Merry Christmas!

This Christmas was such fun for so many reasons! We have our precious Gavin here with us this year to enjoy and love on! Nothing like a baby at the holidays! Garrison at 3 was so excited about all things Christmas. He kept proclaiming, "It's my first Christmas!" I think he didn't remember much from last year so in his mind this was the first time he'd done it all! The house was all decked out inside and out and both boys loved all of the excitement. Garrison enjoyed baking day with Mommy and Mema and was a really good helper. My brother Devin came to town and it was awesome to spend some time with him. Gavin LOVES Devin from the time they first met a few months back and even now Gavin acts as if Uncle Dev is here every day.
We went to Church Christmas Eve. It was a family service but I spent most of the service walking the building with Gavin. He's on the move these days and doesn't have time to sit still!After church we had dinner at my parents house with my brother, G.G. and the Tomasini Family. Kevin and Devin were roommates and team mates at ASU so we've know him and his wife Rena for over 10 years now! They have 4 sweet kids that Garrison loved playing with and proclaimed their boys his best friends! It was a fun night. When we got home we opened one gift, PJ's and got ready for Santa! We left a note with milk, cookies and carrots, opened the fire place, then finally left oats for the reindeer on the lawn. After such a fun and late night both boys went right to sleep.
Santa and Mrs. Clause got right to work. We transformed the playroom and put the gifts under the tree. We were up til 2 getting everything put together and Garrison woke up and told me Santa was stomping on the roof. Luckily he went right back to sleep and didn't come down stairs. The next morning we woke up to Garrison GASPING, "Wake up everybody Santa was HERE! WAKE UP!" It was so cute. He did come in our room and waited long enough for daddy to open his eyes and mommy to straighten up and grab the camera. Then the fun began! We saw all the gifts and Garrison was sure Jesus had given all his birthday gifts to him. We sang happy birthday to Jesus then opened gifts! Gavin was happy just to walk around everywhere and got excited by the car Santa left for him.
After our family celebration we went to be with my family at my parents house. It was a great time and Garrett was given the Kendall Family Goose. Watch out for it on the mantel and I'll tell you the story. We had a great day the best part was being with family.
Then on the 27th we went to celebrate some more with the Blanks in San Jose. We feel blessed to get to celebrate with so much love that it takes more than just the actual days to get it all done! We had a great trip down and Garrison loved seeing his cousins. Gavin again was happy as can be and just loved all the love and walking all around.
We hope you had a joyful Christmas! Here are a few pictures from our celebrations.