We started the month with a drive through of the Thanksgiving Point Light Festival. It was beautiful and colorful and the whole way through we were MISSING OUR GRANDCHILDREN!!!
We kept saying...Oh, Brooklyn and Evan would love this...
...or Bennett and Carter and Klay would love this!
Braden went up to Breanna's class to help her one afternoon and the kids were super excited to have him come. He is a superstar to them!
Well, Jazz forward Derek Favors has a program that encourages volunteerism and Braden submitted his photo and eventually got enough "LIKES" online that it got Derek's attention, and Braden won tickets to a Jazz game and got to meet Derek after the game!
Pretty cool!
Breanna talked me into doing a SANTA RUN with her this year. What could be better than a 5K with milk and cookies at the pit stops???
So, as we are pulling into the parking lot for the race, Scott says "Gee, I guess other people had the same idea as you to dress up like Santa.
He did not know it was the theme of the race...he is just used to us dressing up crazy for races. FUNNY!
We had a great time running together and yes, we had a cookie after the race!
It was party weekend for them. Areas at a Venezuelan place...
Braden in the original "Gun Show"
And of course a historic game where BYU was down 0-35 and came back to ALMOST win!
I was attending 2 sealings in Bountiful that day and listened to the game on my way home that afternoon, crazy!
I wish you ALL could have been at Breanna's class when the "Christmas Elf" delivered the stockings you all helped put together!
The kids were SO EXCITED about the smallest details in each stocking. Yes, even getting a comb was thrilling. They LOVED the hats and promptly put them on so proud to have their own hat. It was so rewarding to see them looking at all the things that YOU put inside for them! THANK YOU and we will see if this can become a new tradition!
One morning in December I got up and the front door looked like this...
There had been a terrific storm that blew snow all over the front of the house, it was so pretty!!
Christmas Eve we went up to Carole's home for lunch and got to meet Breanna's boyfriend Elliot.
He is such a NICE person! We really like him a lot...and so does she!!
Then it was down to LeAnn's house for a lovely dinner...really so good!
And the traditional Nativity acted out by all!
We just loved how well the twins played their parts and how serious they were about it, well...when the owls were not being a part of the story :)
Nathan did a great job saying his lines as head angel.
I just had to put a photo of the incredible dessert we had that night...delicious and so pretty!
I had laryngitis so I could not sing, but I loved hearing all of you singing and Jenny playing the piano!
Christmas morning was the best with Braden and Breanna. We get up whenever we feel like it and take our own time.
Scott looking at a cute calendar from Jenna and family.
We got a panini maker from Austin and Laura...so it was breakfast sandwiches...egg, bacon and cheese! Mmmmmmm!!
Then the traditional SANTA HAT WALK on Christmas morning...OK, we started the tradition last year, but who's counting?
We saw some cool long horn cows today.
Then it was up to the MTC to help missionaries make Christmas phone calls for several hours while I am pretty sure our kids napped!
You can see I am looking at framing materials here...we received a beautiful Brian Kershisnik print called "The Nativity" that is one of our favorites, from one of our returned missionaries.
It will be a nice reminder all year round of the importance of the Savior in our lives, and how PERSONAL that can and should be.
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