December 2013

We had just finished reeling from my mom's brain surgery when my dad went in to finally get his ribs fixed that he broke back on Memorial Day in a 4 wheeler crash. They thought they were going to have to plate 9 of them but only ended up having to do 2. He still had to stay in the hospital for 11 days! It was not very fun for him. He and mom are recovering at home and glad to be there! To top that off, my sister-in-law Jayme aslo had surgery on her thyroid on the 26th. She is doing great as well too thank goodness.

Lily loves her tomato soup :)

 
 Our Little Monster:

What a fun and crazy month. Lily was a little more into Christmas this year but still a little wary of Santa. She loved her presents and getting together with family and friends though!

We got to go on the Polar Express to see Santa Claus! We went with Amber, Brad and their kids and Amber's family.

Lily is our Computer Genius! :)

I had my Christmas Piano Recital on the 15th. All 7 kids all did great! I'm glad there isn't another recital until June though!

Craig was Santa Claus for their ward party. Some of the grandkids came over to get some pictures with him. Lily loves her Bapa but not so much in a Santa Costume. It kind of freaked her out!

We got a lot of snow this month!

 Lily got a new big girl carseat! We still haven't put it in the car yet because we are lazy and worried we are going to do it wrong ha ha. She loves to sit in it in our living room and watch her shows. Buckled and everything!

Finally Christmas! We did what he have done for the last 8 years: We went to my parents early on Christmas Eve, about noon and hung out there all day. My family all came over and we ate delicious Cafe Rio style pork or chicken salads with some other yummy mexican sides. Then we did the Nativity. Lily was an angel for the 2nd year in a row and she made quite the cute one! Then we opened presents. Lily got a lot of cute princess themed presents from her cousin Bentz. Then we ate dessert and relaxed for a little bit.

Our sweet angel

I love her cute ringlets

Daddy and his little angel

Lily with her constant sidekick dog

Bapa Stoker and Lily

Lily loves Tyler and Anna

My niece Marisa with her braid beard being a Wise Man

Michael was the donkey!

This picture cracks me up! Don't worry she didn't fall. 

Around 8 or so we went to the Maloufs just in time for their family Nativity. Lily was an angel again! We got to see Aunt Diane, David, and Cheryl for a bit before they headed home. Then Grandma gave everyone the traditional Christmas Eve gift: Pajamas :) 3 of the families slept over! Lily had refused to take her nap earlier and by this point it was about 10, 3 hours past her bedtime! She was excited to go to sleep. All the adults got to hang out and get Christmas ready. I snuck in Lily's room and went to sleep. Around 3 she woke up with a poopy diaper :( She wouldn't go back to sleep after we changed it too. She just kept talking to me all night. She finally fell asleep around 7. We were both so tired! We got up at 10 to do Santa with everyone and she went back to bed right after and opened the rest of her presents later.  We were all a little too spoiled this year! It was a fun day.

Malouf Family Nativity

Lily getting help from her cousins Emmy and Erin.

We were going to sleep over again on Christmas but Lily woke up at about 11 and I knew I couldn't do another night like the night before so we headed home. At least we got to stay up late and play games!

It was such a fun holiday! I love Christmas! We are excited for more fun, family, and games on New Year's!