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We celebrated Lincoln's big day on Saturday night at my parents. He was SO tired and a little grumpy (my fault that he did not have an afternoon nap). We made him a little basketball cake that he wanted NOTHING to do with. He just screamed, wouldn't touch it, and got pretty ticked when I put some frosting in his mouth. I'm sorry to say that I didn't get any pictures of that on my camera. Here are some I did get.

who says you can't get spoiled on your birthday even if it is 3 days after Christmas?!

maggie pretty much opened all of his presents for him.

one tired boy.

he did say "ba" meaning "ball" when he saw it. at least he knew what it was!

I can't believe it has been a year since he was born. It has been such a crazy year for us. I'm so glad we have had him around. We sure LOVE our little Linky!

so yum

My friend shaunie introduced me to these cookies a couple of years ago. Now every time Christmas time rolls around I start to CRAVE them. Yep....we just made our second batch this season. Hopefully this time we will be giving some to our neighbors instead of eating them all. They really are YUMMY.

lincoln sure thinks so.

my little partner in crime.

Now it is off to Fallon to enjoy the festivities there.....hopefully the weather cooperates!! Have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!

away in a manger

Maggie is loving Christmas time. Talks about it day and night. One of her favorite things is Christmas music. Loves songs about santa, reindeer, and baby Jesus.

At night if she gets ready for bed without a fight...we will sing her a couple of songs. Last night she requested "Manger"

So I started singing to her:

Away in a manger no crib for His bed
the little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head
the stars in the heaven looked down where He lay
the little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.

The cattle are lowing the poor baby wakes
but little Lord Jesus no crying he makes

at this point she started rubbing her eyes and sniffling....I finished the verse and then asked her what was wrong. "nuffing" she says "can you sing manger again?"

So I sang it again. By the time I was finished she was sobbing.
"are you okay honey?"
yeah.
"do you love baby Jesus?"
yeah. I love Jesus.

This morning while I was getting ready for the day, I could hear her singing "away in a manger." When I went down to check on her she was holding the manger from our nativity and singing to baby Jesus. Very tender.
I love Christmas. I love my Savior. I love that a 3 year old can remind me of that. I love that she loves Him too.

All Aboard

tickets please.

story time.

christmas carols.

Hot Hot Hot...Hot Chocolate.

elves.


santa.

Lots of fun on the Polar Express.

little people

Remember these??

For the last couple of weeks these little people have been showing up in our shoes. Dan was putting on his boots at work and found one. I found one in my slippers. Maggie has found them multiple times in her boots.

I even found one in Lincoln's little shoe.

Today I found the culprit. Caught him red-handed.

surprise daddy

today i donated to locks of love!
~maggs

peter and tink

Hope everyone had a Happy Nevada Day (and Halloween)! We sure did. I still think everyone should get school and work off for Halloween like I did growing up in Nevada. Maggie was sulking yesterday and when asked why...she said, "Halloween is over!" Trick or treating was hilarious...it was hard to keep up with her while she RAN from house to house. Lincoln just looked cute as ever in his peter pan costume.