Christmas 2014!

 We finally got a couple of inches of snow right before Christmas.  The kids were excited to get some use out of their sleds on the elementary school hill.  It didn't last too long and they haven't been able to sled since.

 This year's ornaments represent Hannah and Asher's love of all birds and JJ's love of his dog!

 JJ and Asher made Santa cookies (chocolate crinkles) and Hannah made brownies to take to Charlie and Mary Ellen's house for Christmas Eve.

 I was pretty excited to meet this cute little guy! Dean is just adorable and so fun to hold.  It was wonderful to see Mary and Wes. We miss these guys so much!

 JJ is finally getting more comfortable with holding babies.  Although if it hadn't been Mary and Wes' baby in question he probably would have resisted.

 Hannah, of course, adored the little guy and would not give him up once she had him in her arms.  She loves babies of all shapes and sizes. She will be a great little mommy some day.

 Somebody knows how much Asher loves BYU!

Christmas Day! It was awesome that we got to have Christmas morning in our newly carpeted basement.  It was so cozy and comfy. Asher was pretty thrilled to see that Santa brought him a parakeet cage!  

 JJ asked for an art kit and he got a nice one that has lots of different art mediums like acrylic, watercolor and oil paints.

 These two are so weird.  Mouse layed down amidst the paper and boxes and Jax licked him like crazy.

 This is when Hannah realized that Santa got her parakeet stuff too so she could fulfill a dream that she never thought she would get - getting a parakeet too!

 Asher got these funky binoculars for bird watching and going to BYU basketball games.

 One of Asher's favorite gifts was this rock discovery kit.  He got to break the rocks out of the plaster. It made a huge mess but he had a blast . . . and then it was over and all that was left was a mess to clean up and two teeny tiny rocks.  Oh well. He loved it.

 Christmas day afternoon we went over to Grandma and Grandpa Madigan's house for a meal and a visit with the cousins.

I got this one page scrapbooked!  I am currently working on 2004 but these photos were cute so I wanted to work on them.  

 We welcomed Hannah and Asher's christmas present to our house a few days after Christmas.  Two parakeets named Cloud and Blue Lightening.  What have we gotten ourselves into now?