A few FUN December activities

So I have this dream of being caught up to Christmas on our blog by Valentine's Day...I have no idea how some people accomplish this daily or even weekly, but apparently I could use a few tips and pointers.

Here are a few fun pictures of:

the Children's Museum (at the Clifford exhibit),

visiting with Santa in the mall (after an hour long line...),

watching Daddy perform in the "Back to Bethlehem" play at church, we loved hearing him sing,

our angels (except that you can't see Kinzie...)

(yes, he has a beard...thanks to Linnea he was a huge HIT at the party, and I am pretty sure he loved it more than anyone else. He loves being a shepherd, even still.)

creating gingerbread houses at the preschool PJ party,

......................... (and a snowman)

and playing in the snow that fell the day school let out for Christmas break. Enjoy!

I love that Addelyn and Coleson didn't even sink into the snow, Phoebe and Kinzie didn't sink too far either...it was pretty crunchy snow.

The month of NOVEMBER

November was a little rough and yet absolutely wonderful, all wrapped into one. It started with Addellyn still sick and coughing from our trip to the cabin and then turned into me getting the "flu" not sure if it was the normal one or the swine, but it was awesome none the less...

Then we had visitors and more visitors and I guess me not feeling at the top of my game made it so that I NEVER used my camera...

SOOO...

*insert picture of me SUPER sick here.

*insert picture of my wonderful friend Liz and her two adorbale boys here.

*insert picture of Jen and Kennedi who came to play for the day here.

*insert picture of a fun taco group dinner here.

*insert picture of us getting Grandma and Grandpa from the airport here.

*insert picture of us having a BLAST with them here.

*insert picture of a wonderful couple getting baptized here.

*insert picture of Addellyn getting antibiotics and an inhaler because of fluid in her lungs here.

*insert picture of Ty and I actually going on a date because we had great babysitters here.

*insert picture of a beautiful Thanksgiving feast here.

*insert picture of the Missionaries joining us here.

The only pictures I took were in the morning before we took Grandma and Grandpa back to the airport on Black Friday.

*insert pictures of a fire pit, wonderful friends, hot dogs, pineapple and marshmallows here.

*insert picture of the Utah v. BYU game with those same incredible friends here.

I did actually take a picture or two of us decorating the tree.

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*insert picture of me finally getting antibiotics 24 days later, after half of my ribs had dislocated, and I was very hoarse due to the amount of coughing I had been doing over the past month here.

All in all, it was a pretty great month...

cabin PHOTO SHOOTs...The CrEw

Miss Doodle...