Ho, Ho, Ho!!!

SANTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep, we get just as excited as ELF about Santa!

The kids are growing up. And yet, they are both convinced that Santa is real. And you know what? I can't help but to feel fortunate. 

Their innocence is pure. Matthew who looks like a teenager, truly believes! He is 9 and still BELIEVES! Who hits age 9 and still believes?! I just love it, and I know the time is near when they will figure things out, but for now, we believe in Santa. 

We don't do the mall Santa anymore because that is ridiculous with the long lines and expensive pics. Instead we go to our church's annual Christmas party and the AMAZING Amy Herfurth, who runs a super photo business here in Dallas and also happens to be a member of our church, takes her fancy camera and photo taking skillz and gets pictures of the kids! Win, Win!

Then she emails us a high res photo! SCORE! But I should have dressed the kids better...

Anyway,this year was super cold, and Olivia lacks body fat, so she went to church in a camo footie pj that I got for her last year as it was $2.50 at Target after the Holidays. - Call me big spender! Hehe. She was as happy as could be, even though she didn't wear the usual pink girly get up.

Matthew doesn't want to wear PJ's to the Chritmas party anymore... He is growing after all, so he just put on a blue shirt, that he believed was festive enough. 

And the Santa you see is a good friend of ours, who is truly amazing for donating his time each year to pose with the entire congregation. 

I love my ward family!

Jazmin