Christmas!

Christmas is so wonderful with children!  Even though I wasn't feeling so hot over the holidays, I found so much joy in watching my family enjoy all of our fun traditions and taking time out from our busy life to relax and be together.  The kids got spoiled as usual and we got to split our time amongst both of our families.  I am very lucky that our kids don't wake up too early too :)  I love the sweet Spirit that invades our home during this time of year and I am especially grateful for the knowledge that I have of a loving Heavenly Father and a Savior who takes away pain and sorrow if we but rely on Him.  We are so blessed.

Coming downstairs to see what Santa brought!

Rick got a sweet Ducks hat

New jacket for me Yippee!

Kids got new duffels at Grandma Dyers

Fun at Nanas!

Christmas Eve

We love our traditions on Christmas Eve! We always gather for a fun dinner with the Dyer side of the family, which is a ton of us now.  We have a yummy dinner and then gather to hear grandpa tell us a Christmas story, and read the story of our Saviors birth as the little ones dress up as the characters. We then exchange presents with each other and head home for our own families traditions.  At our house we open our P.J's and then take our annual Christmas Eve picture in pajamas in front of our tree.  After that we talk about the gifts each of us give to our Savior that year and review previous years.  We have a white stocking with a story in it.  We had some funny gifts that Abby came up with the past couple of years..things like "I will stop biting," or "I will potty train"  Pretty cute!  We always leave food for the reindeer and santa and check the computer to see where santa is delivering. NORAD always shows us where he is. :)

Cousin Exchange

Syd loved her gift!

Cute kids!

Family Jammie Pic

Piano Recital

We had a family piano recital this December with all of the Dyer's. That is at least 25 or more of us...All of the kids and some of the adults got to share their skills.  It was fun to get together and see what all of the kids have learned.  I must say that the Dyer's definitely have some great musical ability :)

Syd-So Serious

Avery is our lefty so it is more work for her to learn with that right hand! :)

Adyson loves playing

Rick doesn't like to read music but he is very good at memorizing

Christmas Tree Hunt!

Our Tree!

Abby fell-not too happy :(

Avery was excited to get a turn to cut on the tree.

Family photo moment.

My boys love animals!

We love to try and go hunting for our tree every year at a local farm.  This year we got lucky and had decent weather.  The kids had fun looking for the tree, petting animals and having hot cocoa.  Abby took a spill in the dirt, but other than that we had a blast!