It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

This past Christmas we loved doing some of the things that are quickly becoming traditions for our little family, and visiting Santa is one of our favorites!  The kids always make beautiful letters for him.  This year we saw Santa when he came to our mall, and then after we got to ride on the train!

We loved having our Texas Hall cousins come to town for Christmas.  Aunt Christa makes the BEST caramel apples, EVER, and se was nice enough to do some for us all to share!

Before school let out, Mom got  to go to Steven's class party and help decorate gingerbread houses.  They were all amazing!

We love Miss Evans and Miss Tanya!

 We got to do more gingerbread house decorating with Grammie, and it was so fun!  The kids all really got into it.

 

As always, Aunt Alison outdid herself with the most incredibly delicious Christmas Eve brunch.  Mmmm, mmmm, LOVE that tradition!

A big Hall family Christmas would not be complete without a visit to Scooter's Jungle!  We love that place!

Since we were sleeping at Grammie and Papa's house on Christmas Eve, we decided to first open some gifts at home with just our little family.  I think we all enjoyed some few, quiet moments together--it was really special.  Also, we told our kids that our family was going to get a little bit bigger in August!  We are having another boy!  Woohoo!!!

Lots of people means lots of gifts!

 It was a special treat to get to see our friends the Morgans since they were in town for Christmas.  Our kids really enjoyed each other, too.

 And we loved getting to see Lauren!!!  Rebecca cannot understand why BYU takes so long or why Lauren would actually choose to go when it does.  We love this girl and miss her so much.  She was so thoughtful and brought gifts for all of the kids.  We are sooooo excited that, as of next week, we will be officially related to this amazing girl and family!  Her brother is marrying my cousin.  Yay!