Countdown to Christmas...

Every morning Jace woke up so excited this month to eat a piece of chocolate from his advent calender. He loved counting down to Christmas...and today he ate the last piece of chocolate. Hope Santa is ready for tomorrow!

Lights at Thanksgiving Point...

Tonight we went with Braden, Melissa and their kids to see the lights at Thanksgiving Point. The line was really long to get in, but the kids loved it once we were in. 

Sweet Gracie loved hanging out the window and see all of the lights.

Jace had to have a turn sitting on mommy's lap too.

Daddy singing Christmas songs in the back.

Cole loved not being in a seat belt, and running around.

Then we stopped by the square to see the reindeer. The kids were freezing!

Date Night...

Love me some date night...

...love me some Cold Stone!

Christmas Lights...

Tonight we drove around and looked at Christmas Lights. We found a house that was all decked out.

The kids couldn't believe how many lights that they had.

I guess we will need to put up more next year!

New Camera...

Today I had to pull out my new camera because my old one crashed. So, I had to test it out of course.

With the Jace-Man!

Gingerbread House...

Tonight we decorated our gingerbread house. The kids had so much fun putting all of the candy on it...and then shortly after eating it. Talk about a sugar high. I got some cute pictures of them decorating it, but my camera crashed, and this was the only retrievable one. :(

Date with Jace...

Tonight I took Jace to see the movie Brave since it was playing at the dollar theater. There were a few parts where he got a little scared, but he ended up loving the movie, especially the silly twin babies.

We got there a little early, so of course he wanted to play Angry Birds on my phone. 

Christmas Party...

Tonight we had a Christmas party with some friends, and Santa came and gave every kid a present. Gracie still doesn't like Santa...so weird.... :)

Daddy helped her open her present.

Cole likes Santa...

...and loved his angry bird toothbrush, puzzle and train book.

Jace loves Santa...

...and loves his angry bird toothbrush, ocean 3D book and superhero squad puzzle.

Putting their puzzles together.

Justin getting a little shut eye.

Finished puzzles...Jace is getting super quick at putting puzzles together.

A group picture...

A lot of people were missing...so another group picture! Fun, fun times!

More pictures of Gracie...

Gracie with the Christmas tree.

She loves pulling the ornaments off of the tree and eating them.

Who me?!!

Then Jace got a hold of my camera and took this picture and the next. I love this picture of my tree!

And Cole wearing Gracie's headband. Such a cutie!

Christmas Craft and Fishing...

Today Jace and Cole got to make these cute reindeer ornaments. They love making crafts.

Then daddy took Jace fishing for an hour out on Utah Lake.

 

 

I came out for a bit, and he even let me cast a few times. 

McDonald's Play Place...

Today I took the kids to McDonald's to let them play. It was Gracie's first time, and she loved it.

She loved playing on the musical slide.

Here she is giggling with delite.

She loved climbing on the drums...

...check out her strength. She could pull herself all the way to the top one.

Jace and Cole

Beautiful, sweet Gracie.

Then after we got home, Cole fell asleep on the counter eating a chocolate doughnut.

Zoo Lights...

Tonight we headed to Hogle Zoo, to look at their Christmas lights. Braden, Melissa and their kids also came with us. Cole fell asleep on the way there, and it took him a little bit to wake up once inside the zoo.

Turkeys

Monkey

Jace all bundled and warm.

 

 

 

Most of the animals were sleeping or not availble, but the snow leopard's were up and fun to watch.

A sleeping tiger...

 

 

Cheetah

Elephant

 Our family with the zoofari express.

Another fun Christmas activity.