My Christmas 2010

We had so much fun this Christmas. We spent the Christmas weekend at the Strongs down in Claresholm. On Christmas eve the weather was so gorgeous so we went outside in their backyard and played around in the snow.





I took this opportunity to take some cute pictures of the girls. Hannah didn't mind when I was taking pictures of her, but Taylor was completely ignoring me, I was lucky to get any of her.















These next two are my favorite of the whole weekend.





Then Joe and the kids started making a snow fort. Since Joe was involved, you know it was going to be good.





Then Pop pop drove over to give the kids a ride behind the quad. They all loved it!









Then Joe took some pictures of me and kept working on the fort.





When we got back in the house, this is what we saw...



Taylor wiped out off the sled and got a scrape on her face. I didn't see it happen, but let's just say she rode on the quad instead of riding behind it the rest of the weekend.



On Christmas eve night, we all went on a hay ride and went caroling around the Strong's neighborhood.



We had a Christmas program and recreated the nativity where the kids dressed up.



Then we got out all the food and ate like crazy! Such good food, wings, mini quiches, potato skins, shrimp...and the list goes on.



The girls were very excited for Christmas morning!





On Christmas morning, the girls had fun opening all their gifts.







And of course, kitty was there...



Taylor's favourite gift was her DSi. She played it almost all day.



Hannah's favourite gift was a new tutu. At first she didn't want to try it on, but after tricking her to try it on she hasn't taken it off for very long.





Later on Christmas day, we all went back outside again to play!







And we had a snowball fight! I was holding the camera so luckily I wasn't involved.





Then Joe got back to work on the snow fort.



When the snow fort was done, they put a tarp over the top to complete it!





Hannah also got her face painted by Auntie Niki. She loved it! She didn't want want me to wipe it off but we had church the next day.



I took some pictures of the girls before church the next day. They looked so adorable in their Christmas dresses.



Hannah made this face when I told her to pose for a picture.



It was her last day in nursery. She had her first day of sunbeams last Sunday and it went really well. Her teacher told me she was the only one sitting still and listening during sharing time and that she was so good that she deserved a treat!





That night was our last night and the girls wanted to sleep in the snow fort with Daddy.







I was a little nervous that it might be too cold but they had so much fun and they weren't too cold. During the night, Joe woke up and saw Hannah completely out of the sleeping bags, and Taylor had fallen out of the sleeping bags and was sleeping against the snow wall. I am guessing they didn't get a lot of sleep because they both fell asleep for most of the 4 hour ride home the next day.

It was a short but fun holiday. It went by way too fast. But enough of winter, bring on summer! I might have to wait a while.