Christmas in Vegas... it's gonna be a long one folks:)

Finally... we're getting this blog posted!  I must admit I LOVE Vegas in December.  I am missing the snow less and less as we have beautiful weather and mild days.  Lots of special memories.:)

 Decorating the "family memory tree."  It was fun to let both the boys help decorate this year.  Bray was so cute and proud of himself and Jacob loved being the "expert."

 Jakey has recently discovered the music and moves of Michael Jackson.  Here's some of his best--heehee!

For the ward Christmas party our little primary sang "The Nativity Song" and put on an adorable Christmas pageant--yes this is all of them.  Jacob was a shepherd.:)  I also contributed by singing Mom's "Lullaby for a King" and "Count your Blessings instead of sheep."

For the annual Jolley Family Christmas party we bribed the kids with candy and they sang aka sort of mumbled through jingle bells.  I love these pictures because you can see the kids' feelings about this experience written all over their faces.  Jacob is elated to be center of attention, Mylie is completely nervous, Brynnlee is enjoying her cuteness and flirting with grandpa, and Bray is mostly interested in picking his nose.

It was so great having ALL of Jason's siblings here together.  What an amazing blessing.  It was especially fun having the Baker cousins, Mylie and Brynnlee! The kids just LOVE being together and it never ceases to amaze me how well they all get along when they play-- never a fight among them.  We had them over several times and tried to get the kids together as much as we could. 

 Sharie helped the kids put together their own marshmallow snowmen.:)

 

Someone, I'm assuming in our ward, decided to give us the 12 Days of Christmas.  It was so sweet!  They left candies, beautiful kitchen towels, a nativity luminary, and many other sweet gifts.  One morning I woke up to a bunch of wrappers, and when I say a bunch, I mean pretty much the whole box.  Hmmmmm.... I wonder who got into the Christmas treats?

Christmas twins!  They were fascinated with the Christmas lights.  Brooklynn was squealing with delight while Ethan mostly wanted to eat them.

So, I ran across a pair of jammies identical to the ones Bray wore for his first Christmas--yay!!  It's so fun dressing them up!  Sharie and John were pros at getting them to laugh.:)