Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!

 We had an excellent holiday season. As the kids get older holidays get more fun.

We had our Bailey party at Joys house this year. We ate a lot of great food, and played some fun games.  Wesley even got decorated!

 I don't have many pictures of my parents, so I decided to throw this one in.

 Doesn't he make the cutest little tree.

 Here are a couple more cute little trees.

 And we can't forget my sweet reindeer.

 On Christmas Eve we have the Borgstrom Party. The kids had a lot of fun dressing up and acting out the nativity.

Wesley was a so excited to be a Wiseman.

 Jaycee was a shepherd.  She was pretty upset that she didn't get to be Mary. All the girls wanted to be Mary. She thought if she was Mary she would get to hold Elsie, like a baby. Elsie is almost one, and not about to let anyone hold her like a baby! She wants to be on the move.  She is actually in this picture, she started out in the basket.  That didn't last long. You can kind of see her behind Logan.

Every year Grandma LouLou makes the kids pajamas.  The kids love them.

We had fun and played games. Telestrations was so funny.  I was in tears laughing so hard.

Wesley was a little nervous to go to sleep that night.  He wanted to sleep with us.  I assured him that Santa Claus would not be coming into his bedroom. Lucky for us they both fell asleep really fast.

They love finding what's in their socks.  This year they got electric toothbrushes! And they love them.

 I love his little under bite.

 Both the kids got watches this year. Wesley's was a Marvel and Jaycee got a Hello Kitty.

 On one of our 25 days of Christmas we took the kids to the dollar store and they were able to pick a few things out for each other and for us.  This hat is one of the things Jaycee pick for Wesley.

It's funny, Mike took each of the kids, separately, to pick something out for me, and they both picked out a hand held mirror.  Mike said there were a couple to choose from, but they both picked the same one.

 On Wesley's list this year was a watch, an alarm clock, a telescope (which was really a magnifying glass), and a finder sing (which was a metal detector). He got three of the 4 things.  No metal detector this year.

On Jaycee's list was lip stick, high heels, a dress that touches the floor, and chalk for her hair. She also got three of the four things. No high heels, and she made sure to tell me that her dress doesn't touch the floor. I told her I did my best. Dresses that touch the floor are hard to find.

 Santa brought us a Wii U this year.  We've had fun trying to figure that out.

After we opened our presents we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Baileys and had breakfast and opened our exchange gifts.

Here's some of the kids.

 My mom asked me to make all the girls dolls this year.  What a project that turned out to be. I think they turned out pretty cute...I might be a little bias. Me and Jaime picked out which doll would go to who. It was funny, when they opened them some of them matched their owner. Abbie and Ellies were exact matches. Kailey's and Paige's matched pretty good too.

 Me and Mike were there, we were just on camera duty all morning.

On New Years Eve we spent the night with the Borgstrom side of our family.  We played games, and ate way too much food. 

 Everyone made it until midnight.

Wesley had a lot more fun this year then last year.  He enjoyed the horns and the loud noises.  Mike and his dad tried to light fireworks for about 5 minutes.  It turns out LouAnn bought big poppers, not fireworks.  That was funny.

 Here's all the Borgstrom cousins, except Elsie.

 Ringing in the new year.

We are so lucky to have family so nearby. We even get to spend the holiday with Andrew, Cheryl, Miriam, and Quentin. The kids counted down the days until they got here.  I'm not sure if they were more excited for Christmas, or for them to get here. I love that my kids get to grow up with their cousins as best friends. It really is remarkable. I love that they are all such great kids. I love spending time with mine and Mikes siblings and parents.  They are all great also.  We truly are blessed

Speaking of being blessed Bensen still hasn't made his arrival. I went to the doctor on Monday, she said he is measuring 7 lbs, 2oz! Jaycee was 7lbs, 3oz when she was born! Bensen is averaging out at 40 weeks. I will be 37 weeks on Monday. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks he will decide to make an appearance.  If not he will for sure be here by the 19th.