Preschool Christmas Program

Myles sang his little heart out at his preschool's Christmas program. Luke and Emma were Myles' biggest supporters. This preschool has been wonderful for Myles this year.

haha-the realization set in that there was still one more song. :)

Voices of angels. :)

Zoo Date

Myles and I had a zoo date on a warm, sunny day in December with just the two of us. It was fabulous. I loved my time with my little man.

Graham Cracker Houses

We continued our annual tradition of graham cracker houses and we were lucky to have Uncle Rick join us this time as he was in town for business. He is the fun uncle and our kids love him. We were glad he made the effort to come over. I love this tradition. It reminds me so much of my mom and the fun memories surrounding this tradition when I was growing up.

Basketball

Luke tried out basketball in the late Fall. He had a great coach and fun team members. Luke was fast on the court and became more confident shooting the ball.

Reindeer Games & Ward Party

I took Myles and Emma to a free event, Reindeer Games, put on by the city at the MAC. When the sun went down it was FREEZING! The kids really enjoyed all of the games, roasting marshmallows and riding the train. We waited f-o-r-e-v-e-r in line for the train ride, but the kids weren't complaining so I went with it.
After the Reindeer games, we joined Bryan and Luke at our Ward Christmas Party. Bryan ended up helping a lot with this night for our ward. We were both glad when the evening was over. :)

Santa Express

We surprised the kids with tickets on the Santa Express in Canon City, Colorado.  We had so much fun on the Polar Express in Durango last year that we found a closer version to try this year. It required some encouraging of the eldest child once or ten times to "have fun and just enjoy it" as he is getting older and some of the logistics of all of it doesn't add up. As I type it now, it makes me laugh thinking about some of our discussions on the train, but at the time I thought about giving Santa an additional name to his naughty list. :) We stayed the night in Canon City because the kids love the experience of the hotel and I had points we could use. I'm not sure what parent loves cramming the whole family into one bedroom, but in the name of FUN we did it.

Hahahah!! Maybe the sun was slightly in their eyes.

The open air "cabin" (I'm unsure what to call it) was cool.