It's the most wonderful time of the year!

This vinyl transfer that my friend made me is on the wall above my kitchen table  

and pretty much sums up my December.

I invited Sophie, Eva and Tommy over to build and decorate

gingerbread houses.

It was so fun because I made the gingerbread and then cut out 

the pieces with a cookie cutter so they

each got to make their own house.

Why do I look like I just woke up?

Another beautiful sunrise.

I just love our view!

Tom got us tickets to go see Mannheim Steamroller.

We had seen them years ago but they put on 

a great show at the Idaho Center and I love their Christmas music.

I got to go to the Elementary school's band, orchestra, and choir

Christmas concert.

Eva is learning to play the clarinet.

She did great.

I'm not sure I could teach 5th and 6th grade band.

Kudos to the band teacher.

Tom and I drove down to Utah to hear Whitney's elementary choir's

Christmas performance.

She does an amazing job with those kids and they love her!

It was worth the drive!

This is a terrible picture because of the glare but

Mr. and Mrs. Claus paid a visit to  Hidden Springs so we had to get a picture.

Don't you just love music at Christmas?

There's nothing cuter than K-3 performing in their Christmas concert.

Sophie was fabulous!

Taylor got a two week Christmas break,

so when he got home we all went Christmas light looking.

We found some pretty amazing displays.

Tom and I went on a snowy walk right before Christmas.

Snow covered Hill Cumorris in the background

We had a fabulous Christmas Eve dinner featuring 

Spanish food in keeping with our Christmas Around the world tradition.

The chefs and the tapas spread

 I love that Devin's family loves to be with everyone

so for Christmas Eve they slept at our house and Santa

delivered their presents here.

The kids opened their Santa Claus presents and we opened our presents

and then we had Christmas breakfast which was of course

aebleskivers filled with nutella.

We got ready for the day and then went over to Devin and Sarah's and watched them open their 

presents under the tree and then had Christmas dinner at their house.

The day after Christmas we headed for the hills for a day of tubing and swimming

in the hot springs.

We drove up to Terrace Lakes.

 

We of course had to have a picnic on the way home.

And look what Santa brought me!!

We have a tradition every year of meeting up with our friends the Manwaring's to go bowling

on New Year's Eve.

Tom and Jed totally beat us all!

We then went to the Longhorn Steakhouse for New Year's Eve dinner.

Goodbye 2019!