Christmas Fun!

We made Gingerbread houses!

Watching funny videos...

Oliver & Jimmy's game of "Ouchies"...

Buzz & Woody....you've got a friend in me :)

The Karrens

Spoiled rotten Christmas morning!

Super fun Christmas break at Nani & Papa Whiting's house !

Ski Utah!

Nani and Papa treated us to a day of skiing at Alta...all of my brothers and sister in laws and all the little cousins.  We took Oliver for his first time up on the slopes.  He absolutely loved it as long as he was going as fast as he could down the hill...the waiting his turn, not so much :)  But everyone had a blast!  Thanks Nani & Papa!

MECCA & Choristers Christmas Performance

Gingerbread & lots of baking!

The girls had a week of snow days before Christmas break...so we filled the days with lots of baking.  We baked sugar cookies, molten chocolate cakes, star biscuit sandwiches... We didn't bake our gingerbread house...but they sure did decorate it.  BTW I am getting really sick of the snow.

MECCA Johnson City Library Christmas Tree Lighting

Virginia snow!

My kids love the snow...I enjoy visiting snow...just not living in it.  But I couldn't stop them from throwing on make shift snow gear (I have purchases appropriate snow clothes for everyone since :) But these pics remind me of when I was little..

I love that he is blowing a dandelion in the snow :)

Symphony of the Mountains Mecca Choir

Mecca sang with the symphony of the mountains symphony and full adult choir.  It was a very cute evening.  My favorite songs are the first one, and the third one...

Watauga School Choir...Abingdon Christmas Tree Lighting

Isabelle is also in her school choir..they sang at the Abingdon Christmas tree lighting.







 

MECCA Choir for the local Schools

Isabelle's Choir sang for all of the local schools....my favorite is the 4th one :)  They performed with a fill orchestra and a local ballet company.  Get ready for a ton of choir videos...December was a busy month :)

Happy Birthday Spidee!

Oliver got his first  present the night before his birthday...Spiderman sheets and jammies!

 These were next to him when he woke up...the girls woke up early and made him his spiderman birthday cards!  Sweet girls...

 Spiderman table ware...

 ...and cake

 ...and blowers, and pinata, and tattoos...

 ...and ending the day with lots of Spiderman presents!

Happy 3rd birthday Oliver!

Isabelle's 9th Birthday Ice Skating Party

 

Isabelle turned 9!  And she wanted an ice skating party...so we rented out the rink at the Bristol Motor Speedway for a super fun day of ice skating!

 Even Oliver took a turn :) 

 Mmmmm....cupcakes, and chocolate covered oreos!

 And lots of hot chocolate!

 Some skaters needed more help than others :)

 Nothing like a skating train...

 

 My cute snuggly girls!

 Happy Birthday sweet girl!