He's Home!

My little brother Chris came home from his mission yesterday!  He served 2 years in the philippines.  We're so proud of him and so excited to have him home.

Rudolph Party

My mom threw a darling Rudolph party for the grandkids. They decorated gingerbread houses, had a hot cocoa bar, played musical chairs and best of all a visit from Santa! We had dinner after and cupcakes. The kids had so much fun. Thanks Gram!

 

Pictures

I received a coupon for free pictures at Kiddie Kandids so I decided to take the kids in to get their annual pictures taken.  We are planning on a family session with our friend soon...

The Nutcracker

Reagan has been really into "ballet" lately, so we decided to go to the local ballet school's performance of The Nutcracker at the Egyptian Theater.  She has been talking about it non-stop all week.  My mom and niece CC joined us for a night of fancy fun!

This is the "I hate this cape and I never want to wear it again" face.

 Dancing during intermission - the whole intermission.

Captain America

We're so proud of Aaron!  Ogden Fire Department held their captain testing which included a written test, map test, inbox test (prioritizing 10 different scenarios a captain would deal with in a given day), presentation on a particular problem the fire department needs resolved, and a panel interview with all the chiefs.  They rank the applicants by score and Aaron came out number 1!  There are currently 2 captain positions open so Aaron will be promoted in the new year.  We are so excited for him.