December 2013

Let's post Christmas and then we can move on with life!

As always, we love this month.  Everything is so magical and exciting waiting for Christmas.  I loved all of the many, many conversations Chad and I had about what we really wanted to get the boys for Christmas.  On the day I drove all the way to Salt Lake just to get the last “Star Wars Guess Who” game for Caden, I kept saying to Chad, “The things we do for our kids...”

On my birthday we went to the PIE pizza and temple square.  The day we went had snowed a ton, so temple square was relatively empty.  We haven’t been the last few years and I look forward to once again having it be a tradition.  

We took around neighbor gifts for the first time in our married life.  And by that, I mean Chad and I waited in the car while Caden (and sometimes Bryce) ran a jar of buttermilk syrup to each door.  If the family answered he’d cheerfully tell them, “MERRY CHRISTMAS, ho ho ho!” before running back to the car.

Caden had Polar Express day at school and loved wearing his pjs. (with his friend Canyon)

One morning, a real true Christmas miracle occurred.  As Caden tells it, he left his toy elf eraser on the floor and by the morning, it was picked up and set on the table.  The elf had magic!  Just like everyone else’s 30.00 Elf on the Shelf!  We finally had an elf on the shelf!

The elf continued being magical the last few days until Christmas, moving every night.  It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Caden that excited about something. (Here he found it above the window)

On Christmas Eve, Bryce wasn't feeling well so we stopped briefly by my family's party, staying just long enough to get plates full of homemade turkey dinner.  We spend the rest of the night at home playing games and reading our new Christmas books.

The boys on Christmas morning:

Christmas was so nice as we were in our very own house for the first time since Caden was a baby.  We finally made it to Christmas breakfast at my in-laws around 4:30 that afternoon after spending the day playing, lounging, napping and celebrating the birth of our Savior.