I just love this little monster! Rylee keeps us laughing all the time (that is when she's not in trouble!). We had a funny moment with her in church last Sunday. Of coarse it had to be during the Sacrament. She is waiting patiently for the bread to be passed around. It finally comes to her and she looks at me and asks "My turn?", I nod my head and tell her yes. She starts digging to the bottom of the tray for the biggest piece of bread. She says, "I want a big one!" Dan and I both tell her to just take one and to stop touching the other pieces. She finally finds her big piece and then looks at it, sits there for a minute and then YELLS, "I want butter, where's the butter?" If you know Rylee you know when she talks it's not quiet. There were many people around us turning and laughing. We both told her to just eat it and to be quiet. So much for being reverent during the Sacrament!?! Oh how we love these funny little moments!! 
The day after Christmas though, this little guy slept almost the entire day. I think we wore him out.
He was so funny. He would hide under our couch and just sit there watching all of us. His little nose would stick out from under the couch every once in a while. It was his safe place. He slept there most of the day. It was so cute to see his little furry nose sticking out.
Dan picked Max up on Christmas Eve night while I put the girls to bed and made sure they were asleep. When he brought Max home, we had so much fun playing with him. He was a little nervous at first but we quickly became buddies. I was surprised that he sleep most of the night. I was prepared to stay up all night with a new puppy. He was a trooper though, not even a little noise came out of him.
We woke the girls up and they were nervous because they didn't hear a dog barking. Way to cooperate Max and stay quiet!! Good dog!
I am the Queen of Gutter Balls. My girls had higher scores than me. At least I try!?!?
After bowling we head back to Grandpa Dowdles house for dinner and the presentation of the Christmas Story. Aunt Lacey gathers all the kids and they perform, with hand puppets (made by Grandma Dowdle), the story of the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Rylee was pretty excited that she was the Angel and the Star. Good job kiddos, watching these guys is always a favorite tradition of mine.
Then it's time for presents. We draw names with all of Dan's brothers and sisters and their families. Out of 7 Dowdle kids, there are only 3 that still live in Utah. This is a way that the family can be unified at Christmas even though they are scattered all over the country. We all know that somewhere out there all the other Dowdles are opening presents on Christmas Eve too!! We always love the gifts we get. 
Picture time with Grandpa Dowdle. He has 15 grandkids, but only 6 of them live here.
Grandpa and Grandma surprised them with a karaoke machine. They all love to sing (I didn't say they sing on key, but they like to sing). They all got just what they wanted. Baylee got an iHome for her iPod, Brinley got her 3 Musketeer Barbies, and Rylee got a hospital bed for her babies. I'm loving this picture of Dr. Rylee!!
We had a fun morning watching everyone open their gifts. There were lots of smiles and loves. 
Dan and I got a very nice surprise from my parents. We got this Christmas sock that is as tall as me filled with newspaper. At the bottom of the sock was a new bowl. I pulled it out and handed it to Dan. He opened it and it was full of cash. No those are NOT ones in there. BIG variety of bills. Lets just say that it covered the cost of finishing our Consult Room at the new dental office and then some. Thanks Mom and Dad for the bowl full of "greens" (that's my favorite kind of greens, I'll take a serving of them anytime!!)
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