Here Comes Christmas

Time sure has been flying by! The kids are already counting down how many days 'til Christmas. Porter is our math guy who is always right on the ball with knowing how many days.


Here lies a pile of Christmas books. December 1st begins our tradition of opening a book a day. Over the years we've collected lots of Christmas books and stories. We open one a day until we run out. I think we counted 21 books this time! I always buy a new book for the next year to add to our collection at the after Christmas sales, and then wrap them all up for the next year so they are all ready to go. So here is Kami after opening the first book of the season!

Spencer and Lindsey had fun after their first clogging performance. They performed a real fun routine at the Festival of Trees in Idaho Falls.



We had a fun Thanksgiving going down to Salt Lake to be with family. Lots of cousins had lots of fun,and lots of pie!! I took Porter and Kami to the dentist this last week, and they were going on and on telling the dentist and his assistant all about the PIES that were at Thanksgiving dinner! Besides the fun at Ryan's sister Maegan's house, we went to temple square and enjoyed the lights and a warm dinner at the Lion House. Their bowl of soup w/a big roll is a great deal for only $1.29! We went to tour the Beehive house, and all the sister missionaries there knew Angela (who just barely transferred to Pennsylvania two days before we were there) and talked about what a great sister she was (is)! Explaination of why there is a huge lampost in the header picture....Temple Square was SO busy that night, because it was the first night that the lights were lit. There were families everywhere taking pictures right where we wanted to be, and the only open spot we could conveniently find had a huge lamp post in it!