December was busy with lots of fun activities! It started with Annie and Jane's baptism. We had a quick ceremony on the Thursday afternoon after Thanksgiving. It was great! Short and sweet!
Then it was on to making cookies, Zoo Lights, holiday parties, etc. All this was amidst us taking turns being sick for the first three weeks of December! We made the best of it, though, and no matter how the kids were feeling, they were well enough to pull an activity/treat out of their advent calendar!
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| My little helpers! |
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| Eating the batter is the best part! |
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| Drinking hot chocolate in their new mugs! |
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| Getting ready for the Kessi Construction holiday party at Ixtapa. . . |
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| Annie loved listening to the recorded book of the Christmas story! |
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| Teddy's birthday party. . . |
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| Opening the package from Grandma! |
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| I went to Grace's Christmas party at her school, and stayed to have lunch with her since her birthday was the next day! It was so fun! |
The kids had so much fun participating in the church pageant, and especially loved the visit from Santa after!
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When we went to Zoo Lights last year, it was SO crowded that it made it stressful that we might lose a kid! I wasn't as excited to go this year, but we have the pass, so it was pretty much free to get it, therefore we headed out one night. It turned out to be so fun!! It was clear, not too crowded, and the kids had a great time! The extra bonus was that the electricity was out at our house when we left to go, but back on when we got back!!
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You can see our toppled over basketball hoop in the background! The windstorm was so strong that at first it moved the basketball hoop forward, then it fell down! It was all very exciting for the kids, especially when soon after, the power went out!
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