December

The Christmas season can be so hectic. Some years I have a hard time feeling the spirit of Christ in Christmas. Not this year. We followed the churches #LIGHTtheWORLD calendar and every day we watched a short video and talked about what we could do to follow that teachings of Jesus. Then we talked about what we did. Some days were as simple as watching a video, and others we went and did things. But I LOVED this holiday season this year. I felt I was focused on the right things and was helping my kids focus on Christ as well. So here are a few of the things we did leading up to Christmas. 

The ward party. I visited with a lot of people this night. Got out of my comfort zone and talked to many new and old faces. Plus the kids had fun going around to the various activities. Buddy Boy had Itty Bitty Basketball and so he only made it to the dinner with daddy. 

The days are long when you are playing so hard. :) 

One of the #LIGHTtheWORLD days was visit the nursing home. So we got a group together and went caroling. We also handed out pillow cases to them that the middle school kids had made. It was a great activity. We sang Silent Night to one man and his kids. His wife was "on her way out" as he put it. He cried. I cried. It really reminds you of what is important having experiences like that. 

Make-up time. 

Sugar cookies. 

Shopping and an Aggie game. 

My cute brother-&-sister-in-law!

MJ's FHE with a Minecraft tree. 

Watching the city lights.

Talking with the parents. The Em-A-Nator LOVES to FaceTime. She even says "phone." She gets so excited and smiles ear to ear. 

Have a great day everyone!

Temple Square & More

We have been redoing our back door. A friend who loves to build things has been coming and helping us. She has been a life saver! We would have had to pay a contractor otherwise. We took out the french double doors and put this in. The back outside is now done. Yea. Slowly we are woking on the inside. It looks so good and our home is warmer now without the gap between the door. 

The Em-A-Nator thought she was so cool shoveling snow. She loved helping. And of course I got the first snow ball thrown at me. Right into my ear this time. :) 

RB programmed siri on my phone to call me Bucko. I was so surprised the first time I did it. I blamed Lil at first but it was RB all along. 

Random Pictures. 

We were able to go to temple square for our annual shopping, light looking trip. Once again we had a great time! It was a little chilly but we had good weather otherwise. Isabel and RB had some really good talks about the temple and our church. We had a great long day. I'm glad I could get the Em-A-Nator to smile for this picture too. She had a fever the whole day and didn't feel well. She's a trooper! 

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was in WY this year again. We had a good time. My brothers couldn't be there but my one sister-in-law and Ash Bear were able to come. Isabel saw her first major snow storm and thought is was awesome. Little does she know just how cold it still will get. Before the movies Isabel did all of our makeup. It was fun to get dolled up before going out. We didn't see The Croods II but Lil wanted a picture in front of the display. We also went ice-skating and that was a lot of fun. Ms M was getting to the point where she was going on her own. The last picture is of the newspaper online. Since we are not members of that newspaper we could only see the headlines and half the picture. Still pretty cool that it is of us sisters. We took Isabel Black Friday shopping and had a great morning. Thanksgiving was a great weekend. Yummy food, good games, and a great time spending time with family! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!