Christmas

Christmas was fun! I'm a little disappointed I only got 4 pictures from the whole day! But, here they are. Eli got a barn from Santa, and plenty of animals to go in it. After we opened presents we had our families over for my annual Christmas breakfast of eggnog pancakes, but ya didn't get any pictures of that. I hope everyone else had a great Christmas too.

Pre-Christmas fun!

We had a great time getting ready for Christmas. Eli loved helping me make my sugar cookies for the neighbors and was a lot of help! He and Cloey got thirsty and had to stop for a drink!

Holfeltz Family Christmas Party

We had the annual Holfeltz Christmas Party Saturday night. We hosted it at our house since I'm really in no condition to travel. Thanks everyone for coming, it was alot of fun!! We even got some halfway decent pictures of our whole gang!!

These are the cute ones of the grand-kids. Not too bad considering Tommy wasn't having it and we 10 kids!!

Then we did the gift exchange...
Eli's animals were a big hit!

All the grand-kids got new jammies!!
Tess loved her piggy bank!

Gpa and Gma loved watching the kids open presents!

Eli loves his baby Shae!

The great tree hunt...

We decided to get a real tree this year. We wanted to get a bigger one, but it really did look much smaller in nature. We drug it out to the truck, then luckily there was another guy up there getting a tree so he helped Will load it. We got it home and two of Will's friends had to help bring it in. It was hard to get it to stand up in our stand but after much work, we got it!! Decorating was interesting! I ran out of lights and ornaments about halfway up the tree. I settled on some cute ornaments from the dollar tree til I can get some more on after Christmas sales.

Here it is in nature. Below is Eli helping Will find the right tree, he kept saying, "Not fis one!" He finally agreed on the tree we chose.

Here's a pic of it decorated. It looks smaller than 15 ft in this picture, but it really is that HUGE!

So much to be thankful for...

Thanksgiving was alot of fun this year. We hosted the dinner at our house for the whole Holfeltz clan. Sadly, these were the only pictures I got from the whole day! I love Eli's face in the first one and Shea's in the last! So cute!
I'm a little late in posting but I wanted to post about what I'm most thankful for....first, my wonderful husband!! Second, my sweet baby Eli. Thirdly, I'm thankful for all of my extended families! They are the most important things in my life and I love them so much!!


Next, I'm thankful for the miracle of pregnancy, sure it's really not fun being 9 months pregnant but it's so amazing feeling that little life inside of you. Also, I'm thankful that I've had the opportunity to complete my schooling. I'm so thankful for my friends and mom who have helped me so much with Eli while I finished. I'm also so grateful that Will supported me and played Mr. Mom with Eli so many long nights!

Finally, I'm so very thankful for my testimony and the knowledge I have that I will see my sweet daddy again. He truly was my biggest hero. I'm sad to know that I will never have a picture of my new baby with my dad, but I'm sure he is snuggling him in heaven and will make sure he gets here safely. It has been hard for me to get into the holiday spirit this year and I finally have figured out why, it feels like something is missing. Well, obviously, it's him. But, I am so thankful that his suffering is over and that he is still watching over us, I feel him around me and cherish the moments I had with him.