Christmas Eve

Every year for Christmas Eve we go to my parents house. We eat & eat, play games, chit chat, and just relax. We all had fun. It was nice to get together with everyone, and to see some friends we haven't seen in a while.

After the party we put the kids into their Christmas PJ's. They looked so cute!

I had to post this picture, I thought it was so darn cute. It is Cash and his cousin Max. We could take a hundred more pictures and never get one like this again. So cute!

Christmas Party

Last night was our annual Sorensen Family Christmas Party. It's always so much fun to get together with the family, especially for the kids. I don't think Ava sat down for more than 2 seconds, she was constantly running around. She had so much fun playing with all her cousins, but that quickly changed when we attempted to place her on Santa's lap. We have been trying to explain the whole Santa thing to her, but I don't think she quite gets it yet. So after about 15 minutes of crying she settled down, but stayed her distance. On the other hand Cash did great on Santa's lap, just looked up at him and stared. Besides the Santa incident it was a fun night. Looking forward to next years party!

(Cash and Santa)

(Ava crying)

(Cash taught Mike how to suck on his thumb!)

(The Fam)

(Cash "Party Pooped")


P.S. Congratulations to my brother and his wife on the birth of their beautiful little girl.

LET IT SNOW!

Yeah, it finally snowed!

After it finished snowing on Saturday, we let Ava go out and play in it. Last year she was only 9 months, so I don't think she remembers it. She looked so cute in her snow clothes, and had lots of fun teasing Chief and making snow angels with her daddy. Poor Cash misses out on everything, he was sleeping. But I'm sure there will be plenty of other snowy days for him. Here are some pictures.

I feel bad, I only really post pictures of Ava so here is a picture of my cute little boy.

The Butler Elves

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Up Down

Ava and I play this game called up down where I throw her up high in the air and catch her. She was getting really brave and liked going higher and higher, so I had Rach take some pics of us outside. She is really active and loves playing. I am so happy that she is a healthy kid. She would rather play and read than watch TV. Yes!

Temple Square Lights

Last night Mike asked me if we wanted to go up and see the lights at Temple Square. I thought it might be fun for the kids to see them, and to have some family time. We asked my mom and dad to come with us. Little did we know that there was something going on at the Conference Center so there were hundreds of people, it was crazy. Plus we got some cardio in, walking as far as we did! Besides that the weather was awesome and we all had a good time. It was fun to hang out with the family. Here are some pictures from the outing.

(Cash's hat kept falling down over his eyes. He was quiet and never cried so half the time we didn't know it was like that, poor kiddo!)