Polar Express Family Movie Night

 This was our 1st annual Polar express movie night.  The kids heard that we were invited to an adults only Christmas Party and were sad that they couldn't came so I planned this up and it was a blast, so we will keep it was a tradition!  We dressed up in our red pj's and had hot cocoa, cookies, and watched polar express which we all love (since Dave and I watched in the theaters when we were dating!)

12 days of Christmas

 We came home from Jonathan's performance and found a box of gifts, we had the 12 days of Christmas (I have such fond memories as a child of the 12 days of Christmas).  It was so fun to open a gift a day, it made the Christmas Season so much fun!  The kids looked forward to it everyday and loved to open a gift each day!  There were a variety of gifts.  One day we opened coloring books after breakfast cause Daddy was going to be gone we enjoyed coloring as a family!  We loved the different Christmas books, to add to our collection to read each night!  At the end we opened a Gingerbread house and the kids where thrilled.  I put it together and they decorated it all by themselves!  We felt so loved!

Poems, Plays and Punch!

 In the middle of December Jonathan's class was putting on a little show for the parents.  (I thought that all the first grade classes where doing this, but it was just his teacher.  She said that she likes to have something for the kids to look forward to and to have the parents that aren't able to volunteer to see what the kids are accomplishing.  I am continuing to just love Jonathan's teacher, she is so great for him!)  Jonathan has been reciting his poem for weeks, it is call "A Dog named Mim".  He was in the play, Princess and the frog and he was the frog.  On the day of the show a boy got very nervous, almost going to throw up, so Jonathan stood in a recited his part with him!  They all did wonderfully~

Seeing Santa

Getting ready to see Santa!

Standing in line to see Santa!!  The line went fast and they had coloring, and goodies for us!

Christmas 2013

This was right before Henry has his melt down, he wanted nothing to do with him!  Which actually suprised me cause he is so easy going!

This is Jonathan practicing taking pictures, 1st try!

Alot better Jonathan!  Me and my Sarah bear!

Sweet Sarah

My Beautiful Sarah!  I just love that she has no front teeth, it just makes her that much cuter!

Happenings the 2nd week of December

We always love listening to the First Presidency message to get us thinking and feeling about the real meaning of Christmas!

Writing Letters to Santa, the big thing that they each want is Slippers (yes it is cold here:))

We were shown so much love this Christmas season from those around us!

Playing together!

Henry was starting to get sick Thursday night with a cough, and just not feeling good!

The next day we had visitors in our state so we traveled to go see them! It was so great to see family!!!! We love this wonderful family!

Connor enjoying the legos!

Thanks for visiting us Nicki and Dustin it was so great to caught up!  We love you!

First week December

Grandpa and Grandma Jodie sent these to the kids, and they just loved doing them!  But of course we love everything to do with Christmas!

Dave was helping Jonathan with his homework, and I love watching them work together!

My handsome little guy, that just enjoys his food!

Handsome Henry, it is COLD!

Both Dave and I were sick with the stomach flu this week.  I started it then Dave got it.  Dave got a new position at work and so he news training so His company sent him up to the Cities.  They wanted him to stay there all week and have a hotel, so we where going to make the most of it and stay with him and swim and be together.  But the morning we needed to leave.  Dave threw up all night!  But on Friday we went up and spent the day up in the Cities while Dave worked.  We went to REI, Ikea, Mall of America, and then the temple!  It was a fun and exhausting day!

At REI

Decorating the tree

As you can tell, we were SOOO excited to put Christmas up!

Putting up our tree!  Thankful that was the last time we will put up that tree.  We were given it or inherited it when we moved into our first home.  So it has been with us for 8 years (and the people before us I think used it for at least 5 years, we think from what the box says) and it is on its last leg (for many years).  But this year at Costco we found one on sale for an awesome deal that is GE, prelit!  Which I cant wait.  Cause it took us about an hour half maybe 2 hours to put up just the tree and lights!!!!!

Helping!

Decorating, trying to get ones on the top!

Putting on the Star!!!  She couldn't wait!

Isn't his smile the cutest!