Countdown to Christmas

Christmas is in full swing over here in Florida, despite the lack of snow. I love traditions at Christmas and have been trying to continue on with some of the ones I remember from my family growing up. Rick's sister Trisha and her family have been here and we've been having a blast. Last night we went to a drive through lights place and left Cole and their new baby Matthew with Grandma and Grandpa and went to dinner and to look at lights. It was fun.The kids liked being out of their seatbelts and Brynnli liked driving the carWe decorated treats and have been having fun delivering them all week to our friends and neighbors

And we had our fourth annual Tolbert/Wernli Christmas on Sunday. It's nice to have friends who feel like family. Grandma and Grandpa T. joined in on the fun too.

Carson was just as excited to clean up the garbage as he was to open his gifts:)The kids had so much fun playing together, I can't imagine that next year there will be two more boys joining in (Kim is pregnant with twin boys due in March). Then we will have more boys than girls! We got to reinact the nativity with some of friends too, it was really cute and a Carson and Brynnli always love to dressup. Carson was a sheperd, Brynn an angel, and Cole was baby Jesus.

This is my absolute favorite time of year, for so many reasons, but mainly because the kids get so excited. I have loved trying to teach them what it really is about also, and have loved the story The Last Straw. The kids have been having fun trying to do secret nice things for eachother. Love it!