Arizona Christmas cont'd

Okay, so I am still trying to figure this blogging stuff out, so I am sorry that everying is in reverse order, and definitely not in the format I would like, but I'm not going to spend any more time on this.

Even though were in Arizona for 10 days, and in Central Point for a couple days before that, we feel like the time flew by, and we wish we could have had more time with family. We were sad that we couldn't be together with our entire family, both Rich and I's, but we were thrilled to be able to spend time with those that were there. Thank you Schafers, Burnetts, and Sabey's for making this a very memorable Christmas. We love you all.


There is a reason why we don't wake Ryan up....he tends to get very grumpy. That is why he took a break from present opening Christmas morning and took a nap. (The phrase "Back off Jackson" comes to mind, with a certain other name attached to it...AKA RICH) We resumed later that day, eventually. He is small enough still that it didn't matter much to him anyways.
Ryan loved all the presents that he recieved...thank you to all our family that loves to spoil our children...and they really are spoiled! And the kids are sporting their new PJs made with love by their Grandma Holt. They both looked absolutely adorable and the other kids were jealous when Samantha and Ryan were the only kids to open a present on Christmas Eve. Thanks mom for giving me a reason to be able to import a little of the Holt ways of Christmas into the Burnett ways.

This year was really fun with Samantha. With all the Christmas hype, we still tried to teach her the true meaning of Christmas. However, we knew that we had somewhat failed when she was asked to give the dinner prayer a day or two before Christmas and proceeded to tell Heavenly Father what she would like Santa to bring her. It was truly a moment that makes a mother look good!! In the list she included a My Little Pony DVD that I knew I wasn't getting her, (I wasn't sure about Santa), but Aunt Monica and Uncle Steve pulled through with that. She was absolutely thrilled!!! Thank you guys!

Decorating Santa's cookies, with a few tastes here and there

Ryan trying to get to as many sprinkles as possible

Cousins enjoying the crafts that Aunt Laurel is so good to plan

What a happy family