HaPpY 4Th BiRtHdAy!!!

I can't believe that our baby girl is 4 years old today!!! Time sure has flown by:( We love you so much Brynlei M'Kae!!!!

*More to come on Brynlei later:)

Hey Baby Let's Go to Vegas

Last Saturday, Nate and I went down to Vegas to see The Lion King. Nate's parents gave us tickets for Christmas and offered to babysit the kids so we could go down. It was awesome!!! We had a lot of fun seeing the show, hanging out in Vegas, and taking advantage of this once in a blue moon opportunity. Thanks for letting us take time for us!!!

BTW: did I ever mention I hate having my picture taken!!! arrggh!!!

Brynlei had her Christmas Dance recital on December 18th. She has really enjoyed being in dance this year. She loved getting all dressed up in her costume. Grandma and Grandpa Graff and Grandma and Grandpa Abbott came to her big show to watch her cute dance. Her dance was to Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. She especially loved getting flowers from her dad! We were so proud of her!!! She also was Dancer of the Month for December. Way to go Bryn. We love you so much!!

Cookie Trees

Every year Grandma and Grandpa Abbott take the kids and make Christmas Cookie Trees with them. The kids love this annual tradition. This year Grandma and Grandpa decided to break it up into pairs so that it would be a little easier. Brynlee and Emalee did their trees together and also enjoyed breakfast at Village Inn. Next Traevn and Brekken went and they got dinner at Pizza Factory. Last was Peyton and Karter and they ate breakfast at The Cracker Barrel. They also got a sweet surprise of snow and they made miniature snowmen after they were done. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for this tradition.

Every Christmas season we do a special service night with Nate's family. We make up boxes of Christmas breakfasts' and deliver them to families in their ward or other families that they know that could use it. We map out the different houses we will be going to and then split up in different cars and take off. The kids love doing this secret service and get such joy from helping others. After we finished up, we headed over to the Temple to see the Nativity and then had some yummy yogurt at Krave!!

Cookies and Santa at the CJC

This year the CJC (Children's Justice Center) let their employees bring their families over to decorate christmas cookies and to visit with Santa. The kids had a fun time making cookies and seeing Santa. They also thought it was pretty cool to see where their Dad works sometimes. Nate does a lot of interviews with children over at the CJC and the kids always love to see places where their dad works. Brynlei of course was too shy to sit on Santa's lap but she did make sure that we told him what she wanted.

Every holiday my kids love to decorate their Great Grandpa Pugmire's door. We make decorations and then we sneak over, decorate his door, and leave it for him to be surprised to when he wakes up. The kids love surprising Grandpa Pug and get so excited to do this. It is sometimes hard to keep them 100% quiet but so far we have never been caught. Here is what they decorated his door with for Christmas.