Getting Ready For Christmas

Despite this being a very different, hard, and disheartening December, we have continued with our traditions and tried to find some happiness and joy in this special time of year. 

The kids picked out a gift to donate to Toys for Tots. Kayla picked a turtle toy, Caden picked superhero legos, and Brynn picked Minnie Mouse Legos. I love that they understand how important it is to give, especially this time of year. 

The kids put on a nativity show for us. My favorite part is the teddy bears as the three wise men. 

 Crazy Rudolph hair.

 We made gingerbread houses. Brynnli lasted about 5 minutes before she was bored, but the other two had a blast.

 Tyler and I had tickets to see Kurt Bestor again this year. He had a special guest, Jenny Oaks Baker, play a few songs with him and I would say it was by far my favorite Kurt Bestor concert I have ever been to. I especially loved the song, "Noel" he did with Jenny.

 The kids got to see Santa and tell him what they wanted for Christmas.

Funny story, Brynnli wasn't feeling well that day and was throwing up, but we thought she would be fine to make it a few hours. We were almost to the front of the line when Brynn told me she was going to throw up again. I had a vomit bag in my hand and she was dry heaving as I casually walked through RC Willey to the bathroom. I didn't want to draw unnecessary attention to an already gross situation. Once she threw up, we walked right back and sat on Santa's lap like nothing had happened. 

We had our traditional Christmas party with Terry and Craig and the Jones family. Our kids were spoiled with way too many toys. 

 Both of the kids got to dress up in their pajamas for school for "Polar Express Day" they had so much fun and thought it was so funny to wear pajamas to school.

And of course, Kitty the Elf has been hiding in some pretty memorable spots this year. Some of our favorites include playing with Light Bright, playing "Go Shopping" with the kids' toys, getting all tangled up in wrapping paper, leaving treats, hiding in the Christmas tree, and leaving fun notes. 

Only a few more days until the best day of the year!