Christmas Festivities part 1

Well we have sure been busy so far this holiday season. Here are a few pictures to highlight what we have been up to this season.



Savannah performed as a doll with her dance class at a retirement center. It was fun for her and the old folks loved it.

Dan, Savvy, & Paige were once again able to go to Ballet Idaho's production of The Nutcracker. The girls said they thought this year was even better than last year. They loved going with their dad.

This year our bishop asked Dan to be Santa, and be in a skit with Savannah. I honestly am not sure why they would ask a Dad who has small children to pretend to be Santa? However, Dan was a sport and said he'd play the part. When he got there he realized he'd forgotten the beard! The bishop told him to go on stage anyways. Well anyways it was clear he was not the "real" santa. He gave a great message about the true meaning of Christmas despite being called an imposter.

The next few pictures are of the girls decorating our family tree. This is one of our favorite activities of the holiday season.



Here are all the kids this Sunday in their dresses (and suit for Abe) that I made for them. They were excited to finally be able to wear them (except for Abe- he despises the tie and dress shirt!)


Here he is pre-suit.....

and 30 minutes after wearing the suit. Doesn't he look nice and cozy?

The Spelling Test

As I was going through Savannah's weekly schoolwork folder I came across her spelling test.

This was not too surprising to me because she almost always gets 100-105%. Spelling seems to come easy to her. What did surprise me was what I saw written on the back...

Yikes! I guess the kids sitting next to her better keep their eyes on their own paper. What a feisty girl!

Festival of Trees

This last Saturday Savannah had the opportunity to play some Christmas music on the piano at the Festival of Trees. Dan played the duet portion for her. They played "Jingle Bells" and "Deck the Halls". It was fun watching the two of them play together on a beautiful grand piano while people were passing by. They did very well. I wish I could have gotten some video, but I was lucky to get these few shots while holding Abe and trying to stop Lydia from bouncing away. The trees this year were really neat! I wish we could have seen them all, however, there were so many people that we left ASAP.



Abe is super cheery here. It was funny because anytime I pointed the camera at him he got a silly grin.