Nutcracker

I surprised the girls with tickets to the Nutcracker. It was a girls night out. No boys allowed. I think they loved that part more than the show. They had a great time and loved every part. I thought they might fall asleep, at least Hailey because we had a long day, but they stayed awake the entire time. I think they fell asleep in about 3 minutes after we got into the van.

Elsie, Hailey, and Ellie.

Kim, Elsie, Me, Hailey, and Ellie. Hailey does not look so happy. I think Ellie and just pushed her. We had a great time.

Tree Trouble

I just wanted to share the reason my tree will not stay decorated!!!!

Sam takes off all the ordainments and brings them to me!!!

I used to put them back on the tree, know I am just collecting them in a basket. So I guess he is doing his part to help me take down the tree!!! He just so cute....its hard to get mad!

Ginger Bread Houses

We made our annual houses with some friends. Elise and Hailey in the process of decorating.

Ellie was so happy and excited to decorate. She is getting so big I only had to help her spread a little frosting and then she didn't want anymore help, which is so nice!!!

Sam and Me by some of our creations. He keep trying to steal the candy. All of our friends are so nice and helpful with him! He is a busy little boy!!

Ellie, Hailey, Elise, Gavin and Lincoln posing in front of their houses. Check out those little boys they have massive amounts of candy on their houses!!

Ellie and Hailey. I have to catch them in their kind moments to one another!!

Caldwell Light Parade

Ellie, Sam, and Hailey trying to stay warm at the Caldwell Light Parade.

Ellie was a little grumpy because she was cold. David is trying to warm her and her spirits!

Hailey was so happy and was loving all the lights. A little girl about her same size walking in the parade with the YMCA came up to Hailey and gave her a Cat in the Hat book. That is all she has talked about today was her best friend that gave her a book. She keeps saying she was so cute and told me, "Merry Christmas."

Sam trying to stay warm. It is such an easy guy to take anywhere. He just chilled in the stroller the entire time and watched the lights!

The girls loved this float. It had a princess on it so it was golden. The horse and carriage are actually made from horse shoes and it is usually outside Snickerdoodles a home decor store that is awesome!

BSU vs. USU

Me and Dave all bundled up at the game. It actually wasn't that bad. When we first got to our seats after our long walk I was pretty hot. By the end of half it was getting pretty cold. We had left our house in such a hurry we forgot a blanket and then remembered we had bought an orange blanket on black Friday that was in our stow and go. Boy, I was so happy Dave saw that and crabbed it....it literally saved our behinds!! I try to go to one game a year....so off course I chose the Aggie game but next year I think I will try to catch an earlier game so I won't freeze!! It's always fun to be together...so it was good!

Aggies with the ball. Had to take a quick picture because it didn't happen very often. I do love my Aggies and they have come a long way in the past couple of years. They really did play pretty good. What do I know.....I act like I know football. I don't. But to me it seemed like they had a few good plays and played hard.

Saw this on the way out. Thought to myself.....wow did you come directly from milking the cows and thought I'm just going to go with it??

I will be making one of these treasures for David to wear next season. I will substitute diet coke. AMAZING!!!

Christmas Tree

Our family tradition is the first Monday after Thanksgiving to go and get a tree. I grew up with a fake tree so I fought it at first....but after a few years...I love it. It smells so good. You don't have one other thing to store. It so fun to pick the perfect tree.

Ellie actually picked this tree and I love it!!

The tree on top of our really dirty van from the drive home from Utah. We drank egg nog and listened to Christmas music and decorated our tree. Actually our tree has been re decorated everyday since it has been up. Sam will grab a bulb and bring it to me. Hailey is almost as bad. Today she started taking the bulbs off and was lining them up on the couch. It's going to be a long month!

Snow Day

On Wednesday we had a big snow storm and school was cancelled. The girls were so excited to go outside and play and build a snowman! Elise and Hailey starting on the snowman.

Ellie made this snowman all by herself. She was so proud of it.

Me and the girls by our finished product!

We made a BYU and BSU snowman. They seemed happy even after a rough football weekend for both teams!