Six years old!

Lydia and Rachel just celebrated their sixth birthday! We had a lot of fun. We went to their kindergarten class to spotlight them on their birthday and we had some family over for cake and ice cream that day. Another day they had a party with friends and we enjoyed having a lot of girls over to our house. Just a note: Rachel has the black eye in the pictures. About a week and a half ago she had a bad fall on the playground at school. She was x-rayed at the doctor's for a possible broken nose or cheek bone. Luckily, nothing was broken. Her face actually looks a lot better now than it did a week ago!

They chose a ladybug cake for their birthday.

They wanted flower pot cupcakes for their party.

We love Rachel and Lydia so much and we're so glad they're part of our family. We're glad they had a fun birthday!

Time to baby-proof the house...

Because this little guy gets around!

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

We had a wonderful Christmas! I'm just slow at getting these pictures posted. We spent Christmas Eve as a family playing games, eating delicious food, and acting out the nativity. On Christmas morning we opened presents and later on we went to my parents' house for a delicious breakfast of Swedish pancakes. We were able to go visit Kenny's side of the family later that week and had a lot of fun there too!

Eating cookies at my parents' house on Christmas

Ready to open presents with cousins at Kenny's parents' house

The rest of the pictures were taken around Christmas so I thought I would include them in this post.

Hyrum has really learned how to get around. He is so close to crawling...but
in the meantime he rolls and scoots and lunges to explore the house.

Charity's preschool had a Christmas program and it was
a lot of fun to watch her participate.

We celebrated St. Lucia Day with my parents earlier in
December. It is a Swedish holiday that we celebrated as
I grew up because we have Swedish ancestors and
my dad served a mission in Sweden for our Church.

I always have a hard time seeing the Christmas season end. There is such a special spirit in the air as we commemorate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. I guess the key is to try to keep that feeling with us always as we remember our Savior and strive to follow His example. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!