Christmas Time in Utah

Here are a few random photos that were taken during the week leading up to Christmas.

North Pole Express

Heidi and Blair treated us to a fun trip to the North Pole on the North Pole Express a few days before Christmas! Tanner was in heaven. We got to eat cookies and hot cocoa, and we also got to meet Mr. and Mrs. Claus! They gave us magical bells and a cookie recipe. It was totally awesome. 

Utah for Christmas!

Here are the kids at the Denver airport watching airplanes through the window as we waiting during a ridiculously long layover. The kids were so excited to surprise their Grandma and Grandpa Niederhauser! Grandma and Grandpa had no idea that we were coming that day. It turned out to be a pretty great surprise for them!

Here are the kids in their Christmas outfits for church on Sunday. 

 Tanner loves to hold Baby Brooke.

Our Early Christmas (Dec. 14)

We celebrated our Christmas on December 14, because I had to pack on the 15th and fly to Utah on the 16th. So here are a few fun pictures of the kids opening their presents. (And these first 2 pictures are to show Brooke's Christmas outfit that her Grandma Oaks gave her.)

Here is Brooke's new peek-a-boo Elmo. She loved it!

Naughty Boy

Tanner drew all over the floor with black crayon. Immediately after I saw it, before I even had time to react, he ran to the cleaning closet and grabbed some rags to clean it up. I didn't even have to ask him to clean it up. I was surprised at how sweet he was about it. Unfortunately for him, crayon doesn't come off with just wet rags. So I let him wipe for a while, and then when he got discouraged, I pulled out the magic eraser. Worked like a charm.