Merry Christmas 2009

{Merry Christmas from the Brown's}

This year for Christmas we tried to do something different every day
to help the kids learn the true meaning of Christmas
and to just have fun and celebrate the season.

So each day the elves would leave a note in our advent house,
instructing us on what we were to do that day.
It proved to be tons of fun and create lots of memories.

Next year I'll be better about taking pictures of all the little adventures!

Here is a run down of what we did throughout December,
in no particular order:

make a Christmas chain
go buy toys for kids who don't have any
drink hot cocoa
play in the snow
read Christmas books
drive through the animal lights
buy food for those who need it
sleep under the Christmas tree (yes we did it, and yes it was tons of fun)
decorate Christmas cookies
act out the nativity
take daddy to lunch
set up the nativity
deliver neighbor goodies
make Christmas bread
take daddy to lunch again
ride the train and see the lights at Temple Square
have a sleepover with cousins at grandma's house
go to the church party to see Santa
take daddy to lunch again (the elves started to run out of new ideas)
go to Christmas party at preschool
write Christmas letters to Spence & Brandon, the missionaries
read Christmas nativity and watch Luke 2
make paper snowflakes
pop popcorn and watch Charlie Brown Christmas
leave our Christmas bread for Santa, sprinkle reindeer dust outside,
and go to bed early!

{sporting the new Christmas eve jammies}