December or christmas time is one of my all time favorite times of the year. I just love the feelings, the music, the kindness, the laughter, the family time... and usually the snow. it's a total bummer that we won't be getting snow this year especially since Utah has SO MUCH snow. It will be very weird to not be home with my family. but it will be fun to try and create fun new memories. We got a santa suit and took some cute pictures of the boys with Braydon playing santa. I love the book I believe in santa because it talks about how santa has all the special attributes the savior has. He is kind, wears a red robe, brings gifts. Jesus got us the greatest gift of all. His atoning sacrifice. I love that this time of year we get to think more about his birth and his life. I wish we could keep this feeling going all year round in the world. We got to have breakfast with santa at Sawyers school. That was really fun, we went to light up the city with me and the boys and their friend julian. We went to cabalas to get our picture with santa. The boys paid tithing for the first time. they were very excited about that. Benson and i also got to go to sawyers school and make ginger bread houses with him and his class. Sawyer was adorable and showing benson off and benson loved that. They had a great time making their house together. We also made a huge village at home for family night. December has been crazy... we got to play in the sprinklers one Saturday because it was 80 degrees. the boys had the time of their life. we also had Korbin and allie play one day because their mom had to go to utah to help their grandma after her car accident... We got to go to this cool hayride. it was a hayride through the life of christ. it was the perfect thing to do for christmas. We got a fire pit and have enjoyed a bunch of nights together in our back yard. it's been fun just being away from distractions of movie, tv electronics and just talk to each other. and can you believe the boys were wearing shorts in the middle of december? The boys really wanted to make christmas cookies, decorate them and then go deliver them. When we delivered them they wanted go caroling. we sounded amazing!! it was really fun though.