We started December off by going to the Kaysville City Light Parade! It was so much fun I can't believe we have never done it before. There were floats and firetrucks and of course Santa! All of the candy they threw out to the kids were candy canes. And there were even free doughnuts and hot cocoa. Whaaa? Yeah---we will be going to this parade every year! The girls loved it. It was kind of nice to not have it be a huge crowd like the fourth of July and it wasn't 100 degrees outside getting sun-burned either.
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| These outfits are out of control--Grandma Carol sure dresses them up real nice! |
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| Lucy in her Christmas Jammies! |
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| Nick made some corn hole boards for Christmas presents. They were a big hit! |
The Smoots invited us to go to St. George over New Years and it was really fun! Playing games with them is always hilarious. I am always in tears laughing. And Georgia had a blast with these friends. Her and Ruby are just a day apart and she loves the older kids. They love her too. She was getting lots of kisses from these boys. :) uh-oh---not already right?!? And of course, we got to see my Dad and Joy down there. They made us an amazing BBQ! Seriously the best meal I have had in a long time!
Just some more of the family pictures we got taken.
We went to see Santa and Mrs. Claus was there. I can't believe she had time between making cookies to come sit by Santa. Lucy loved her fingernails and Georgia asked Santa for her magic boots. (Which she said were boots that she could disappear when you put them on.) It was a tricky Christmas present.
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| Jonny Rockets after visiting Santa at Station Park. |
Georgia has been waking up before we do lately and I was so thankful that she took all of my shoes off of the shelf. Good morning to me! The other day she woke up and helped herself to a brownie and washed her own dish. When did she get so old??? I don't like this one bit!
And the Christmas program that made me so happy beyond words! I was teary-eyed the whole time while she sang "Do You Hear the Christmas Bells?" She sang the whole time and was not nervous at all. Lucy knew all the actions and some of the words too and loved practicing with her. I was so proud of her!
We have the cutest friends in this neighborhood. We are surrounded by houses of girls she can play with, I love it! I do think about her friends in North Carolina a lot though. I think about if we were still there that I know she would be really close with all of them.
Meet Princess Flower...she loves giving free hug and cookies. Did I mention that she is learning a lot in her sunbeams class? She told me yesterday that the Holy Ghost told her that I needed to give her some candy. She must be really in tune. :)
Playing with Leah upstairs at Grandmas! We are sad Leah is moving but I'm glad they can still be close cousins even though they will live farther away.
One of my favorite things Lucy does lately is when you ask, "Who want a cookie or who wants to be Elsa or who wants to read a book?"...she points to herself and says, "Meee!" And she has been telling stories lately. They go exactly like this every time...."Time" (once upon a time), "Doggie"(there was a doggie), "broke"(and he broke), "oh no" (oh no), "after" (happily ever after).
