Build-up to Christmas

I thought this year would be a low stress Christmas since we had no travel plans and it would just be our family at our house for Christmas. Wrong! It seems like we had three or four things scheduled every day in December. It was fun but I'll be glad to get back to our normal, still busy, but less busy routine!
It started with a gingerbread village...a great idea until we looked over and saw Kelton knawing on a corner of his roof.

Asher's school party. We decorated cookies, watched a slideshow, painted on Rudolph noses, and ate lots of food!Ms. Conklin's 1st Grade Class
Sage performed really well as a townsperson in her preschool Christmas pagent.
Rulon and I got to get dressed up for his department Christmas party.We purchased a Six Flags season pass with Christmas money. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Johnson. We've had Sea World passes the last 3 years so it will be fun to go somewhere different. Asher and Sage had lots of fun on lots of rides including iceless ice skating. Kelton got mad because he was too short for all of the rides he wanted to go on including the huge roller coaster. It was fun to see all of their Christmas decorations and lights. We also went to Sea World one last time before last year's season passes expired. Waiting in line at Honeybaked Ham. I forgot their jackets so they snuggled together in a blanket. It entertained them even though it made them wild. And finally...All ready to go to bed on Christmas Eve. (actually Christmas eve eve. Rulon had to work on Christmas so we celebrated everything one day early.)