The Magic of Christmas........

Christmas is a magical time of year. I love everything about it.......the baking, decorating, shopping, wrapping, Christmas cards, and most important time spent with family, and friends!! It was even more magical this year with Brooke. She loved it all just as much as I do!!! She smiled, laughed, and enjoyed every moment of the Christmas season.............okay one thing she didn't always enjoy was Mommy's pictures (LOL) She was either super cheese or I am just going to stare at this camera, but the most important part are the memories that were made and boy were they WONDERFUL AND MAGICAL!!!!

Look what Santa left us!!

Brooke, Grammy and Granite Lori

Christmas Day finally arrived and I sprung out of bed because I couldn't wait to see the excitement on Brooke's face when she saw all the gifts Santa had brought her. Brooke told every Santa she met and everyone that asked that she wanted a black pony...........so Santa brought her a black pony!!! She was sooo excited!!!! She thought the stocking was great and loved that gifts kept coming out of it. She loved opening all the presents and of course wanted to take them all out of the package and play, play, play. We saved one big gift from Grammy until the very end............THE BARBI MUSTANG!!! She was thrilled and jumped in right away. She and Brennan rode around forever! It was hilarious! We had a yummy breakfast and then prepared for the rest of the family to arrive. Grandpa, Auntie Lori, and Cousin Kyle joined us for the afternoon and dinner. It was nice to have them in Rocklin and share in a wonderful Christmas Brooke and Brennan were such good playmates and had so much fun together. I love having all my family together!!! Of course we missed Kailynn and our loved ones that have passed on.

My little angel!

Our last Christmas Eve-just the three of us!

Looking and waiting for Santa

Opening her gift that Santa delivered-She loved it!!

Caroling, Caroling, Caroling..........

On Christmas Eve we hung out around the house with Toby, Tien, Brennan and Grammy. Grammy had an Open House for my side of the family. It was so good to see family and friends that I don't get to see too often. We then headed to Milbrae for the "Swedish Christmas Eve" We enjoyed a wonderful night of eating, caroling, gifts, and a visit from Santa. Brooke loved following her big second cousins around. She eagerly awaited Santa's visit and introduced herself the second he walked through the door. She was so excited to get a new Princess dress and a Snow White doll. She loved listening to all the caroling and was a such a good sport for staying up WAY past her bed time. Christmas Eve is a such a wonderful evening and the Gustafson family are all so great.






As always the Christmas season brings lots of visiting with family and friends, which also means traveling for us. We headed down to the Bay Area on the 23rd and stopped to visit Great Grandma Seffens in San Francisco and Grandma and Grandpa Seffens in Belmont. Brookie got lots of nice gifts and loved spending time with her grandparents. She really liked Grandpa's guitar and entertained us with some Taylor Swift songs. We then headed to Grammy's for a very quick nap and then off the see the Lunds and Tara. Krista made yummy appitizers, beef stew, and dessert! Katelyn and Brooke loved playing with eachother (they are 1 month apart) and for the third year in a row Krista and I found a matching outfits for them. Krista and I had matching bellies too-since our next baby girls are due 12 days apart! It was so great to see Tara and catch up with good friends. (There will be pictures from Krista too come.........I don't bring my camera-since she is the professional!)