Here comes SANTA CLAUS, here comes SANTA CLAUS...

Right down SANTA CLAUS lane.

The kids had their Christmas Singing program today at school. They all did a great job. You could definitely feel the excitement of Christmas in the air.

Sadie, Graice, Zani

Sadie - 1st Grade
(The girl I am an aide for (Alesha) is in Cream just below Sadie.)Will - 4th Grade

Jake - 6th Grade

Jingle BELL, Jingle BELL, Jingle BELL rock...

Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring.
Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun.
Now the jingle hop has begun.

On Monday we went to the Christmas Carole Sing-Along at the Energy Solutions Arena with my sister Amy and her family. It was a fun night spent singing Christmas songs and listening to Jon Schmidt play the piano. The best thing is it was FREE and they gave us each 1 jazz ticket, 2 bees tickets and a large popcorn at a Larry Miller Theater. Fun night.

I guess we didn't get a picture of Sadie...
but I know our cute little bug was there =)

HO, HO, HO We are Santa's Elves...

We are Santa's Elves. Filling Santa's shelves.
With a toy, for a girl & boy. We are Santa's Elves.

This year we had a mysterious Elf named Buddy that appeared on December 1st while dad was at work and we were all at school. He was sitting on our kitchen table when we all got home with a note that said he was here to visit our family and keep tabs for Santa until Christmas. Will and Sadie looked forward each day to finding Buddy and reading what his notes had to say about the previous days activities (positive things he had seen us do as a family). We loved having him here for 17 days but on Friday, December 17th he left a note saying he needed to get back so he could help Santa get ready for Christmas. We aren't sure if Buddy will come next year but he sure added fun and excitement to this Christmas.

December 1st

December 2ndDecember 3rd

December 4th
Will had a few questions he needed to ask Buddy:
1. How old Buddy is? 212 years
2. How old Santa is? 1,663

December 5th

December 6th

December 7th

December 8th

December 9thDecember 10th
Buddy didn't bring gifts but one day he did leave us some
yummy chocolate mint candy canes.

December 11th

December 12th

December 13th

December 14th

December 15thDecember 16th

December 17thMerry Christmas Buddy!!!

Tis the season to be JOLLY...

Fa, la la la la, la la la la.

We are so lucky to live in the BEST neighborhood. Kate and Steve Mooth had a fun Christmas party this last week at their house. We ate great food and opened white elephant gifts. It was fun to see how clever some people were with their white elephants they brought. There was such a great turnout. We missed those that couldn't come because of other commitments.

Egan's, Rice's, Adair's, Seagle's, Holt's, Davies', Hill's, Fuhriman's, Little's, Bagley's, Janke's, Nielsen's, Bruce's, Ellis', Jensen's, Gregson's, Mooth's and Us were all there.
PAAARRRTTTYYY =)

Mandy, Melissa, Me, Rachel, Trish, Michelle, HollyJodi and DorienKristine, Janae, MindyTrish, Jodi, Heidi, Diane, StephKate, Mandy, Me, RachelTop 2 white elephants were:
#1. SHAKE WEIGHT (brought by Bagley's)

Davies' picked the shake weight...

then Janke's loved it so much they took it from them =)Melissa Jensen is showing us all how the shake weight works =)#2. HANDERPANTS (brought by Gregson's)
Bishop Ellis picked these beauties. Lucky for them no one stole them so they went home with the Ellis' =)Heidi is so excited to be the owner of the handerpants.
Bruce's got an awesome makeup set for getting older.This was our gift we ended up with. Mike now has it displayed on his desk at work. Thanks Janke's.Adair's ended up with a sweet mask for sleeping =)

Steve and Kate had a prize for the #1 white elephant & it went to
...THE HANDERPANTS.
Thanks for the fun party. You guys are awesome.