Christmas Jammies!!!

Christmas just isn't Christmas without new jammies! These four are the only one who changed into theirs for pictures! Ella was done so we took her picture with her binky so she would be semi-ok!

Ella did not feel well! She was singing "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth!" Her top four teeth started coming through the week of Christmas making her a little honery if it was past bedtime! She proceeded to go right to be only to wake up screaming at 1 am! She was in a lot of pain! We gave her some tylenol and she went back down twenty minutes later! It was such a different Christmas eve that is for sure!

Christmas Eve!!!

This year we spent Christmas Eve with the Duzett side of my family. We have a lot of family traditions on Christmas Eve. We had a delicious dinner and then we act out and read the Nativity. Andrew was Joseph and my youngest cousin Olivia was Mary and Easton was Baby Jesus.

Ella wanted to be with me while I fed Easton in the bedroom so I gave her my necklace to play with she loved it! She kept looking in the mirror on the wall checking herself out!

He can't handle the noise it disgusts him!

The three wise men or wise guys as we called them. Instead of Gold, frankincense, and myrrh they gave them diet pills, pistachios, and an alarm clock!
They had us laughing really hard!

My Grandma and Grandpa Duzett

Spencer and Ella! Ella loves her Uncle Spencer!

17 year olds with attitude!

Grandpa Pond and Easton

Aunt Katy and Ella

My mom with Dahlia

Another family tradition we have at Christmas is a Duzett Family Testimony Journal. We have done it for 20 years now. My uncle Todd has put it together for us! We all write our testimonies down and he put them together and into a book. It is so fun to read everyone's testimonies each year and see how much each of us has grown over the years!

Luminaries!!!

Every year for the last 10 or so years my parents have put out luminaries in their neighborhood on Christmas Eve instead of giving each neighbor a gift. Some years the weather is crazy or the wind is crazy but this year it was perfect no wind, snow, rain, and it wasn't too cold either. They always turn out so pretty and it is fun to drive around and see when we get home from my grandma's. A lot of them are even still going when we get up the next morning!

Lazy Days!!

It is nice to just have some days while at home on vacation to just sit around and have nothing to do! But then Uncle Spencer, Uncle Brent, and Andrew find ways to entertain themselves and Ella!

This was the day after we got to SLC and Ella could not keep her hands off of Easton. She would push his seat around the room almost tipping it over a few times!

Temple Square!!!

Tuesday December 21st we made our annual trip to Temple Square! It was really busy but it wasn't as cold as it has been in the past! It was tolerable! We enjoyed walking around and seeing all the lights and different nativities!

Ella was bundled up nice and warm!

Our families tradition after looking at the lights is to go to the Old Spaghetti Factory at Trolley Square so that is where we went after!
We of course missed having my brother Jared and Celyn and Jocey with us!

My mom and dad

Our little Family - Ella loved the Mac and Cheese (and the free Spumoni ice cream)!

Brent and Emily

Katy, Spencer, and Sarah

Proof Easton was with us!

Dahlia's Baby Blessing

On Sunday December 19th my cousin Molly blessed her baby Dahlia! Molly is my cousin closest in age to me and we grew up together and went to the same schools! I was so happy I could be in town for her blessing! Her baby was born on November 3rd! Her husbands name in Andrew as well, he gave a beautiful blessing and then we had some yummy dinner after!

Getting a family picture anymore is becoming challenging! Ella and Easton are in their matching Christmas church clothes!

My Grandma Duzett with Easton!

My family with Andy, Molly, and Dahlia (we were missing my brother, his wife, and daughter)

This is the best picture I got! She is such a darling baby with beautiful dark hair!

My little sister Katy and Ella

Molly's family minus her brother and sister-in-law who live in London.

Molly and I!

Ella after we got to the church she slouches to much in her carseat!

First Airplane Ride!!!

Easton had his first airplane ride on December 15th at the young age of 2 weeks! That morning Andrew took his last final at 8, thankfully the potential ice storm never hit so he could, he came home we finished picking up our house, ate lunch, and headed to the airport! He did really well on both flights. One pilot told us he was the youngest passenger he had ever had(which i'm doubtful about). We had many people giving us advice thinking this was our first and only child, if they only knew! We were happy to finally see little Ella again!