After dinner one evening, we were all bored so Kevin came up with the great idea to play pictionary. It was a lot of fun. Laycee and Logan's pictures were just scribbles, but it was fun to watch them "color" while we tried to guess. I think we might try this another time when we are bored again!
Monday, December 21, 2009
Temple Lights
The Christmas season is never complete without a trip to the temple to see the lights. The temple grounds are beautifully decorated with Nativity Scenes and Lights.
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Sunday, December 20, 2009
Comforts and fashion
Haylee got a new outfit, so she posed down the "runway" for us. Isnt she a natural? lol
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Christmas Photos
Its that time of year... Photo Time. I think each year gets more challenging. But I did get one picture where they are all looking. I have to thank mom for the beautiful dresses as well. Not what I would typically pick for the girls, but they are amazing and Haylee LOVES it.
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
Prescott
Dec 5th, Prescott held their annual tree lighting ceremony. They have day long festivities with a parade. So, Mom, Kevin, Joe's family and us treked our way up there. We watched a movie on the way there.
We were lucky to see something more than cacti as well.
We got there and all have to pee, since they couldn't wait, we decided to share.
We got there and all have to pee, since they couldn't wait, we decided to share.
The hotel just outside of Prescott has the largest gingerbread display in (I donno, the world maybe they said?). This is a scene from Up!
The kids got to make their own gingerbread men.
Here they all are TL to BR: Haylee, Emma, Tyler, Trent, Laycee, Reagan, Logan
After looking at gingerbread and trains, we went to save a spot for the parade.
My sweet Haylee girl!
The fam!
The kids plus Emma
The girls minus Reagan
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Trees, Elves, and Dogs
Well these pictures are backwards. But... one night for Family Home Evening, we decorated the tree, dressed up the dogs and took some pictures. Here is Haylee, Kevin, Nana, Trent, Momo and Yuki.
Laycee and Logan with the clan.
This is their christmas card picture, or similar to it.
This is their christmas card picture, or similar to it.
Fredy Rat Elf
So Kevin heard about this book, The Elf on the Shelf. It is about an elf with magical dust who watches over you each day and reports back to Santa each evening. When he comes back while they are sleeping, he finds a new place to watch. It has been very fun for the kids to find his new watch spot each day. I didn't know how I was gonna like the idea at first, but I love it! I am glad Kevin heard about it becuase the kids like it and it gives them a physical item to "watch" them. We have talked about spiritual parallels, so hopefully this fun idea will also double as a teaching moment.
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
advent calendar
This yes instead of buying a calendar that has one piece of candy that my children have to share, or making one for each filled with candy, I saw this idea online. Ok, it didn't turn out exactly as I intended it to from the start and had I known we were doing a tree in the end, I would have chose different paper, but this is my creativty at its best lol. So, instead I cut 3x3 squares. Haylee and Trent helped me fold them in half and I finished the folding and glueing. It was a great project for us to do together. And instead of candy that I would be tempted with, nor do I think children need candy every day, we put for gummy vitamins in each day so they each get a vitamin instead! I love it and I think next year I will make one out of wood and fabric so we can use it from year to year now.
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Photo Time
So when I was taking pictures of Laycee and then Logan for my blog sidebar, mom and I decided to get a couple of them together. It has been a long time since we have done that, so we took advantage of the nice weather. Here is pose one...
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