Edmunds Family Party

It's always been a tradition in my family that we visit our Grandma on Christmas day. This year was a little different. We all went to visit her the Saturday before Christmas. That way Christmas day won't be so crazy for everyone. Andrew wasn't able to come because he had to work. I always enjoy visiting my Grandma. She is so sweet and cheerful. She is 94 years old and is doing great. Maddy and I had a great visit with our extended family and took some pictures.

Three Generations.

Four Generations.

Grandma Ed, Maddy, and I.

My sweet Grandma and I.

Gingerbread House

Madeline and her cousin, Samantha, made gingerbread houses over Thanksgiving weekend. I finally got some pictures of the gingerbread house that Maddy, Grandma Long, and I worked on. We had a lot of fun making them. Madeline and Samantha especially liked the candy. Here are some pictures of the final product:

Traditions.

This year we started some new traditions with Madeline. We wrapped up 25 different Christmas books (I got most of them from DI so they were very inexpensive; library books would work great too). Madeline opens one present each night before bed and we read her the story. She has really enjoyed getting to open one present each evening. Another tradition that we started this year is in this month's Friend magazine. There are 25 different stories about Jesus from the scriptures starting with his birth and going through his life, death, and resurrection. Each evening we read the story of Jesus and Madeline gets to color that set of scriptures for the day. We have had so much fun that I think we will do it each year.

Here is a picture I took of the books wrapped up.

Here is the activity from this month's Friend magazine. Madeline colors in the set of scriptures each day.

Four Year Old Pictures.

I took Madeline to get some 4 year old pictures taken at Target Studios(even though I am a couple months off). The pictures turned out really cute and Target does a really good job (and they aren't too expensive). Here are some of the different poses they did.

Snow Day!

I took this picture to show all the snow we got today. It sure looks pretty!

Today was our Ward Christmas Party. It was a breakfast/pajama party. Andrew had to work so he was not able to attend. We had a great breakfast, a short program, activities for the children, and a special visitor. Madeline and I had a great time. When the party was over and we walked outside, our car was covered with snow. It snowed all day.

Madeline is making a snowman.

Here is the final product (looks kind of like an alien).

Madeline is proud of her snowman.

Madeline and her friends. Her friends were pretending to be Santa Claus and asking what Maddy wanted for Christmas. It was cute to watch them.

All the children waiting for the special visitor.

The special visitor was SANTA CLAUS. Madeline told Santa she wanted a snow white pollypocket and an angel for Christmas. Santa gave her a candy cane (which she ate the whole thing right away) and told her to be good for her parents. She is really good for her parents.

What a fun Party!

Cousins.

Today, Madeline and I went to my mom's to visit. Here are some pictures of Madeline with her cousin Peyton. He is getting so big and he is so cute.