Advent-all the other days

We weren't really good about taking pictures of everything or of actually doing something everyday. It seemed like other day-to-day things kept getting in the way. Here are some things we did and a couple of pictures. Reading Christmas books (the girls and I did this while Steve and Koby were at scouts).

We found a fun new favorite holiday book called "Aliens love Panta Claus"-it's so cute-check it out! *We made sugar cookies, decorated them and ate them! *We went shopping at the dollar store so that everyone could get something for everyone. It was kinda fun to find treasures at the dollar store and then try to keep them hidden from each other. Morgan seemed to really enjoy this-she hurried home and hid the gifts and asked everyday if she could wrap them until I finally gave in and said go ahead! *We watched Christmas movies at my brother's house with his family. *Had our annual FHE Christmas party where Morgan asked everyone to help act out the Christmas story

*Read the Christmas story from the bible. *Had a fancy dinner at home. I asked everyone to dress in nice clothes,and we had a nice yummy dinner with candles. After Morgan insisted that there be dancing in the "ballroom" since that is what you are supposed to do after a fancy dinner.

*We wrote thank you notes. *We went to temple square in SLC and saw the lights. Beautiful!

So even though the last days of December were hit and miss, we had a good time and really enjoyed the holidays!