Homespun Fun

For Christmas Eve we opened a fun family present...a cotton candy maker! No kidding, you can really make it at home now.

You can crush candy canes and make cotton candy out of the candy cane sugar...yummo and crushed nerds works pretty good too.

 Our Christmas Nativity Pageant angel.

We put on own own little nativity pageant. 

 The kids love dressing up and acting out the story.
 You just can't have Christmas without it.

Merry Christmas!

Piano Recital

We had our first piano recital.  Bre and Levi have been taking piano from aunt Kara.  We had our recital at the church with their cousins and all the family then went over to grandpa's for treats.  They did a wonderful job playing their Christmas pieces. I am so proud of them.  I love hearing the piano being played in our home with familiar Christmas melodies.

A Taste of Christmas

Six Posts in One...Quick Catch Up

We just couldn't stay away from Disneyland.  We had another business opportunity or excuse to go down there and we took it.  We went in Nov just before Thanksgiving. They had just decked the hall for Christmas and it was so neat.  I think we have had our fill of the most magical place on earth for a while now.

 Happy Birthday Adeline!

 Addie turns 11.  What a beautiful young women she is becoming!

 Thanksgiving: didn't get very many good pictures cause I was under the weather that day.

 Making lots of Christmas cards!

 I saw these elf shoes idea and had to make some.

 Playing reindeer with our friends!

My budding artist!  Addie did a famous American presentation on the artist Georgia O'Keefe.  Addie painted those flowers inspired by this artist.  She did great on her oral report!