Temple Square

Our family tradition, really the only one we have set, is to go see the lights on Temple Square. It was postponed a few times due to the cold and snow, but we finally made it for the last Monday. Conner LOVES to look at all the lights and this year he had fun naming all the colors. He loves to see the nativity and all the light floating on the water in the reflecting pool. Kaily enjoys running around the grounds and going in the visitor centers to see all the displays. Corbin enjoyed it from the warmth of his stroller and all the blankets we piled around him. Clint and I enjoyed watching the joy on our kids faces as they ran from place to place looking at everything. It was incredibly crowded, but lots of fun. We stopped by JB's for dinner and then went home. It was a great way to end the Christmas season and bring in the new year.

Christmas

Merry Christmas to all!

We have much to be thankful for this year. Clint will be moving to wk at the Bountiful Temple in Jan. so the wonder about what will happen when the Ogden Temple closes is no longer a concern. We are happy with where we are although we miss being closer to more family. This year we are especially grateful to remember the birth of our Savior and all that He has done for us this year and every year. We are grateful for family and friends, a nice home and warmth.

Christmas Eve was spent at my parents house. We had yummy food and the kids had fun opening presents from GG and my parents. We exchanged gifts with each other and even did a short nativity while we told the Christmas story. My parents had LOTS of yummy treats to eat and we had fun talking and laughing. Santa even showed up. Conner was scared at first and when he finally realised who it was he exclaimed, "Santa!" as he ran up and hugged him.

Christmas morning Clint and I were woken up by our kids who were so excited to see if Santa bought them the pillow pets they had asked for. They were not disappointed and even Clint had some surprises for me.

After the presents we went back to my parents house for a great breakfast of Ableskivers, a Danish pastry, and biscuits and gravy. We stayed for a while visiting and then went to my Grandpa's house for a great visit and ended up having a very entertaining dinner.

It was a LONG great day.

Gingerbread house

Another first for our family was to build a gingerbread house. I have always wanted to do one and Kaily asks each year if we can. This year I finally just bought one and on Wednesday we put it together. Clint, I think, had more fun than the kids. Conner loved eating the candy and Kaily had fun bossing both Clint and Conner around, telling them where to put the frosting and where to put the candy. She helped decorate too, after we split up the candy so they each had their own. I'm sure I'll hear about eating it until I throw it away.

City of Lights

We have lived here for three Christmas' and each year we pass the lights in downtown and each year I tell the kids we'll go see them. Something always comes up so that we don't ever go, so this year I scheduled it in as part of family night so we would go. The city has different business' make a display of a house of lights so that once all the houses are set up it looks like a lit up neighborhood. It's actually quite beautiful. This year, even though we have a newborn and it was terribly cold, we had fun. Conner saw this train and couldn't help himself, he had to touch it Clint saw this and had to pose.

sledding

Kaily and Conner have never been sledding, I know I'm an awful mom. Clint decided to take them on Thursday, they had SO much fun! I promised them that this year they would be able to go and Clint didn't disappoint. I stayed home with Corbin so Clint took the camera and made sure I had pics of all the fun.