Kylee Feet

For Christmas my mother-in-law wanted me to take a picture of Kylee dancing on Jareds feet so Kylee could give it to her mom, Kathy. I thought that the picture turned out super cute. I love her little chubby feet. We decided that they should take a new picture every 5 years and then take one on her wedding day. Anyway, Kathy loved it and I thought it was such a cute idea.

Cutting Down the Tree

The first day that we got to Oregon we went out to cut down our Christmas tree. Darren's family was nice enough to wait for me to get there before they got their tree. We went to a Christmas tree farm and picked out the very best tree. It was pretty cold and rainy but it was still fun. There were so many trees and they all smelled so good! It is funny how the trees don't look very big until you cut them down and bring them inside. I took my turn trying to saw down the tree, but I could barely get the saw to budge. Who knew cutting down a tree was so hard? Anyway, it was a fun new experience and we got a beautiful tree.

Early Christmas

This Christmas we spent up in Oregon with Darren's family. Before we left, my mom mailed us our presents so we could open them at our house and not have to haul them home from Oregon. We skyped my family so they could watch us open our presents. It was a fun little night and we were excited that we got to open our presents before Christmas. My mom and dad made us our own set of chimes and a chimes song book that we were pretty excited about. We also got a Chipotle gift card to use in Oregon. We went there 3 days in a row! I love Chipotle. Darren got some new razor heads, and a new shower head for our shower. I got some facial stuff and a frosting thing that I had been wanting. My mom also sent a few presents for us to open in Oregon. One of the presents was all of our old family videos that had been put onto DVD's, edited and organized. It was seriously one of the best presents of my life. I am so glad that I can watch our old family videos now and I know that they will be able to be preserved. It was a great Christmas present!

Darren and I also exchanged gifts and he got me a Sea Glass book that I have been wanting and I got him some cologne. 

It's Christmas at the Smith House

We decorated for Christmas about two weeks ago. We actually had our tree up before Thanksgiving but we didn't decorate it until the Monday after. We both love Christmas and I love how homey our house feels with all of our Christmas decorations up. We won't be having Christmas in Rexburg this year but it is still fun to decorate and have our own tree. We are going to be spending this year in Oregon and we leave on the 15th. All we have to do is get through finals first!

We even put up a mistletoe! :)