Family Christmas Photo Shoot

A HUGE thank you to my sister-in-law Jenn for taking these pictures for us!! We had a great time doing these at the Salt Lake Library! So fun!

Jessie's MARRIED!!!

When Jeremy's sister Jenn moved out of our house, she moved into a condo with a girl named Jessie! Well since that day, Jessie has become a wonderful family friend. We just love her to pieces!! Well on the 20th she was married to a wonderful guy Scott! We couldn't be happier for the two of them!!! (Sorry this is the best picture I got of them...)

The kids had a blast dancing the night way...

Check out Bostons' wink! Oh ya, he's got the moves!

Boston really wanted to dance with his Aunt Jenn... and Hadley didn't miss a beat. She went right up to her husband Josh and held out her hands! They have the best Aunts and Uncles in the world!

New Jammies!

Grandma and Grandpa bought the kiddos new jammies!! The kids LOVE them and ask to where them nearly every night... "they are just so soft!"

They also got a new book from Grandma and Grandpa! The Gingerbread Pirates! The kids LOVE it, and so do I! Cute cute book!
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What lucky kiddos!

Christmas Treats!

My Mom came over this week and we whipped up a bunch of Christmas treats!! Pictured above, we are making peanut butter cups! This has been a tradition since I can remember!

We had a wonderful helper too...

Strussels

Barvarian Mints

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We also made Oreo truffles! Oh my goodness! I LOVE all the yummy Christmas treats, and even more I love making them with my Mom!

Hot Chocolate Party #2

Our 2nd Hot Chocolate Party was much better attended. Everyone that said they were coming, actually came!! We had a great time eating lots of yummy yums out on Magical deck! (Have you ever tried Ice Cream in Hot Chocolate!? It is a fabulous idea... thanks Kristie!)

This is Jeremy's best friend Dustin from elementry and his cute wife and daughter!

Our Friends from our lindon ward Dustin and Lydia!

Also friends from our Lindon ward! The Bruce family!

After eating out on the deck the adults played a game and had a great time catching up! The kids had a blast playing together!!

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Thank you for coming everyone! We loved having you over!

Christmas Sleepover!

One of my favorite Christmas Traditions for my childhood is the Christmas Sleepover!!! Now I enjoy it with my kids!!

We started out the night with Pizza, Rootbear floats, and Frosty the Snowman!

Then we made snowflakes out of coffee filters! Works great!

Then we played Hide the Bow. The kids would cout and we would hide the bow, and then we would count and they would hide the bow. Simple, but they LOVED it!

UNO Attack is a favorite at our house!

We also played Chutes and Latters.

Then we read some Christmas Stories, and then we set up all of our sleeping stuff to sleep all together in the living room! Jeremy and the kids watched Kung Fu Panda 2, I tried to watch it, but just ended up sleeping!!

In the morning Jeremy and the kids had a pillow fight while I fixed Chocolate Chip Pancakes and Bacon!! YUM! The kids have been beggin for another sleepover! They had a blast, and I have NEVER seen Hadley so crazy hyper!

Zoo Lights!

I've wanted to go to Zoo Lights, but have never found the time to go in the crazy month of December! Luckily my Sister-in-law Heather planned a night for us to go!!!

Heather's mom brought Pizza and Hot Chocolate for a "Tailgating" party!! The cute girl in the blue and white coat is our friend Lisa!! She is attending BYU and my parents were taking her to the airport the next day! We were so glad she could tag along!

Logan and Boston enjoying the cool lights!

We even saw Santa and his reindeer!!

Jeremy and Hadley entering the hippos mouth!

All hte crazy flamingos... I mean kids!

We even rode the carosel!!

So fun! Even if it is freezing cold and dark!

We even let the kids play at the park! For like 5 min...

I really enjoyed it! It was even better then I imagined! TONS OF LIGHTS!!

Super fun night with the family!

Boston's Preschool Program

Grandma came and spent the morning with us before Boston's preschool program! She brought along a fun toy that Santa gave her when she was a little girl! It is a candy making thing. The kids loved melting the chocolate and making their own suckers and little chocolates.

Boston was so adorable in his program! He especially loved the parts where they got to dance. He is sitting next to his friend that he calls Chris Cross Apple Sauce.

Boston was lucky to have Grandma, Me, and Hadley to cheer him on!

The star of the show...

After the program the kids were given the opportunity to see Santa yet again... I tried to convince Boston that we really didn't need to see him AGAIN, but he wouldn't have it.

Hadley was thrilled with that idea too.

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Boston's preschool does some pretty awesome stuff. He is really loving it!

What Shall We Give?

Jeremy shared this for Family Home Evening. I had seen it before, but I was grateful to see it again. What are you giving for Christmas? What are your giving for Christ?

Hot Chocolate Party #1

We have a few friend that we started a tradition with 3 years ago, to have a Hot Chocolate Party on our deck! While trying to find a date that would work for everyone we finally decided to have 2 parties to accommodate everyone!! So we were super excited when the 1st party rolled around expecting 20+ people...
The kids were watching out the window waiting for our guests to arrive. Party time came, and party time went. Finally Jeremy's dear sister Jenn and her husband Josh showed up! They saved the party, and my Christmas spirit.

Although they were are only guests, we sure had a lot of fun! We had delicious Hot Chocolate and Scones out on our magical deck!

The kiddos especially had so much fun!

I had made some fun Hot Chocolate stir sticks, and we also put ice cream and whipped cream into our Hot Chocolate! YUMMY!!!! Jenn and Josh brought some amazing sugar cookies, and of course we sent them home with a party favor...

but not until they played a round of charades with us! It was a fabulously fun night, not what we expected, but fabulous nevertheless.