Nutcracker and Senske...

 Eliza, Talia and I went and saw the Nutcracker.

 Then that night we stood out in the cold to see the lights at Senske and visit with Santa.

Dancer and Prancer...

Saturday morning (December 9) we went over to Beaver Bark to see two of Santa's reindeers.  Karisa was amazed!  Deer is one of the words we hear her say a lot!

Ward Christmas party...

Our ward had an "Ugly Christmas Party" dinner.

Eliza was appalled that anyone would choose to wear an ugly sweater!  We didn't have any so we all just wore sweaters!

Santa was there too!  Karisa is sitting on Talia's lap and Talia is on Santa's lap...it's as close as Karisa was willing to get!

Christmas pajamas!

 Time for Christmas Pajamas!

 Karisa is going to get this opening present thing down quick!

 Trying to stand up on her own!

 Tis the season to be jolly!

IWI Christmas party

December 5th we hard our company Christmas party.  It was fun to try something new this year and gather at Chris and Missy's for dinner and some fun.

Santa letters and the boat parade!

Letters to Santa...

 ...delivered to the Santa mailbox!

 Dinner at Mod pizza!

 And the annual boat parade!  It was a little bit rainy and cold but we still had a great time!

Happy Birthday Dad! And tree decorating...

 The 27th of November was a fun night for our family!  We celebrated Darran's birthday and had our tree decorating party together!

 Karisa enjoying her ice cream cake!

 These girls love their daddy!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

We love you so much!

Polar Express night!

 Thanksgiving weekend we had all the cousins over to watch the Polar Express and eat cookies and hot chocolate!

Happy Thanksgiving!

 I always have lots of helpers when we are preparing to have a good time!

 Lydia and Karisa drawing some Thanksgiving greetings on their table.

 The spread before the feast!  Our Thankful turkey is on the wall.  All month we added feathers to him of things we are thankful for.  Some things we are thankful for this year are bread, computers, family, friends, yogurt, Seahawks, Pilgrims, electricity, and much more!  It's always fun to see what we come up with.

For dinner this year Grandpa and Grandma Great joined us.  As well as the Hibbards!  Before we had our feast Andy/Julie and Dallin/Cassie and their crews came over to visit.

Lydia and Jaxson enjoying their turkey!

Our Thanksgiving Feast!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are so blessed and thankful for all we have...especially our family, our health, the gospel, and all the wonderful people we are surrounded by!