Christmas at the Molyneuxs, part one

Christmas is such a special time of year with so many memorable traditions of gathering together with family, giving gifts, singing songs and thinking of the reason of the season. It was so wonderful to see the kids so happy and keeping busy with their new toys. It is so joyous to hear Leah wanting us to tell her the story of baby Jesus at bedtime and singing Christmas songs with her and Cameron. The Christmas season is so much more beautiful when you get to spend it with your own children and watch the magic in their eyes.

We got to celebrate Christmas with all of Logan's immediate family, and the kids were thoroughly spoiled (though Leah keeps saying that Christmas is still coming - she just can't get enough of it). Thursday of last week we had Logan's mom and her husband Mark over to celebrate along with Logan's siblings.

We made Leah wait all evening until after dinner to open up her gifts, and she was just in a tizzy about opening them. But she finally got her way, and ripped into her gifts along with everyone else.

I actually remembered to take pictures this time. Even though we get together often, I don't always remember to snap some shots.

We're all looking at the camera but Logan's eyes are almost shut.



















































Logan's sis Kelcy and husband Nathan (the











Logan's sis Jenna, mom Carolyn holding our adorable niece Sophia, and her husband Mark with the Santa hat


















Logan's identical twin (I mean brother) Braden and his cute wife Haley. As you can see, Braden and Logan are both growing out their Christmas beards in between the BYU semesters. It's been a tradition between them for the last 5 years.


















Since our kids had to go to bed after gift opening, we decided to put them to sleep and then make the traditional graham crackers houses with everyone. It was much easier to make intricate towers and buildings without the kids' distraction.

Logan's brother Braden even made a skinny tower and asked me to add a little Rapunzel at the top with cascading hair made of gumdrops and Lemonheads. Leah was so excited to see the tower in the morning that she wanted to make another tower just like it (more pictures to come of Leah and her tower). Here is the group and our completed creations.