Niederman Farm

The day after Christmas, we headed to Niederman Family Farms to go see Christmas lights and walk through the Bible. It was such a neat experience and perfect to end the Christmas season! The Niederman family does this as a ministry to the public so it is free admission. We hope all of you make it to see this amazing display sometime!

www.NiedermanFamilyFarm.com

I didn't take a photo from each display, but tried to get some so you could get an idea of what it consists of...

Noah's Ark

The Ten Commandments

The birth of Baby Jesus

The beginning of the modern church.

The Crucifixion

He is RISEN!

The Great Commission!

It was a chilly night, but we warmed up quickly with hot chocolate and candy canes!

The girls were enthralled watching the 'Juggler for Jesus'. He was very impressive!

The cute donkeys (and Anna!).

Merry Christmas!

Cutting Christmas

After we opened our gifts, we headed to Grammy & Papa's house to celebrate! Thank you to Grammy & Papa for making Christmas so special for our family!

The Cutting Family

My favorite gift was the silhouettes Grammy gave me of my girls!

Claire playing with Daddy's iPad!

One of the fun traditions is finding all the gifts that Grammy hides throughout the house!

Anna finding a present!

Claire's new hat!

There were just a few gifts!

Our first Christmas with Uncle Steven!

This cracks me up! Anna modeling her new dress!

Brothers! They kept us laughing all day long!

The new hats we got Brad & Papa!

It only seems appropriate that our soon-to-be doctor of the family is reading 'Farley Goes to the Doctor' to Anna!

Surely, Sophie will have a special crown of jewels in heaven for all she endures!

Claire's new baby doll from Grammy!

What a FUN Christmas!

Christmas Morning

We had a relaxing Christmas morning at home! The girls slept until almost ten o'clock, so Ben and I had some time to open up gifts from each other first! They were so excited to open up their gifts from Mommy & Daddy!

I found the cutest stuffed greyhounds to hang out of their stockings that look like our Sophster!

My new toy... LOVING my Mac!

This trampoline is actually from Uncle Shawn & Aunt Kristen from last Christmas! I was finally able to talk Ben into putting it together and they are having a blast with it!

The girls with their Baby Alive dolls!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

McDowell Christmas

We always spend Christmas Eve with my side of the family. My parents make everything so festive for our family!! We truly enjoy our time with family!

It's kind of chaotic, but sooooo much FUN!

Grandma McDowell with the girls!

Ben bought Connor a shot gun! Needless to say, he was thrilled!

Both Claire & Anna asked specifically for pillow pets! So excited!

All the little girls with their pillow pets from Nuna!

The girls made all the grandparents a Christmas canvas using their handprints and fingerprints to make the angels! We love to give homemade gifts!

We all went in and got my mom a Kindle!

My parents house pretty much ended up being a kennel on Christmas!

Mia (Scott & Heather's dog), Sophie (ours of course!), Bella (my parent's dog) and Oliver (Shawn & Kristen's dog)!