Morgan, Little Helper

Morgan is starting to get really active and "help" with chores, such as laundry and dishes.  I love that she is healthy, normal and active, even if it means that I don't get anything accomplished.

Update: This picture is about a month later, but still in the same topic.

Sweet Sleep

I can't get over how sweet children are when they are a sleep.  I might just take too many pictures of them doing it.  Here, Riley is sleeping with Baby Jesus and Cinderella and Eli is sleeping with Simba.  Below are a couple of pictures of Morgan sleeping in my bed.
Update 9-6-15: A few months ago, I discovered Eli snuggling with Riley. It was peculiar because he usually falls asleep first.  I told him, "You love your sister, don't you?" and he resonded, "Extremely, I just don't show it."

Above are some additional pictures from January of my kids sleeping, after a long day playing.  Below are some pics from February and March.

Christmas Books!

Ahh! My favorite Christmas Tradition, Christmas books.  I wrap dozens of Christmas books (it used to be 12, but our collection has grown) and each night the kids get to choose one to open.  It is great, because I try to focus on the more religious books so that it will remind them of the true meaning of Christmas.  The kids love it because theys get to open a present.  They know that when the books are gone, Christmas is here.

Putting up the Christmas Tree... Again!

Grandma wasn't planning on putting up her Christmas tree because she would fly in from Virginia and not really have a lot of time.  I knew she wanted it up and it's not like my kids would mind (or Mommy needs to keep them busy), and so we put it up.  It might have been a little extra work, but I think my mom enjoyed having her own tree up.

Ornament Pics

I love to take cute pictures of my kids on Sundays and during Christmas time, I like to use them for ornaments.  I thought, why not share them?

Santa!

Here are my kids with Santa from the ward Christmas party.  Riley was in love with Santa and wanted to stay on his lap forever and talk with him.  After we were done, she wanted to keep going back to the room he was in to find him.  I told her that the other kids wanted to spend time with him too.  The kids were all good, but the baby was mostly curious.  I guess that is better than screaming and crying.

My Beautiful Children