Sunday, December 31, 2023

New Year's Eve


New Years Eve! We made gingerbread cookies. 


And played Totally Insane. 


And made soap? We also let the girls know we had a trip planned and allowed them one guess every hour to try to figure out where we were going. They didn't guess until about 10pm. Hawaii here we come! Hoping for sunshine and beach days and some good hiking. 


And we got to go ice skating with cousins. I wasn't sure how Paige would do...but my whole family can now skate unassisted on their own and it's amazing!


It did get fairly busy but everyone had a great time. Even Fynlee. 




 
One more thing checked off our winter bucket list!

 

Monday, December 25, 2023

Christmas


Christmas is here! We were able to decorate cookies at our neighbors house. So fun! And a bonus to make the mess at someone else's house....haha. 


Another one of our sweet neighbors gifted the girls this singing Disney train. We were dropping bread off as a gift and they had gotten a new Disney train and decided we needed their old one. We love it and will treasure it. 


Cookies and cream. We were able to find some cookies to make it still happen, but still stinks that the normal cookies have been discontinued. 


Cousins came over for Christmas Eve brunch 


Little gift exchange and lots of cousin time. 


Fynlee is so fun. 


And of course we all ate cookies and cream!


And went on a fun walk to burn some pre-Christmas energy


A drive to some lights near our house. 


We made rice packs for family and the girls had so much fun sewing and working on a project. 


Getting ready for Christmas Eve church. Cameron had to conduct and organize sacrament meeting, and it went great. 


Getting ready for Santa


Eggnog and cookies


Better head to bed!




Some Christmas Eve pics before bed. 


Ready for Santa!


Our Germany cousins sent a fun package with chocolate and fun treats


And the girls exchanged sister gifts. 


Santa came!





Penny and her gift to Grandma and Grandpa that she made at school. 




Love the school gifts!









Fun cabin puzzle from the Astles



And our crazy toe socks! Here's to foot health in the new year!


And the Christmas mess



We spent the rest of the day playing with all the fun new stuff





Waffles with our new waffle iron


And Christmas dinner!