12.31.2011

picture perfect?

our Christmas theme for this year:
 
"it may not be perfect, but if Christmas can point our hearts towards our Savior we can rejoice even in the imperfections of the season." 
dieter f. uchtdorf 


the morris' Christmas
2011



a crying angel/helping angel

isn't it fun. all you need to be a sheperd is a towel or a scarf!?
anna picked the "perfect" baby Jesus this year....charming, isn't he?


best gingerbread house EVER

dallin took an early peak...i think he liked what he saw!

i didn't buy Christmas jammies for everyone this year....nobody noticed. :)


devon in tow....and finally happy.

love mail from las vegas, idaho, utah and germany! it made it much easier to be so far from home for the first time ever!
THANKS SOOO MUCH amanda/kyle, mom/charlie, mum/dad, nick/erina, grandparents englehart and wilson!!!

i had a fireplace to hang the stockings by this year!

the booby trap. . i set a present out and taped it to a little alarm. they lifted it up at 6:30 am!



my Christmas present from my dear children.oh dear! ;)

what a cute bunch (even if anna even got a very fat lip and knocked her front tooth in the day before Christmas eve!)


see!?! we do get sun. :)



the duct tape adds a nice touch. ;)
what wonderful faces!!!

having fun with the car set
I did pick the perfect gift for Devon! He played with it for 10 minutes!

 i know he liked his gift, but what a fun face i caught on film!




we got to eat Christmas dinner with a lovely family from out ward.


 we sure didn't have a "perfect" Chistmas....but it was still so wonderful.  we feel so blessed.
we sure do rejoice in the birth of our Savior!!! 


p.s. Merry Christmas to you MOM!

12.10.2011

Our walks:


 

Then:
July-2011

&
Now:


November- 2011
  

Yup, that's our house buried there in the forest!

The difference is striking huh!?!?