Mary Poppins

This past weekend, eight of us headed off to Toronto to spend the weekend shopping, and going to see the musical Mary Poppins. We had a great time and the musical was fantastic!

Santa... I've been good!

Some jewelry from RW & CO.


I've heard this is a great read

Canon PowerShot 12.1MP Digital Camera (ELPH 300) - Silver

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Wouldn't this be cute with a gift card in it :)

Dear Santa

The boys were very excited to write their letters to Santa and worked on them all week. They both have a lot of requests. Griffin wants a lot of toys and Owen wants a few things to "his taste".


Tonight we went to the Santa Claus parade. It was great! The boys had a ton of fun, and came away with a whole bag of treats. The most exciting moment for them was of course seeing Santa, but because they really wanted to give him their letters. They held them tight the entire parade!

Activities Advent

Out theme this year was to give our kids experiences instead of things... we tried our best, it wasn't always easy but so very important.

I found this great idea. Instead of a candy advent calendar try an Activity calendar.

Here’s the list:
Decorate your tree
Go to the Festival of Trees as a family
Go on a wagon ride through the lights at Thanksgiving Point
Shop for gifts for other children (FSTC Santa’s Workshop)
Unwrap a book to read
Have hot cocoa and cookies with our neighbors (Neighborhood Service Project)
Open your special ornament and put in on your tree
Make a craft with Mom
Write a letter to Santa
Go to the Christmas party at church
Go to Temple Square to see the nativity
Go sledding with Dad
Have a family Christmas movie night with treats
Choose a special treat
Shop for a gift for your preschool party
Have FHE with our BYU friends
Ride on the Polar Express
Have lunch at a special restaurant with our family
Wear new jammies to bed
Have FHE with your cousins
Decorate cookies

I've Lost my Two Husbands to our Front Walk Way

When I asked for the front walk way to be done, I never thought it would be a year in the making! As you can see, this work has been taking place by spotlight late into the evening each night. The project has turned out to be more than anyone bargained for, but certainly worth the wait. Thanks husband #1 and #2!

Yep, Christmas Cookies already!

Beautiful (Silly) Boys!