Christmas Nativity

At a family Christmas party Madison and Carter helped act out the nativity story.
Carter was a sheppard and Madison got his smile ready for show time. Madison was an angel.

We love Madison ...

Please take note of the child lock on the floor that has been disassembled and removed from the door knob by our 1 year old. She must have been really hungry :)

She has also impressed us with her skills of figuring out the bungee cord locking her out of the fridge. I purchased a fridge lock but unfortunately it was not made for side by side. She most likely would figure that out too.

Christmas dance...

Jaiden is lucky to be in a ballet class with two of her good friends (Ellie and Lauren). They had a small performance the last class before Christmas break. They did very well.

Poor Carter ...

Carter wore his suit to church and he told us, "Sister Fox said I look like a nissionay". (missionary)Poor Carter is never going to speak correctly because we all think it is so cute and copy the way he pronounces stuff.

Visiting with Santa ...

One of my favorite Christmas traditions is the Night of Sharing in our neighborhood. Santa comes to visit and instead of neighborhood gifts we give him gifts to take to those in need. The kids always look forward to seeing Santa and mom always looks forward to not visiting Santa at a crowded mall.

Madison was not a fan of Santa. She didn't even like being 20 feet away. Once Jason put her down she headed directly to the car. Glad I didn't wait in a long line :)

Nutcraker Ballet

We attended the Nutcracker Ballet as a Christmas activity. I of course really enjoyed it along with Jaiden. Carter and Jason actually did really well and Carter loved the mice with swords. He actually watch a lot of the dancing. They both looked so cute dressed up but all I had was my camera phone. Oops. Any pic is better than no pic.

Christmas Surprise ...

My sister Kim pulled off a great surprise for my parents. Chris (her husband) was coming to Utah in December for a job interview and they decided to make a Christmas trip out of it. They kept it a surprise from my parents with me running interference. My mom of course was depressed because Kim kept telling her that they couldn't make it out for Christmas. My mom was mailing all their Christmas presents and I found a way to intercept them and hide them in my basement. We met up with Kim and Chris at a church parking lot. It was fun to see my kids faces when we pulled up next to a car and the window came down and it was Aunt Kimmy. They got all excited and asked for Savanna. Then we all headed over to our parents to video the big surprise.

We were so excited we couldn't even stand up right!!! :)