December

Here are a few other moments from December:

Warren received a nativity from his primary teacher Brother Tanner.

Sawyer has caught the reading bug lately.

Miles went to a birthday party for his friend Felix at Hands on Art.

Clara had a Christmas concert.

Miles played with friends which is his favorite thing.

We went shopping one night and found some ugly sweaters and ate some Zeppe's.

Kanab

One of our gifts to the kids for Christmas was a trip to Kanab. We'd never been there before and were hoping it would be warm, but it was kind of snowy and cold. We still had fun, though. We played games in our hotel room, found a couple fun places to shop - the kids love rock shops - and hiked to the wind caves. That hike was a little intimidating because it was steep and slippery. Some of the kids were a little freaked out, but we made it! We also drove around to see some of the sites and ate at some local restaurants. Now if we could just get along on our trips, our adventures would be perfect! 😄

 

Girls' Trip to See The Little Mermaid

Clara and I had a fun outing with my mom, sisters, and Mackayla. We went to Gardner Village, HuHot, shopping, but the main event was seeing The Little Mermaid at Hale Center Theater. The set, costumes, music, and everything were just so amazing and fun. I sure love all of these beautiful women!

 

Christmas

We did the usual for Christmas this year - made spudnuts for our neighbors, had a fancy Italian dinner, acted out the nativity, and opened Christmas pajamas and exchange gifts on Christmas Eve. Christmas was on Sunday this year so with 9:00 church we decided just to do stockings before church. It was kind of nice to have that pause before ripping into presents.

 

Christmas Prep

We kept busy with Christmas fun in December. Miles made crafts at preschool. We had a Grinch night with floats and cookies that Clara made. We made gingerbread houses and saw the lights in Farmington, Layton, and went to Ogden with the Kingstons. I made the kids get a picture with Santa. We also had a fun lunch with Charles, Amy, and Nancy and some of us went and played at the rec center afterward.

 

Clara Turns 14!

Our sweet girl is growing up! She wanted to spend her birthday with just family this year. So we opened presents and then Barry and I surprised her by taking her to Just Add Chocolate where we spent over an hour making specialty chocolates to take home. It was so fun! We also ate at Francesco's. Clara made her own cake this year and it was beautiful. They also did a run on her birthday to Fiiz for a treat and we watched some Christmas lights.