Christmas Bells are ringing

Christmas time is our favorite time of year! This year we were able to go to Preston the day before Christmas Eve and stay til New Years Day. We did so many wonderful things but we most enjoyed just having time off to spend together and with our extended family.
On Christmas Eve we built gingerbread houses, played games and opened one gift before bed. On Christmas day we went to a very nice Christmas service at church, and then spent the morning opening presents and having a delicious breakfast with my family. We spent the afternoon with Tyson's family opening gifts and having a wonderful Christmas dinner together.

My sister Shannon and nephew Hunter and Tyson's brother Tim and his family came down the following day and we were able to have a nice visit with all of them. Some of the other fun highlights of our trip were being able to go to the temple and on a nice date while we had family to watch the girls. My mom and I made an awesome quiet book for the girls, which took the bulk of three days and we had a fun New Years Eve party at my parents house! We are so blessed and when the holidays are over the next years festivities cant come around quick enough.

The Festival of Lights

We were able to go to the Festival of Lights at the Boise Botanical Garden on December 16th with our wonderful friends the Rekows. It was a beautiful place to get us in the Christmas spirit. Santa was there for the kids to sit on his lap and let him know what they wanted for Christmas. We had an awesome time and are so glad our good friends invited us!

Aurora turns 3

On December 5th, 2011 we have had our beautiful princess Aurora in our lives for three years. I can't imagine life without her now and my how our lives have changed in those wonderful three years. She is getting so big and she is learning so much! It is just amazing to see the changes that a child goes through in their first three years of life. Aurora Berlynn Andersen is approximately 3ft 4in tall and weighs 31.5 lbs. She can say her ABCs and knows what all the letters say. She can also count to ten and will be starting sunbeams class in primary on Sunday. She is super excited for the day she can start school and she is obsessed with her dad and I getting married (even though we already are).

On her actual birthday it snowed about 2 inches and so we were able to go use their new snow gear and go play in the snow and later that night we had a fun get together with our little family and had an ice-cream cake and opened presents.

Then two days later we had a birthday party for her with her cute little playgroup friends. Fortunately, we were blessed that Tyson was able to stay home with us for her first real birthday party too, so that was also a family event.

We love her dearly and are so blessed to have her as our daughter!