Thanksgiving-
We contemplated going to Utah, but in the end decided to stay home since we had traveled for the past few Thanskgivings. Denice came from Oklahoma, and Marsi, Quinton and their 6 kids came to visit and they had a blast because it snowed! Down in Parker, AZ they don't see much snow so this was a real treat for her kids. While the kids froze, we stayed in and played a lot of games. It was nice to have some time of to just relax and enjoy the company. For the actual Thanksgiving day we also had a bunch of soldiers that Dan works with come over and join us for the big feast. It was a full house, there was lots of food and we truly spoiled ourselves.
School parties-
Click here for a cute Thanksgiving poem from Alex!
Cousins playing!
Charlie and Carson became best friends, which if you know how much Carson loves little kids, you'd be surprised!
Meal prep!
Mmm... pie...
Lots of game playing!
After Thanksgiving brings the onslaught of Christmas celebrations. As a musical family we have lots of concerts this time of year. I had 3 for school, Dan had 1 for work, I had my piano recital and we had our church christmas program. We also were so excited to go see Uncle Kevin in the Colorado Mormon Chorale's Christmas concert. It was amazing! Here's a few pics of the night and some clips of a few of the songs they did. So good!
Click here for clip #1
Click here for clip #2
Click here for clip #3
Yay for kids who take amazing pictures! lol
The morning after Kevin's concert I had my last piano recital for awhile. Working full time and coming home and teaching was beginning to take its toll on me and the family, leaving very little time to get anything done or spend much time together. I'm sure I'll teach again but for now the job at the high school is plenty!
Here's Dan and I debuting our ugly christmas sweater at the ward party.
Fun Christmas activities with the kids-
Making sugar cube igloos-
Playing in the snow-
Making christmas cookies-
Seeing santa!
I even hosted a fun Christmas party involving Christmas socks! Everyone was to pick a pair of socks and fill them with goodies for a fun gift exchange and fondue! We had a blast and plan on making it an annual tradition.
After all the holiday craziness, school was out and it was time for CHRISTMAS BREAK! Hooray! We decided to do something different for Christmas this year, and get a cabin in the mountains for a mini getaway. We packed up all the presents, a few strings of lights, stockings and of course cinnamon rolls and headed to Glenwood Springs, CO for a Christmas getaway.
We had SO much fun at the hot springs, Glenwood caverns (which had laser tag, 4d movies, an alpine coaster, a zipline and caves to tour). Christmas eve was spent in the cabin watching a movie, eating popcorn and sipping on hot cocoa with new PJs and slippers. Santa found us in Glenwood springs and we opened presents. It had even snowed a whole lot overnight! We carefully drove down to Denver and spent time with my mom and then made our way back home to enjoy the rest of our break. Picture time!
By the way, did I mention how cold it was there? We went hot tubbing anyways!
The hot springs were awesome, but we didn't take any pictures. They had 16 different little hot tubs, if you will, and we hopped from tub to tub checking out the different temperatures and features. Some had rocks at the bottom which provided a little foot massage. I want to go back!
The zip line was cooooold! Click here to see the zip line!
What a fun Christmas! So many memories were made. There was some sickness that Dan and Kevin had to deal with, but hopefully that will fade from memory.... right?
The last thing I wanted to share with everyone is that I have been learning to play the harp since September. I hope you enjoy, and that you all had a wonderful holiday season!!! Merry Christmas!
Click here to see the harp video.
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