Christmas Day

We had a nice, traditional Christmas morning!  A brief discussion about the birth of our Savior, then head downstairs to see if Santa came.  He brought Disneyland Passes for the family, and Tanner got a car (with the help of Grandparents☺️).  

We had breakfast at my moms...

Then headed to Heidi's for cousin fun and piano recital, and of course more food and presents!

The kids really got into cheering for the piano recital this year.  It was hilarious!

And Felicity showing off this cute dress she got from Aunt Monica...

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Christmas Eve Cook Family Party

Annual Cook Family Christmas Eve Party!  It's always so fun getting together with cousins!

I love how these kids don't see each other too often, but just pick up where they left off!

The girls...

Tough guys...

Another fun Christmas Eve in the books!

American Girl Tea Party

For a special Christmas treat, Grandma got Charity and I tickets to go to the American Girl store in LA and go to a tea party at their cafe.  It was the cutest thing ever.  Charity loved it. 

They brought all this cute miniature sized food...

There was a special seat for Baby Charity...

Charity got to make a craft to bring home...

It was so fun having a special evening spoiling this sweet girl! 

Christmas Traditions

We our keeping our "Advent Calendar Fairy" tradition this year and she is helping us to stay up with all the festive activities this time of year!

Like setting up Christmas Tree and Christmas Decorations...

Making Gingerbread Houses with Grandma...

 Felicity's...

 Tanner's...

 Hunter's...

Also Hunter's...

Charity's...

Sitting in front of the tree in Christmas best so mom can get a few pictures for the Annual Grandparents Calendars...

Wearing Christmas Apparel every chance we get...

Fontana Christmas Parade

We represented our Stake with a "Light the World" float and a "JustServe" float. 

Decorating Christmas Cookies with Cousins...

Singing at Church for the Christmas Sacrament Program.  Grandma and Grandpa both came to watch ❤️

Seeing the "snow" at Victoria Gardens...

And still trying to keep up with our schoolwork during this busy time of year...

Trying to catch up on sleep whenever we can, even fresh out of the bathtub...

Purple Belt!

Charity has been asking to take "Kay-ra-te" for a long time.  I finally decided to sign her up at the beginning of this school year.  She has absolutely LOVED every minute of it.  Tonight she was promoted from white belt to purple belt.  We are so proud of her and glad she found an activity she loves!