DECEMBER

Winter means cute kids bundled in snow clothes

The boys are doing great at skiing. Jack has gotten better and enjoying the actual skiing, not just the gatorade they get on the way up

Present exchange party at my house

Choir concert

(Jack right in the middle of the 2nd row)

tumbling performance

We spent a good chunk of time with neighbors fighting the new elementary school boundary change. The district wants to move us from the elementary school right outside our neighborhood, where the kids can easily and quickly walk to, to the one we used to attend, which is further away and on busier roads. Our neighborhood attended board meetings, filled out surveys, sat on street corners counting cars for a traffic study and on and on.... 

Instead of sitting on the corner counting cars I chose to tend someone's baby so that person could. The kids loved having a little baby around

School Christmas performance

Kate got a hankering for sleeping in a sleeping bag

Christmas Eve Eve at moms house

Christmas Eve at Aunt Ronda's 

kids gift exchange- no picture

teen gift exchange

adult gift exchange

Christmas morning 

The kids found a fun surprise in their stockings this year.... NOTHING!
Oh wait, there was one thing, a note from Santa encouraging them to work on a couple things so that he can fill their stockings next year.

Thank you Santa for all the fun gifts

Ivan's pile

Emerys' pile

Jacks Pile

Kate's pile

Christmas day at Sharons

Finally after Christmas was all over we decided to visit the sights. 

Grand America hotel display and temple square

New Years eve

Second year in a row 1/2 of us were sick. I stayed home with Jack and Emery. Mike took Ivan and Kate to his moms

Happy New Year