Skiing Weekend

Videos first because I'm so proud of how good they're doing!

Audrey skiing!  She's so good already!

Colin skiing at Snowbird

Mini Miner's Camp

Downhill

Colin's first day skiing at Snowbird was a pretty day

 Family ski day at Alta....it was 7 degrees!

 Driving back down into the inversion

Merry Christmas 2012!

Stockings at 630 AM!

Wigs from Madagascar 3 

Silver Coins

Audrey's "big" Santa gift

Colin's "big" Santa gift

Nala loves Christmas and loves opening presents

Audrey got some new paint(we already had the easel). This was the first thing that she wanted to get out and play with. She was mostly concerned with opening.  She would have opened everything under the tree in five minutes if we let her.  

 Tea Party

New sleeping bag

We've played this game every night since Christmas.  He loves it. 

Headlamp and Camelbak

"I love it" Colin said when he opened up this soap with a car inside. He then begged for 2 hours to take a bath

Dress up

The kids got this from Uncle Billy and Courtney.  They love it.  

Christmas Eve 2012

On Christmas Eve, Paul and I both worked.  Paul got out at 1130 and took the kids home.  I got out at one and was able to get home while the kids were napping.  We all got around and headed to the 5 o'clock service at church.  They must have been behind schedule(there were 4 services) because it didn't start until 520.  

The kids got a little antsy in the lobby. (Colin was a little grumpy)

Happier!

They liked the reindeer decor

After church, we headed over to Tara's for dinner and to decorate cookies.  It was fun to do this all together with a bunch of people.  

Audrey LOVES to paint and that includes "painting" cookies

Everyone busy at work

The finished product

We're continuing on the Christmas eve tradition of opening a pair of pajamas.  I decided to add in a Christmas book also.  I was able to get them to smile for nice pictures when I was bribing them with their presents.  

Presents!

I tried to get a pic with the kids but it didn't go very well.

We're not very photogenic

After the kids went to bed and Santa came....(and grandma, and grandpa, and mimi, and papa, and Aunt Jen, and Aunt Tina, and Uncle Adam).  The tree fills up quickly when the gifts from EVERYONE are under it.  

Christmas-time Festivities

I haven't been keeping up lately because we have been SOO busy with Christmas festivities.  We had one weekend where we had 4 Christmas parties in 5 days.  It was crazy, but we've been having a lot of fun.  

The kids ready to go to daycare for their Christmas party

Santa came to visit at daycare

I made these Santa hat desserts for one of the parties we went to.  We had a progressive dinner with a bunch of our neighbors at our end of the development. 

We decorated for Christmas.  This is what our penguins looked like most of the time.  It was so windy this year and they were constantly being blown over and decapitated.   

Dessert candies for neighbor gifts.  Colin helped me make them

They were yummy

The kids on stage for the kids' Christmas program at church

Zoo Lights! 

 Decorating the Christmas tree

They made these ornaments at church.  I love this picture of Audrey

 Gingerbread house!

 Playing in the snow

Frosty the Snowman!

 Making Christmas cookies with Uncle Billy and Courtney