Sugar Cookie decorating.

Christmas Candy making

We had a blast, and enjoyed each other's company.  Only one batch of Carmel's got a little hard, but other then that everything else was perfect and yummy. It's been fun having my girls in the kitchen helping us with the candy the last few years.

Our Elf came/ Christmas cousin sleep over.

 Our Elf Hermey decided to show up for the Holiday season and bring us breakfast, Pj's and a Christmas movie to watch.  We all loved the new Grinch. Also, we were able to have Tynlee and Laiklyn over to watch a Christmas movie and sleepover.  So much fun.

Visiting Santa at Sweet Rolled Tacos

 Preston had Basketball practice, and Addison had to babysit, but we took the rest of the family down to Sweet Rolled Tacos to see Santa Clause.  He was legit, and was wonderful with the kids.  He even sweet talked Shaylee into sitting on his lap.  My boys loved him this year and telling him what they wanted for Christmas.  Brecken: Art kit, Craft kits. Landon: Mighty Pups. Shaylee: Surprise.  Over all we had a great time trying all the new holiday flavored Ice cream and Visiting.

Christmas Book Reading 1st grade

 Brecken and I signed up to read a Christmas book and bring a treat that reminds us about the book.  Brecken really wanted to read Olive..the other Reindeer.  We couldn't really find any treats to match anything in the book so we made ourselves some some Candy Cane Reindeer.  Brecken loves crafts so he was on board and made all 27 with me.  The kids loved the book and treats.  Brecken was excited to hand out the goodies to put in their stockings. 

I went to take Brecken's picture, and Landon kept following and trying to get in the picture as well.  Sure do love this age.

Thanksgiving Break Day 2

The morning after Thanksgiving we all got up and ate Turkey Pancakes.  We did it the day after so the Mellen's could join us this time.  After Breakfast we hurried out the door to go Ice Skating.  The kids love this because it's the only time we Ice Skate.  Landon even tried on skates and had a blast having dad skate him around.  Eventually Deans back started hurting so we used the stroller too.  Brecken did so good this time.  By the end of the skate session he was a pro and didn't need any help to get around.   The last 5 minutes he fell and hit his face.  He was done after that but it was fine because our shift was over.  Addison also took a bad fall and landed on her hip and elbow.  It was bruised up as soon as she got off the Ice.  Preston ended up playing Basketball in the Rec center gym.  Shaylee is a great skater, and lasted most of the time before her feet started killing her.  After skating we headed up to Grandpa Monson's grave to see the headstone that just got put on the week before.  Well, a snow storm decided to happen as soon as we started driving there.  By the time we got to Grandpa's grave it was coming down sort of wet and cold.  Needless to say we didn't last long at the grave.  We got some pictures..mom put some flowers down and we left.  We headed to Cafe Rio for lunch that's when it really started coming down fluffy and hard.  It's so fun to watch.  We got home around 3:00 and the kids played some more in the snow and we took the older kids out shopping that evening.  Saturday we started out playing in the snow again, and then shopping most of the day away with the kids.  We had a blast.  We got home around 2:00 to eat lunch, and then went and saw Frozen 2 with Grandma and some of the cousins.  We liked it okay.  It was a very fun and relaxing weekend we missed Grandpa Monson and his sweet personality around, but Grandma Monson made it so nice and fun for everyone.  We headed home Sunday morning we hardly any traffic.