{our first christmas}

merry christmas! we are so grateful for our Savior and what He has done for us! He is what this season {and everyday} is all about. and talk about a great first christmas for us. we made our gingerbread houses yesterday {gotta love mom's homemade gingerbread} and wrote our family letters to read out-loud on christmas eve. we also read the nativity, wrote a gift to Jesus, and watched a christmas movie. i love, love love, all of our traditions. we got to skype elder nate garlick today from germany and he got to meet travis {well as close as he can right now} over the computer. he is doing so well! he even has a slight german accent which was pretty entertaining. travis and i were able to surprise each other with some fun gifts too! we're headed on our cruise in a week, and my parents surprised all of us kids with one last gift after we opened all of them to a trip to the a&m football bowl game this saturday on new year's eve in houston! we are stoked to go to our first bowl game. love texas football!