'Tis the season

Jam-packed already, the holidays have been in full swing at our crazy house since before we left for Washington for Thanksgiving. I was determined not to get behind this year and have done fairly well so far. The weekend before Thanksgiving, we headed up for our annual trek to find the perfect Christmas tree ( a little less dramatic than the Griswalds process might I add) Ben and for the first time, the older boys headed up into the woods while the three little kids and I stayed behind to sled and have fun. Fun was had - Jocelyn and Riley found a great hill to sled on and eventually Owen got in on the action. Riley was our one casualty with a few scrapes from a crash - nothing that a few snacks and hot chocolate couldn't cure! It didn't take long before the boys returned with a great tree and joined us in a little fun before we headed home to sink our perfect tree into a large bucket of water in the garage. Decorating was going to wait till after our vacation.









The first week of December, Ethan had a choir concert at the Joseph Smith Memorial building so to make the best of it we also walked around temple square and enjoyed the lights and nativity. It was a great night - a little rainy but not crowded and not too cold. As always we went out to eat and I headed to work while Ben took the kids home to bed. What a great husband!