It's a Wonderful Life

Well I did get super sick (though not throwing up thankfully!), but NOTHING was going to stop me from seeing Anna perform at the Dickens Festival!  It was pretty fun to do her slicked back hair and put makeup on her.  Thank goodness I think beauty pageants are abhorrent, because I had way too much fun doing that-- I think I would get sucked into that whole world way too easily haha   Anna did such a great job!  She was not shy up on the stage at all.  She had a huge smile on her face, so I could tell she loved every second of it :) Sarah and Sam's antics :) Monday morning we woke up to a beautiful blanket of snow!  It really was gorgeous, but I felt sad I had to send the kids to school! Anna was bringing me lots of wrapped "presents" while I was playing bills.  Little toys are so cute :) And of course, one must face plant in the fresh snow as soon as one is home from school :) They all played with...

Our ward has a hilarious way of "elfing" people.  These creepy dudes are dropped off at your door step anonymously along with treats and the elf paper.  I'm glad we didn't get in on Christmas Eve, that sucker has to keep until the next Christmas season haha I told Wyatt to give me a scared face and he sure did! A good bye note from Susan our elf.  Her sister Sarah still was our elf though! Anna and I got invited to a fun play group, making these cute little gingerbread houses.  There is something to be said for pre-assembled gingerbread houses for sure! I have been loving this book this year!  It is such a sweet story.  I decided to get a bunch of copies and poinsettia ornaments to pass out as some of the neighbor gifts and teacher gifts. Anna was pretty excited about her new matching outfit we picked out at Costco.  I really need to stop taking her shopping with me! Jackson was supposed to dress up for a field trip to ...

Anna was quite the patient one while I had my hair appointment.  Lots of you tubes playdough videos got us through that one! :)  It sure felt nice to have my hair done though.  I seriously need to learn how to blow it straight like that.  It will not look as good until I go back in two months haha We went to a really fun fundraiser that our friends put on.  One of the their high school friends has a brain tumor (it's so sad.  He is a great father and husband and I just can't imagine the stress of dealing with that), so they put on a super amazing Christmas night complete with great catered food, games for the kids, silent and live auction, and Santa!  Santa was AWESOME too.  He spent a lot of time with each child.  Wyatt was in heaven.  Anna felt a little too shy to talk with him, and Jackson wasn't interested he said Our elf Sarah (along with her naughty twin sister Susan) have been having some fun in the house!   ...