Christmas happenings

Here it is, Christmas in a post. We had a great Christmas and wonderful break this past two weeks.  The kids were off school, and Jeff was off of work.  Wonderfully, relaxing two weeks! The week before Christmas we took a mini trip down to Salt Lake.  We stayed at a hotel for a couple of nights and played in the city.  I love the city at Christmas time. We went to a movie, shopping, the planetarium, ate yummy food, saw window displays, and looked at the lights on Temple Square. My very favorite thing to do.  I was in a Christmas funk this year, and this helped pull me right out of it. I had no trouble getting into the spirit of Christmas after this.  We had a fun Christmas party at my parent's house, and then spent Christmas eve at Jeff's parent's house.  Such a fun week!

We had a great Christmas, nice and quiet.  The kids all got everything they wanted, and had a great day playing with their toys.  All in all, it was a wonderful Christmas, but I am glad to move on and get things back to normal.

Some Christmas happenings

We've had some pretty fun Christmas going ons at our house the past week. Landon had his sixth grade band concert, and Danica did her third grade choir performance. Both kids did great, and I loved listening to all the Christmas music.  Put me right in the mood for Christmas! 

Last night we made our annual gingerbread house.  It's fun to see each of my kid's creative personalities.  Danica wanted everything perfect, placed in just the right place...Amity wanted to be just like Danica, and Landon wanted to eat all the candy.  :)  Afterwards, we hopped in the car and went to see Christmas lights around town.  Fun Sunday night!

Playing in the snow

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow, must be playing at my house because that has been what it has been doing the past few weeks.  I can't believe the amount of snow we have gotten this past little while.  The kids were so excited to have a snow day the week of Thanksgiving.  Me, not so much.  While I think the snow is pretty, it is so hard to drive in, dress the kids, and keep the floors clean.  I would love one pretty snow storm a year, then it could snow in the mountains, and rain in the valley.  Yea, it sounds like I should move to Oregon.  As much as I dislike it, the kids love it.  I went outside and took some pictures of the kids playing and having fun. Thought I would share.  Let it snow!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Christmas, my favorite time of year! Except the snow, I love everything about it.  We start breaking out the Christmas music before Thanksgiving...and my Christmas trees may make it out before then too.  We have been busy around here adding Christmas touches.   I love our Christmas traditions. Every year we buy Christmas ornaments on our vacations, so everyone is excited to get into the box, pull out the ornaments, and remember all the fun times we had throughout the years.  It is a fun way to preserve a memory.  The house is sparkling, my scentsy smells like cinnamon, and I am ready for the season to begin!

Deck the halls

We've had a fun and busy December so far. Last weekend we went to the Festival of the Trees up here. The kids loved it, even though none of them wanted to see Santa.  Landon, because he is too old...sniff...Danica because she saw a friend and was embarrassed (too old)...sniff again....and Amity was just plain shy.  She was trying to talk herself into it the whole time, but just couldn't get up close enough to actually talk to him.  The trees were beautiful, and it was for our school district, which is a great cause.  We finished up our Christmas cards on Saturday, YEA! and I finished up my shopping on Friday.  I am done!  Yesterday me and Amity cooked some yummy peppermint brownies to kick off the baking season. Since it was so cold outside, I needed to turn on my oven to warm the house up right.  I am feeling I will need to make friends with my treadmill again in January. ha ha There is a lot of snow on the ground, and it is defiantly feeling a lot like Christmas around here!

Trim up the Tree!

Nothing says Christmas like Christmas trees and lights. We got our trees up, and I love having the lights shine at night when it gets so dark so early. We all love taking out the ornaments remembering where we got each one.  I let my kids pick one out each year and we date it.  Also, whenever we go on a family trip we buy an ornament and date it. It is a fun tradition that I did when I was growing up.

I usually put up around twelve trees.  Gasp....but I toned it WAY down this year and only did the two inside trees.  I like it, and had more fun focusing on the two trees. We made the peppermints and candy canes out of wood last year, and I love having the big chunky ornaments on the tree. The kids love it because it looks like the Santa tree.  Last year we had a tree disaster when my big tree fell down all done and decorated...hopefully they will both stay upright this year!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

We had a great Thanksgiving weekend. Lots of great food and fun with family! I love Thanksgiving weekend, it is the kick-off to my favorite month...December. We spent the week getting lights up and trees decorated.  The kids all get excited when I start taking out the Christmas decorations.  The girl's love helping decorate the trees. One of our favorite traditions is the Christmas fireworks.  We can see them from our front yard, so we run outside right as they start which keeps us from getting too cold. Yea It's December!  Let the festivities begin!

Danica was so excited last week to tell me that she won the reflections contest at her school in her grade division.  She loves art, and was very proud of this picture.  Her picture is going on to district, and she is plenty excited about that.  Good job Danica!