the end of november/beginning of december

noah always looks older with a hat

 i finally took his bottle away

but he is sitting next to me and now he wants it back

oops

 all decorated for Christmas other than a tree

cookies as an after school surprise

 balloons and a bottle

nothing could make him happier

we went with friends to the meridian holiday parade

it was a lot of fun

 the light the world float

we even got a family picture after the tree lighting

 me and the grinch who was one of the young women when i was girls camp director

 we finally made it to one of dave's comedy sports/ improv shows

michael's friend from work austin and his wife came with us

and afterward we went for waffleluv and the hunts met us there

 the kids were SO happy to wake up to snow sunday morning

 such a good dad

 cutest little snow bunny

 i got a new red dress for michael's work party and wore it to church last sunday

good thing, too since they canceled the party three days before it was supposed to happen

micron is really sucking lately

 watching the first presidency Christmas devotional

i had an idea for family home evening

that we should all wear our Christmas pajamas

and be sneaky little elves to deliver wrapped boxes of candy canes on

neighbor's that we don't know yet's doors to light the world

i think the kids liked it

then we went and picked a tree out

 we came home for hot chocolate and tree decorating

 we didn't get the tree decorated because most of our light strands were burnt out

so we'll get to that in the next couple of days

playing with the nativity before breakfast

 jude loves it in here

 henry came home from preschool and started shoveling the backyard without a coat

 eleanor taught the boys to play go fish

or tried anyway

 jude loves laundry cart rides

 these two shared a chair and a plate of lasagna for dinner last night

 jude made me an ice cream cone at the library

pretty great start to december