daddy's little helper

We painted Avery's room this week, and she just had to help--so cute!

Park City on a beautiful snowy day

Oh how we LOVE Park City, it is gorgeous all year long--don't know that I could pick a favorite season up there--but snow-capped mountains sure are a treat! We had our friends Eric and Heather visiting from Arizona--yes, they FROZE the whole time!! But we had a great day anyway--Main St. in Park City was beautiful, we were about the only people there--NICE!

Santa!

Santa came to Pepsi and Avery was able to go see and visit with him. She told him she wanted a pogo stick...that is the one thing she has been relentlessly asking for this Christmas...really?, can a 29 lb. little girl bounce on a pogo stick??...the answer is no, we tried it...but she still wants one. Her cousin Keeton came and saw Santa too, they had so much fun running around the Pepsi building--eating candy and drinkin' soda!

Lights On!

We attended Centerville City's "Lights On" ceremony at Founder's Park on Monday night. Again--it was frigid outside, but we put on 7 layers and braved it. We went with our neighbors and watched the kids run all over the grounds of the park looking at all the lights. It was a fun night--complete w/ the city Mayor counting down to have the Christmas lights at the park turn on, hot cocoa and cookies, Santa showing up in a police car with the sirens ringing as we were singing Christmas songs. Small town America--gotta love it!

Journey to Bethlehem

Our neighbors invited us to a neat Christmas event at a local Baptist church. It was bitter cold outside--but we bundled up and went. We "travelled" from Nazareth to Bethlehem through "robbers, paying taxes to Caesar, running into and talking with 3 wise men, having nowhere to sleep because the Inn was full", to ending up finding the stable where Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus were. It was really nicely done and obviously took a lot of work to put on. What an amazing experience to remind us of Christ's birth and the true events that inspired Christmas.

Turkey Shoot

The Bountiful Lions Club has been holding their annual Turkey Shoot for about 60 years. We ventured up there this year...and almost came home with a turkey. No, they don't shoot at turkeys (that's what I thought), they shoot at some things that randomly fly up in the air (I really don't know what it's called). Anyway, Johnny missed one out of six...so, no turkey! ( you get a turkey if you shoot six out of six). But, it was fun to watch!

Thanksgiving

The night before Thanksgiving we got together with my Uncle Don, Aunt Lynne and their family. Avery especially had fun playing with 3 girl cousins and Keeton. Thanksgiving Day we spent at my Mom and Dad's. We had a nice, relaxing day eating and playing games. It was so nice not to be travelling!