another great december week

these two can be hard to take places by myself so often we just stay home but we were really antsy

so we went to target and they did pretty well

 popcorn and icee helped

  we took hazel to a retirement center to sing for k-kids (a club at school)

 then we headed to the church for the girls' piano recital

it was eleanor's first one and she was VERY nervous so i sat next to her while she played

 got lights up on the house, thanks michael!

henry and jude are big fans of this mickey

michael and i went to his friend zach's wedding

 he gave me a piggy back to the car

noah had been gone overnight and all day to mccall to help with snowcapades

for the cupscouts

he came home happy and tired

 lit up at night

 we went to michael's other work friend austin's house to play a game with him and his wife

 we finally got the Christmas tree decorated

well, the kids did and i watched

michael was sick in bed

 i was pretty proud of myself for taking all six kids to church alone while michael was sick

 my little helper

 for family home evening we decorated ginger bread houses

 all ready for an ugly sweater party in this fancy sweater/skirt combo i thrifted

 mandy and her husband hosted

and it was huge and super fun

 michael wore a fancy woman's sweater we thrifted

 i love having big kids who can make their own food and clean up afterward

 henry wasn't feeling great

but i'm the one who ended up taking a nap until michael got home

 michael was home sick but feeling better so we got some lunch after we took henry to school

 flowers for my friend melanie on her birthday

 these two are pretty cute together

 i sold this high chair a couple days ago because jude has refused to use it for months

that's the end of an era

 ready to play outside

 i hung some things on our bedroom wall

noah earned his first paycheck of the year for serving lunch

and got recognized by his principal for being kind to his teachers

 it's that time of year

 jude asked me to take this

 i hung the stockings

 jude yelled, "dinner time" and then sat in his chair and said the prayer

trying out a new cookie place that was giving away cookies

 henry, eleanor and olive planned a sleepover all week

with hot chocolate, pie face and hide and seek

they did a good job going to bed, too

 the ward Christmas party/breakfast was a pain to plan

but it went well

 ready for the program

 he got nervous but really enjoyed santa

 Christmas shopping and a lunch date with michael

 we surprised the kids with a movie last night

 they were so excited

wreck it ralph two

in the fancy theater with reclining seats

bedtime

we're getting closer to Christmas and more ready

it was nice to spend the day together yesterday, things have been so busy