Christmas 2014

We had a great Christmas this year!  Braden and Logan are old enough now that they were really excited about it.  Of course, it was Kellen's first Christmas and he had no idea what was going on, but I like to think that he enjoyed it.

We started the season off just after Thanksgiving with decorating the house.  The boys enjoyed helping decorate the Christmas tree.

That weekend, our Elf on the Shelf showed up at the front door.  The elf watches the kiddos during the day and then when they are sleeping he flies back to the North Pole and reports back to Santa if they have been nice or naughty.  The boys named their Elf Ninja, of course.  Every morning he would appear in a different location and they had a lot of fun finding his new hiding places and what he had been up to.  Here are some of their favorites:

Of course, they had a visit with Santa...

We celebrated Christmas with my family the weekend before Christmas and it was really nice to have everyone together.  My parents and brother Matt flew in from Arizona.

Christmas morning was a blast in our house.  Here are some pictures and our video from that morning:

We also celebrated Christmas with Kevin's family the weekend after New Years, and here are some photos from that: