It has been another crazy month of December and knowing my record, I am actually impressed that this is posted only 5 days after Christmas. It has been a fun-filled month but also included stress, snow, and celebrating the birth of our Savior. For the last 3 or 4 months we'd been planning on going to Spokane for the 5 days before Christmas and then leave from there on Christmas Eve to go to Zillah, WA (where my parents live). Although it was a hard decision, we canceled our plans because of all the snow that had come to Spokane and all the cities we have to travel though to get there. It was a good choice because Spokane was basically closed down. Hospitals canceled all non-life threatening surgeries, half the roads were closed, and tons of businesses where closed. The got 3 feet of snow in 2 days and yesterday my mother-in-law called and told us that they broke a record for the record known to Spokane. 5 feet of snow in less than 2 weeks! Roofs on stores, garages and homes are collapsing and they are running out of room to pile the snow. And more snow is coming on and off all week. Did I mention we made a good choice not to go and after the last 2 winters Spokane has had, we moved away at the right time (even though we miss all our family and friends)!!
So here are a TON of pictures of some of our activities from the month.
This was at our ward Christmas Party: Katelyn was a cow (yes a cow-kinda mean if you ask me lol) but was cute, Logan was one of the shepherds, and the cute donkey was our little friend Paxton. I was sad there was not a visit from Santa this year but we still had a good time.
Our friends, the Bernards, came with us.
Tyson and friends Rilynn and Paxton
Logan with his bud Ethan
This was Katelyn at her school winter program. The kids all had parts from the 12 days of Christmas.
Our school has an award that is given by each teacher each month for a certain character trait. The teacher picks 1 boy and 1 girl from their class that they think shows that trait and then they get to go to the school on the last Friday of the month and have breakfast and get their award. Well it happened that Katelyn and Logan both got chosen for the month of Dec. The trait was compassion and kindness, so of course I was so proud of them but it would be wonderful to see it more from them here at home (lol). Oh famiilies were invited for breakfast so we were up and at school at 8:20am.
Then that afternoon we headed back to school for Katelyn's classroom party since parents and little siblings were invited. It was pajama day so all the kids were in their pjs. We had fun making little gingerbread houses with her class.
Since moving to Boise, the kids have taken a liking to the orange and blue pride of BSU, so we got them each a shirt.
Katelyn and Logan got Heeley's (the shoe's with the wheels). We got katelyn's for just $9.00 at the Mervyn's going out of business sale. Regularly $65.00. Just can't beat that!!!
We decorated/ate sugar cookies as part of the evening festivities and then left out a few cookies and some milk for Santa (we didn't forget about the reindeer, we left carrots for them). 
This below is crown bread and it is a tradition in my family. My mom made this for Christmas morning(and still does-which we would of had with them if we had been able to go) for as long as I can remember. So the last 2 yrs. I have made it for us and I think it turned out great!! Oh this is what we found from Santa when we woke up (an empty plate and a cute letter).
Christmas Morning
Tyson got the "big choo choo" he'd been wanting for awhile now.
Logan and katelyn got clothes from build-a-bear, which they asked for and Katelyn got her easy bake oven. The picture of Tyson with the camera stand: it was so funny, he kept pretending to take pictures and would say "cheese". A little later, he sat on the floor and would say "hohoho" and tell us to come sit on his lap and then (as best as he can), would ask us what we wanted for Christmas. It was so cute.
Just some fun pictures through out the day.
I love these 2 pictures!!!
We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and have a safe and fun New Year's too!! Family, we hope the weather will be better when we attempt to visit in February cause we can't wait to see you all.
6 comments:
You seriously have such cute kids! It looks like you had a great holiday despite not being able to go home. Happy New Year!
Yes you made a very good decision not to come to Spokane. It is crazy here! Continues to be.
Sorry that you didn't get to see your family. I know how that can be. Great pictures showing all the fun things you and the kids have been doing.
Happy New Year!
Lori! How fun to catch up with your cute little fam- looks like you had a great Christmas.
I really don't miss living in the snow! I can't believe how much Spokane was dumped on this winter. When we were moving away, I was really sad to be saying good-bye to so many great people, and I really did grow to love Spokane, but OH MY GOSH! I am so glad to be home; I really love California, and when I hear about Spokane's rough winters- while my kids are wearing flip flops to the gym day-care in January- I'm so glad I came home!!!
How fun that you and Wendy met in Pines ward and are still friends. Wendy must be pretty great; afterall, they threw me out of YW's to bring her in! Yeah, that didn't really help my inferiority complex, but hey, I guess I survived...
Happy New Year little Lori :)
Looks like a fun Christmas.
The snow here is amazing. It just keeps coming. Today we are getting rain and the snow is expected to melt over the next few days. There have been roof colapses all over Spokane and they are worried that with the rain mixing with the snow on the roofs, we will have a lot more colapses.
School is cancelled, yet again. They got an extra two days before Winter Break and now two more days, so far. We have had over 6 feet of snow so far this year, just not all at the same time. We still have a good 2-2 1/2 feet on the ground. Nice huh?
I will post a tutorial on my blog about how to make the headband. It really is easy, and you don't need a sewing machine.
Sorry that was so long...keep the posts coming!
Glad you had a great Christmas! Staying home isn't so bad as the kids get older. This year we specifically stayed home because even going to Spokane was seeming like too much of a hassle. Luckily my parents came our direction instead! It was wonderful to host Christmas. We just went to Spokane for New Years - - the SNOW WAS insane!
That crown bread looks yummy. How do you make it??
I was sad you guys didn't get to go to Spokane but you definately made the best of it. Thanks for inviting us to your Christmas party, it was really fun!
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