the most wonderful season of all

The Christmas season is so magical with kids.  

We have been having way too much fun as 

we try to get in as much Christmas as we can!

Our friends, Pat&Meghan let us tag along to their local "Parade of Lights"

We aren't quite sure what we were expecting, but we so pleastantly 

surprise when we realized it was a parade full of high school bands & sports teams

with light strung around them- the simpleness reminded us of home and it just felt good!

We are pretty lucky because the REAL Santa Clause

visits our town every year!

I love how magical these pictures are.

Afton was very brave and asked Santa for some 

Princess Blocks & something to color. . . 

I cannot wait for Christmas morning!

 After visiting Santa, we enjoyed some time at the Pearl Street Mall.

 This is such a classic Afton picture. . .

she loves to dress pretty but doesn't care about being graceful- the combination is hilarious

and the girl modeling next to her makes it that much more apparent!

 Dancing to the live Miremba music. . . just trying to fit in with the hippies!

We have been trying to teach Afton about the TRUE meaning of Christmas.

One of our goals was to teach her the song, "Picture a Christmas"

Here is her singing the song. . . 

We hope you all have a Merry Christmas!