Five Christmases

Tyler and I decided to start a tradition when we got married of taking a family picture in front of our Christmas tree every year. Today I realized we were about to celebrate our fifth Christmas as a family and I thought it would be fun to see if I could find all of our pictures...

2005- Our first Christmas together we had the cutest little tree. We decided we never wanted to get a fake tree because both of our families had always gotten real ones and we loved it growing up. This was my first Christmas away from my family so I was kind of dreading it but I remember thinking it was my best Christmas ever. It was so fun to learn and be a part of Tyler's family's traditions. After spending Christmas eve and Christmas morning with Tyler's family we got to fly up to Boise and have Christmas dinner with my family.

One of the memories that sticks out in my mind from this Christmas is that I wanted these boots sooo bad and after me and Ty opened up our presents from each other I started crying because he didn't get me the boots. He had led me to believe that he was getting them for me so I was just so dissapointed (and a little emotional that first year of marriage). I was so upset that I didn't want to go to Tyler's parents house. Finally Tyler had to just tell me that his brother had bought me the boots so I would calm down and go. Ty makes fun of me for crying about my boots to this day. I still have them and love them, Thanks Tallon :)

2006-We were so poor this year that we broke down and borrowed Ty's grandma's fake tree and we've used it ever since. Hopefully someday we can afford a real one again! This Christmas my family spent in Utah so we got to see both our families again.
2007-We spent this Christmas with Tyler's family and sadly I can't remember much else about it.
2008-This year we spent Christmas day at Disneyland with my family. Since I was pregnant I could hardly ride anything but we still had a lot of fun. The not fun part was the drive there and how we had to stop every 3 hours so I could walk around. My doctor told me I could get blood clots if I didn't and I thought I was getting them a few times which Tyler also makes fun of me for.

2009-Having Saylor in our family makes Christmas so much more exciting. We can't wait to celebrate her first Christmas! We are spending this Christmas with Tyler's family and driving up to Boise the day after.

Merry Christmas!!