Christmas Eve 2018

Our Christmas Eve Festivities include...

1.  We try to head down to the Humane Society on Lucky's official adoption date (December 24th) and leave some treats for pets that are still waiting for a home. 

 Lizzie usually seems to find  some cat she is more than willing to bring home.  This years cat was named Sydney.  

2.  Around 4 or 5 we usually head over to my parents house for some present opening

 and listening to my dad read A Visit From St. Nicholas

 3.  Afterwords we head back home to open up Christmas pajamas and hang out together for a bit. 

 4. Santa has come!!!!  Each of the kids get 3 wrapped presents from Santa in individualized wrapping paper too!

 Merry Christmas!!!

Temple Lights

We headed down as a family to go check out the temple lights and candy window displays. 

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20 years ago in 1998 we celebrated our 1st Christmas as a married couple.  How lucky I am to have been able to celebrate the holidays with Jim every year since. 

Harrison Nativity

Another successful year of the

Harrison Cousin Nativity

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Here is the Nativity Scene in action with Jim as the narrator

Our kids represented the angels and shepherds

New this year a few did musical numbers.  Here is Jim on guitar, Ethan on piano and Lizzie on flute playing Angels We Have Heard on High.  Afton and Lilly also played some Christmas songs on the piano.  

Also new this year- we tried playing songs to chimes. 

Fun in the Snow

We had our first big snowstorm

 of the winter and Afton and Lilly could not have been more excited.  

They were out and

 playing in the snow before 10:00

12.2.18

My adorable 10 year old snow friends

The cute little snowlady they made complete with broccoli eyes and carrot nose. 

Christmas Decorations

I love pulling out our Christmas decorations for all the memories they represent....

December 2018

Jim and I bought a Christmas village just a few years after we were married.  For awhile we didn't have a spot in our house to put it.  Now it has a cute home downstairs. 

Lizzie made this picture a few years back and I just loved it so much it got framed and comes out every year

The tree in our basement is what our kids call our "memory tree."  It has their handmade ornaments, ornaments from places we have been and just ornaments that are special to us. 

This Fisher Price set doesn't get played with as often as it used to but when they kids were younger it was played with ALL THE TIME

The reason for the season

One of my favorite Christmas Eve pictures
of the kids in their pajamas

Our nice nativity set which we have also had FOREVER

My favorite!

Our upstairs tree has red, gold and silver ornaments. 

November

This boy had a birthday!!!!!  Yay!!
Let the "Days of (being) 47" begin!!!
11.10.18

For the evening of his birthday we went to Nickelcade

The next day we had a family party to celebrate November birthdays for Jim and Morgan
11.11.18

Lizzie being Lizzie decided on this day to put a horse mask on and wave to passing cars
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We didn't see Ethan for much of November as he was busy rehearsing for Hillcrest's school musical.  It was an amazing show!!!  Here is his fan club that came to see him perform on closing night.
11.19.18

Proud parents ready to watch the musical

Afton spent a large majority of this evening cutting and tying a blanket.  It was pretty cute to see her determination
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 These two :)  

11.23.18

Harrison Thanksgiving-

We had everyone together this year which was really nice.  After a delicious lunch we did some christmas ornament painting and Lizzie gathered up some victims for a school science fair project

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