYTHING on their lists.  It was so much fun and the kids really enjoyed helping someone else out.  That is what Christmas is all about, helping those around us!  After we bought the gifts we went to Iggy's for dinner!  It was a lot of fun, and I can't wait to do it again next year!  I hope that it teaches Laney and Reese how to give to others and enjoy the true spirit of Christmas.

 We went to Fresh Market to see SANTA!  It was free and no lines!  It worked for us this year!  Laney asked for a purple bike and a popsicle!  Reese was just confused!

 We had our annual Poll party!  We have dinner and then games and more games and a spiritual thought in the end.  This year the Nativity part came right after dinner.  It was too cute!  Laney was Mary and posed so well on stage.... After everyone was off the stage she sat their smiling for the camera all alone, she was very proud. 

 Can't forget the lights at the park!  We were to lazy to get out this year, so we just drove around in our car.  Reese enjoyed driving.... not really, we were at a stand still for this picture! 

 I love sleeping pictures....look at those cheeks! 

 On Christmas Eve Laney and Reese got some pajamas from mom and dad.  We made cookies for Santa and left him some milk!  Laney asked us if Santa would leave her one!

 Santa left her one and a half!

 Reese opened up a rattle that was just like mine when I was a baby...huh, Imagine that!  :) She also got a dress from grandma and grandpa Pendleton, some toys and clothes from the Burton Grandparents!  Brady's family bought her a walker and she loves it!  Reese also took about 5-6 steps on her own on Christmas Eve...little stink, she is not even 10 months old.

 Laney opened up a princess barbie...Okay she got every princess barbie size, thanks to Target selling them ALL  in one box!  She also got a purple Tangled bike!  She loved her princess band-aids that Santa left in her stocking!  When she woke up, I thought she would be a bit more excited, but she was really confused.  She came out looking for Santa thinking she would get to see him.  Once she started opening gifts, she was happy and excited!  She was so excited that Santa left her a cookie!

 Reese loved the wrapping paper!

 One of Brady's kids drew Laney's name for Christmas, and believe it or not.....she got the crazy hair Lalaloopsy dolls!  (Just an FYI,,,,that was one of the hard gifts to find this year...HUGE demand!)

 In December we put the girls in the same room.  For a while it was not working.  I would walk in to check on them and Laney would run from the crib to her room to pretend she was asleep!  Reese gave it away by growling and talking to her.

 Laney opened up the game Candy Land after church because Santa (the silly guy) forgot to put it under the tree and left it in the storage room!  She loves it.  She also loves to make up her own rules!

Scott and I have been married 7 years this December.  We talk about it all the time..about how 7 years ago we would of laughed if someone told us we would have two wonderful little girls.  We would of laughed if someone told us we would get excited to go to Sam's club almost weekly, date night that consists of watching the news, bathing little girls on a Friday night and having a blast doing it!

The year 2011 was a great year for us.  We created many memories and had a lot of fun and grew quite a bit.  We added a member to our family, I got a new job, went on some trips, changed wards, just to name a few.  We are excited to see what joy and experiences the year 2012 will bring!