tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340529242994013842.post5256574807894656013..comments2014-05-13T17:33:26.993-07:00Comments on T.A.L.K.: TO SANTA OR NOT TO SANTA...Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17831766305603081954noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340529242994013842.post-83913858101462928482013-12-06T08:13:45.273-08:002013-12-06T08:13:45.273-08:00Katie, thank you so much for sharing that!!! I abs...Katie, thank you so much for sharing that!!! I absolutely LOVE the secrete sibling idea! I can't wait until my kids get older! I love it!.. Maybe I'll start it with my husband now though :)Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17831766305603081954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340529242994013842.post-75926481058886396262013-12-05T21:12:53.607-08:002013-12-05T21:12:53.607-08:00Katie I love it! We are totally doing the want, ne...Katie I love it! We are totally doing the want, need, wear, read thing this year cause you told me about it. I am such a copy cat. I also have to let everyone know that Katie here took my letter photo for the title of our blog! She is so great. She is doing our family pics on sat if the weather cooperates. Check her out at smallandsimplethingsphotography.blogspot.com. Tifflohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16150813291396310796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340529242994013842.post-79181575776130583472013-12-05T16:35:31.757-08:002013-12-05T16:35:31.757-08:00And a blog post about our Christmas Eve:
http://ri...And a blog post about our Christmas Eve:<br />http://rillalev.blogspot.com/2012/12/christmas-eve-2012.html<br />Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04737362859727951729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340529242994013842.post-86342549726146518522013-12-05T16:33:32.976-08:002013-12-05T16:33:32.976-08:00So, I have talked to already about how we do Want,...So, I have talked to already about how we do Want, Need, Wear, Read for our gifts. Just last year we started doing a Secret Santa. After we decorate our tree on the first Sunday of the month we draw names (just in our immediate family) and then leading up to Christmas we try to do little acts of service for that person. On Christmas Eve everyone opens a gift from their Secret Santa and the secrets are revealed. It was beautiful last year - easily the best part of Christmas. The kids really thought about each other and were so excited to find the perfect gift. So far it is going well. The other day Colin (age 10), colored some Christmas pictures for Carina and left them in her bedroom. She was so stinkin' excited to see them, and Colin beamed from ear to ear. Last year Chad and I also planned a special fireside for Christmas Eve. Since my extended family lives close, we always have a Christmas Dinner on Christmas Day and all the cousins dress up for the nativity. Another thing we started last year was 24 Days of Christmas from Confessions of a Slacker Mom. It is really nice to just pull it up last night and sit together as a family to do it. Let me see if the link will work - http://confessionsofaslackermom.com/24-days-of-mormon-christmas/ . Okay, will stop now :)Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04737362859727951729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340529242994013842.post-17579121967306594362013-12-05T12:11:19.298-08:002013-12-05T12:11:19.298-08:00I love this so much Tiff sooo good! Clark's fa...I love this so much Tiff sooo good! Clark's family does caroling by the piano every Christmas Eve which is really fun and a great way to rejoice by singing about Christ's birth. Kaylee and Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06257813546090339868noreply@blogger.com