Tuesday, January 10, 2012

December 2011

December was a very busy month, so here it is in a nutshell!


Pictures with Santa at our ward Christmas party

I could tell Damon was thinking really hard about what to tell Santa he wanted for Christmas. It turns out he told Santa he wanted an elf. A REAl elf. Like one of Santa's ACTUAL helpers. A toy elf would not cut it. So needless to say, we had one of Santa's real elves (named Jimmy) write Damon a letter and put it in his stocking. It worked like a charm. :)




Our next stop was Darryl's annual work Christmas party, complete with a balloonist and face painting!


Valerie's balloon puppy

Kyle wanted elf ears.....


Of all the cute little things you could have painted on your face, Valerie chose the grinch!


Getting a gift from Santa!

Getting our face painted to look like Santa! haha We had to put Kyle's glasses on him to get the full effect

After the party, Darryl took the kids for a tour of the police department. Visiting daddy's desk!


We have the coolest dad! :)


On top of all the Christmas festivities in December, Darryl's adopted sister Corri was married in the LA Temple


Christmas Eve celebration with the Lauritzen side! That's a lot of kids!!


We had fun going to Bass Pro Shops with some friends and family to get a free picture with Santa.


'Twas the night before Christmas!



Santa's plate of cookies. I think Kyle was coming down from a sugar high....


Merry Christmas!

5 comments:

Snow Family said...

So many fun pics! I like the santa's face painting.

Mom said...

I got a good laugh from some of those pictures- so fun! Kyle looks tall & thin.

Deanna said...

I love that pic of the kids in their Christmas jammies in front of the fireplace. Oh and sorry if you ever thought my life was perfect ;)

LauraD said...

Cute! What a fun Christmas!

Cassandra said...

I love her Grinch face painting! Super cute. And I just have to say, you are such a pretty mom Michelle! :)