Christmas in Battle Creek

The whole weekend after Christmas was spent in Battle Creek. We stayed at the 'lake house' - what we are now calling Mem's house. :)

Happy kids on the drive down

Playing Zingo with Uncle Jeff and Tess

Presents! New sleeping bags, flashlights, playdoh, books...

 I gave Jeff his annual guinea pig calendar :)

Fun watching Tess open presents this year, too. :)

Saturday afternoon/evening we went to dad's house.
 Guitar playing

Some more presents

The whole crew

And then the night ended with snuggles

And story time back at the lake house.

We ended up leaving earlier on Sunday than planned because I got knocked down by the flu. :(
It was still a great weekend, though...with lots of great memories!

Christmas Day

For Christmas day, my dad, grandparents, and uncle came over to hang out with us for the morning - eat breakfast and open presents. :)

After being up late the night before, Camryn slept in until 8:45, but Taylor was ready to go at 7:30. She's not one to sleep in very long. :)
'Princess Elsa', surrounded by some of her gifts, eating an early breakfast.

She was being quite patient waiting for everyone to be ready for presents. Watching a little Charlie Brown Christmas before all the fun. :)

The crew eating breakfast.

Opening stockings and presents!

Taylor was very excited about her new My Little Pony castle

And Camryn was super excited about her new little Fur Friend Kitty.

While listening to a recordable Rudolph book, Cam's little kitty kept meowing and pouncing on her arm. It was making Cam giggle like crazy. :)

After opening presents, we headed to my grandparents place to eat brunch there.
Kitty had to come along.

And the girls needed to bring their backpacks so they could bring some of their new toys.

The girls in their Elsa and Anna costumes, relaxing after a busy day...two little sweeties.

It was a fun Christmas day!

Christmas Eve 2014

Christmas Eve was our first Christmas celebration this year!

Before heading to grandma and grandpa Slagh's house, Taylor and I went to the Christmas Eve service at Ridge Point together. Tay did really well, enjoyed the songs, the jingle bells they handed out, the children's story they read, and getting to have her own little candle. Unfortunately, the candle wax made it through the paper candle holder and dripped onto her finger, but she was pretty brave...just not sure she will want to have her own candle next year. ;)

After the service, it took us a bit to get home because there was so much traffic, and my little church companion was completely cashed out.

Then we headed to celebrate Christmas with Ryan's family.
These girls were pretty excited.

Annie - such a cutie :)

Cam got little homemade bedding for a crib she has, and she was all about putting lambie in the bed. :) Little nurturer...

It was a fun night!