The week before Christmas we got a HUGE storm. It snowed and snowed and snowed. In the three total years I have lived in DC we have never got this much! The area seriously does not know how to react to this much snow. Everything shut down including church.  I LOVED it!!

Ben helping a neighbor get his car in his spot.  Don’t ask why he pulled it out of his spot just to put it back in! NO one knows how to drive in the snow out here. Ben was getting so frustrated with this guy who just kept spinning his wheels.

We played outside for a while but Hallie only has the cotton gloves that don’t work well in the snow. She played until her hands hurt then I took her inside. As you can tell she wanted desperately to be back outside.

Christmas morning breakfast! I asked Hallie to smile and this is what I got. Silly girl!

I didn’t have any presents under the tree until Christmas morning. (I knew Hallie would try and open them.) She was really excited!

Opening her first present. I think the wrapping paper was the highlight of her day. 🙂

And another one. At first she would tear off little pieces at a time. It only took a few presents before she got faster and much more efficient.

One of her presents was a softball glove. We had to teach her how to use it because first thing she did with it was put it on her head and call it a hat. haha

We were able to skype with both of our families on Christmas. Hallie decided, without any encouragement, to give kisses. It was hilarious!!!

At our ward Christmas party the primary children acted out a little nativity scene. Hallie insisted on going on the stage so I gave her an angel’s halo and up she went. Let me just tell you she stole the show! She walked along the front until she placed herself perfectly. Then she looked out across the crowd and gave them the biggest cheeser grins (the picture doesn’t capture it fully). She knew she was cute and that everyone was looking at her. lol I was drying I was laughing so hard. Don’t ask me where she gets it from!

Beautiful Hallie in her Christmas dress. Thanks Nanna Romrell!