Merry Christmas

white christmas

We have been hit with snow storm after snow storm lately, but it is great to have a white Christmas. These pictures are from the first storm last weekend.

Everybody working together to dig us out.Ian marched after his daddy shoveling the sidewalk. Ian discovers a new ball, a SNOWball. This made it so that he was frozen solid by the time we could get him to come inside.

OH, you better watch out . . .

I was surprised when I pulled this trio out of Cali's backpack. I don't know if it was the menacing eyebrows and fiery belly on the one on the left, the razor toothed ballerina in the middle, or the three eyes on the belly of the one on the right that I found to be the most festive. Merry Christmas, OR ELSE.

must be santa

We just had our ward party with the visit from Santa that I am always thankful for because it saves me from the line at the mall. Ian was running around like a wild man so he didn't get a photo. Next year, buddy.

christmas pageantry

Kimi decided that for family home evening last night we should start practicing our Christmas pageant that we do with the kids at Christmas. If you heard Pres. Eyering on Sunday he talked about this tradition with his family. I imagine his children looking and acting cherubic and holy through theirs (aside from pegging Samuel the Lamanite with tinfoil rocks). This is how our family's goes: Kimi and Cali fighting over who gets the part of Mary, up until now Kimi has been Joseph but refuses to do it this year, Ian the unwilling shepherd who throws the sheep and runs away, no one saying what they are asked or being willing to sing any songs, Cali the angel deciding to fly (jump) to the manger from the couch and getting in trouble as she crashes into the scene. It wasn't exactly a holy night for us, but I managed to snap one picture of a semi-cherubic pose. After that we went on a drive to see Christmas lights and the best part of that was hearing Ian yell, "Wow!"

Four!

Kimi had a great birthday! She only wanted a Mariposa Barbie, and has wanted it for months. I have never seen anyone be so confident that they were getting what they wanted either. She told everyone that is what she was getting, and recognized the wrapped box when she saw it, so we made her open that last. Kimi requested a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. I thought it was a little funny because she usually doesn't eat any chocolate. Sure enough, she didn't want her cake. She told me "I didn't want it for me, I wanted it for all of you guys!" We also found a new way to entertain Ian: hang some streamers from the doorways.