Blog posts are few and far between and you would think that after I have been blogging for a few years I would figure out the best way to change the order of my pictures when I upload them... nope, so this is what you get :) But we have had a really great kick off to our Holiday Season!
Cara got her first taste of baby food the other day and pretty much hated it. So after watching her spit it out Caeli asked if she could try some. She did, and the weird girl ate it! It wasn't even something yummy like bananas or apple sauce. It was peas!!! So gross.....
Cara wasn't sure what to think about real live food....
The last week of November we got with some of Caeli's friends and their moms (which happen to be some of my fun friends as well) and we took the girls to the Nutcracker. I had fun. But the girls really loved it. At least Caeli did. She has been trying to make all of her ballerina dress-ups stick straight out like the "pink ballerina" (which I thought was red, but don't try to tell her that) I hope to make this a fun mother daughter tradition at my house. It was great.
We took the kids down to Temple Square one Monday night to see the lights. It was during the super cold spell we had and we FROZE! But it was beautiful and a great way to kick off the holiday season and get into the spirit of the real reason for Christmas.
We have the most fun friends! We got with some of our Logan friends and took a trip to ride on the Polar Express. It was really cute. The kids had such a blast! Cam really had fun too. He loves trains just as much as any little boy could.
The kids got all cozy in their PJ's and took a ride to the North Pole. After the elves brought hot chocolate and cookies by, we got a visit from the big man himself. He brought the kids bells and took orders for Christmas.
Our cute family on the Polar Express. Cara was really not impressed.....
From the train we were about half-way home (to real home) and so we came down to get a head start on the Christmas break. It's been really fun to be home. Cohen loves my Grandpa T and he scored a pony ride when we got to Grandma's house. If you know my grandpa you know that he really loves Cohen if he got a pony ride. Cohen really loves him too.I have no pictures of it, but Tim and Mandy got tickets to The Forgotten Carols. It was really cool. I am so glad they asked us to go with them! Thanks to Millie for keeping the kids so we could enjoy a full night of one of our favorite restaurants (Sagebrush Grill) and the Forgotten Carols. That's one other thing I wouldn't mind adding to our tradition list.
I have been really thoughtful and reflecting a lot today after going to the funeral of my awesome Uncle Mont. His family is just amazing to me. Aunt Marleen is an incredible woman. It has been a reminder to me of how fragile life is and how quickly it can be taken away. I love this time of year because we can all take a little extra time to reflect on our Saviors birth and what a huge part that event plays in our lives. What an amazing blessing the atonement is and what a blessing eternal families are! I don't know what I would do without my family. I have the best kids and a really great husband.
Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you all have a wonderful one. With all of the parties and fun things going on around us at Christmastime, lets not forget the reason we are doing all of this celebrating!
