All Dressed Up

Every Christmas, when I was a little girl, my mom would make me and my sisters new Christmas dresses. Sometimes she was even up late on Christmas Eve still sewing. I loved all those beautiful Christmas dresses she made us. It was a tradition that I treasure. She is a very talented seamstress. I hope she knows how much I STILL appreciate all the work she put in each year. Although I did not inherit that sewing talent, I still love making sure my kids have new church clothes for Christmas each year. When my girls were little, they loved the fancy, "dressy" dresses... they have since outgrown the "princess" phase, and would rather be a little less fancy. Target always seems to come through for me... the girls loved these "more casual" dresses this year, and the boys thought their sweaters with "reindeer" on them were super cool. They were sweet to let me do a little photo session after church on the Sunday before Christmas. It was really chilly out on our front porch, but they were troopers, and I thought they looked so cute. They sand with the primary in the ward Christmas program, and Eryn even sang with the "grown up" ward choir - I played the piano. Jared got to sit down with the kids for the program, which is always a special treat for them - and for me!