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Kimi has planted her Chia guy and is now checking him frequently every day.

It Feels Like Christmas!

Merry Christmas! We had a great Christmas and hope that everyone else did.

Kimi decorating cookies for neighbors.

Going to bed in new pajamas.

What Santa brought.

Kimi with her Chia guy. She is in the process of planting it today. Hopefully she will understand when the seeds don't sprout instantly. Maybe we will name him and give him some blog time.

The chia guy came with a little stuffed chia bear. I am glad because he is much more cuddly for Kimi to sleep with at night than the chia guy.

Ian woke up with his pajamas soaked and he got to open presents before I could get any clothes on him. He had no idea what was going on, but everybody was excited and there was stuff all over the place so he was really excited too.

Ian playing in the rubble.

OH WHAT FUN!

This weekend really got us into the holiday spirit. On Saturday night was our ward party. Cali had been counting down the days on the calendar. She does that whenever she hears the word "party." On Saturday it was finally "the big day" according to her. It was typical; ham, funeral potatoes, various ward members singing and playing guitar. Then came the fun part for us. Santa showed up. Our ward hires a professional every year, and this year he did magic and had puppets. When they finally got to sit on his lap, Kimi froze up (like the Christmas story kid) and had to go back again to tell him what she really wants: a chia pet. I thought my Christmas shopping was done but now I have to make another trip to make sure Santa comes through just because I thought it was so funny. We left the building the same time as Santa and Cali was watching him like a hawk as he walked across the parking lot. You should have heard her say, "Santa drives a car?" as he got in his car by us. We used quick thinking to tell her that it is against the law to park reindeer in a church parking lot, but she then said. "Let's follow him!" We had to talk her out of that one too.

Here's the kids with Santa.

Then last night we went with Scott's family(Mom, Dad, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephew) to temple square to see the lights. We all rode Trax down together which was probably about half the fun for the kids. The lights were so beautiful! It was cold, but worth it. I'll use Cali's words again: Super, Duper, Duper, Duper, Duper, Duper, Fun!

Riding home on Trax:

They slept well after this.

Winter Wonderland

We had another snow storm and this one was worth going out to play in.

Ian goes out in the snow for the first time

A snowball fight in the makings.