Monday, December 31, 2012

Digging December

Wow- not only did December fly by, but so did 2012.  It seems so strange that another year has already come and gone.  As always, I had a ton of fun pictures and videos that I wanted to share.  I hope you enjoy!
Garrett loved dancing to the music from the nativity stable!
Earlier this month, we received a package from Grandpa and Nana Harrison.  Tori was so excited to see what was inside!
It was a beautiful bell to remind us Who we really believe in and why we really celebrate Christmas!  Garrett and Tori loved playing with it- it did eventually find its way onto our tree!
Garrett was a great untangle-and-check-out-the-Christmas-lights helper!!!
Tori and Daddy did a great job decorating our front flower bed!
I just adore this picture of Tori!!!
Yeah for story time!
 I finally caught Garrett going down the slide!!!
A box of diapers makes a perfect place to sit and hang out for a bit!
Garrett is in heaven whenever a car is attached to the end of his hand!
One day we got to play with dinosaur robots during our Library's story time- they were really neat!  Tori was fine with our dinosaur as long as I was holding him.  And Garrett was fine until he started to move!
Garrett has a knack for waking Daddy up!!!
Grandma and Grandpa Allen sent us a new Christmas ornament this year! What could it be?
Hurrah- it is our family and Robin the Tree!!!
It's amazing how much room a cupboard has when you take out all the tupperware bowls.  This one will now fit Tori and Garrett quite comfortably!
The drawer under the stove is Garrett's new favorite place to hid his toys and any lid he can get his hands on!!!
I love it when my two boys get to have story time together!!!
I have no idea why, but Tori thinks this is a really comfortable place to hang out!
A few days before Christmas, we received a really special package for our family.  G-Gpa and G-Gma Jones made us an adorable bear to hang on our wall!  Even before it was all the way opened Jared was so excited.  His family had one of these bears hanging on their wall while he was growing up.  The fun part is that our bear has an accessory for every month!  Tori and Garrett (and me and Jared!) are going to have so much fun with our very special bear!!!
The package also included a present for Tori from Uncle Derek and Uncle Alec.  For Tori's Christmas present, they made her a beautiful necklace with Cinderella's carriage on it!
You guys did great- Tori loves, loves, loves it!!!
Every year we try to get a family photo in front of our Christmas tree.  With no visitors this year, I was a little worried that it wasn't going to happen.  But, we set the timer on our camera and gave it a shot.  I seriously think this picture is one of our Christmas miracles- everyone is looking at the camera AND smiling!!!  
Well, that's it for us- Allen and Co. signing off for December and 2012!  We are so excited to see what adventures 2013 is going to bring!!!

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