These are a few of my favorite things. . .

Last night I went over to my friend Kerry's house to help her wrap her Christmas presents. I thought *I* was being the nice one, but instead I ended up feeling like I was on Oprah's "Favorite Things" show. Every time I turned around she was giving me more things to take home and then I'd pretend scream like I was on Oprah -- with lots of dramatic gasps thrown in for good. It went something like this. . .

Kerry: I have a Christmas present for you. . .
Kerry: I got you something for helping me wrap presents. . .
Kerry: Oh here, my kids hate these snacks, will yours eat them?
Kerry: Oh here, my mom gave me this mix and I don't like that flavor, do you?
Kerry: I just found 15 of that I bought on clearance for $2 last year. Do you want one?
Kerry: I have a shirt for Nate let me go get it. . .

I seriously ended up leaving her house with a box full of stuff. Which Ellie turned into a train for Nate
So in honor of my great friend Kerry, here are a few of my favorite things this morning.

Kids in pajamas!This morning was awesome because Ellie has no school! She slept in until about 8 and Nate and Sadie were so happy when she finally got up. They had a big old cuddle fest.

Nate's favorite thing right now is his race car ornament.It was a good compromise -- car for him, some glitter for me.

Sadie's new stocking. It arrived in the mail the other day and I love it! Ellie cried because she was a little jealous, but I think she'll get over it. It fits in with our stocking perfectly.

All my JOYs. Bonnie made us the cutest JOY blocks for us -- the red and white ones -- and when she dropped them off, she mentioned that we already had a few and she should have thought of a better word. But I LOVE them. I love all of them. They are all gifts from different people, they all have different spots in our house, and can you really ever have *too* much joy? I think not!

Also, please note the picture in the red album! That's our Christmas card album where we keep all our friend's old pictures and letters. . .but I've never changed the front picture out. I am so LAME!

Advent Calendars. Can you ever have too many ways to count down to Christmas? Not in our house! We have four. One is our advent tree . I made them with Tasha and Molly one year and they are stuffed with spiritual things to do each day to Christmas. The one above was a Christmas gift from Michelle. She always goes above and beyond! It has fun things to do. Then Nate has 2 paper chains -- one we made at Boy School and one we made at the neighborhood playgroup when it was at my house on Monday. The last one is suppose to be books under our tree. I stole the idea from Molly where you unwrap a Christmas book to read each night, but *someone* got to them. Can you guess who?
My new Christmas decoration. Kerry made it for me. It was one of my "Oprah's Favorite Things" gifts. She also got me a Nativity Bracelet. I've never seen one before. It's the worst picture, but can see what some of the stuff is? There's an angel, a baby Jesus and Mary and Joseph. . . anyway, I LOVE IT!

Christmas Cards! I actually just threw that in for Chelsea because I'm mean that way ;p. Just kidding! One of my favorite things is my friends and family. I love you all!

And of course the Savior. As everyone is getting ready for last minute Christmas things, I hope we can all find some time to reflect on the greatest gift and really remember to focus on what is most important.

OK, I'm trying to find a picture of Christ, but my sister keeps calling and insisting I talk to her. So later hopefully!

Merry Christmas!