Last Minute Christmas Fun!

Last minute Christmas Fun before we sail away! lol Chad's Dad Jeff and Vicki came into town! We met for a lovely lunch at Eddies! It was so great to see them! After Eddies we got a surprise visit from  Grandma DeeDee! She brought over the most creative Christmas present! Just what we needed a firepit for our new back yard! Plus the fire pit was stuff full of all the needed items to make smores! The kids loved it! Super cute! We also mead a fun stop at my old bosses house! We had such a great visit! We love seeing them! Such a great day! 

We have also been playing with my bestie neighbors kids and grandkids! We love when they come into to visit their Grammy and Dude! We get to play play play! Penny got to got Enchant with them! As you can see she had a blast! She fits right in with all the cousins! It's the best!

Then gingerbread making houses at Bestie Grammy's! It is so sweet that they always include my kids on all the fun! It truly is the best! We are obsessed with all of them!

The fun never ends! Defy here we come! Burned off lots of energy here! The kids all had a blast of course!

They are the best of friends and we absolutely love when we get to play when they are in town! 

It has been a busy fun couple of days! Jammed packed with great memories! We love playing hard! Go! Go! Go! Now we are off to sail away on our Christmas Cruise! 

 

Making Gingerbread Houses!

Squeezing in all the fun Christmas traditions before we leave! We love traditions and Making Gingerbread Houses with the bff cousins is just one of many things we do together! It's always such a messy fun thing we do! Why the mess! lol also why are gingerbread houses so hard to keep their form! lol Guess I'm not good at this but the kids sure love it! Next year I'm getting the gingerbread men from costco like Aunt Bre had for her kids! So much easier! Never the less it is always so fun to do anything together with bff cousins! Great times together!

 

The Merriest Early Christmas!

Well if we have an early Christmas Eve the we must follow with an early Merry Christmas! Santa found the kids early and man oh man were the kids excited! Love Christmas morning even if it's early! Always so magical!

Santa found Piper! Piper got My Power Pony and a extra soft minky pillow! The power pony is a pony attached to a hoverboard! So freakn fun! This was a hit! All the kids and myself have enjoyed riding on the pony! lol Piper also gave us our Christmas present! She made 2 cards and an ornament! The cutest! Love our sweet Piper!

Santa found Cash! Cashy got a new Switch with 2 new games and a TV! He was so freakn hyped! He also gave us his Christmas present he made at school! The sweetest card and a coaster with a picture of him on it! :) So cute and creative! Love you sweet Cash

Santa found Penny too! Penny got a Cricut and all the accessories! She also got a few items to already start crafting and making stuff! She was so excited!! Such a big girl! The kids then moved over to their stocking! All stuffed full of candy, treats and toys! So much fun! 

Onto present opening! Penny is so much fun  to buy for! Big girl stuff! Makeup, clothes, shoes, etc! She loved everything!

Oh Cashy! He was hyped! So excited! Could barely stand still  for me to take pics of him! Oh my goodness! He's my little gamer! So lots of fun new games and more stuff too!

My little Piper! She is still heavy in the toy playing! So lots of new toys for her! She would squeal out and get so excited! So magical through her eyes for sure! She spent all day opening each package, taking a pic with her phone of it and then playing with it! She's the best! 

Daddy's surprises! 

Mommy's surprises! 

Such a wonderful Early Merry Christmas day! Side note- With the Cruise being our "Christmas" I was not supposed to do "Christmas presents" but I just can't help myself! Santa had to come! and I buy all year long soooooo Merry Christmas! lol It was a wonderful fabulous day! I love this family of mine and love to spoil all of them! :)

Now it's time to get to packing! Our Christmas Cruise Awaits!

After present opening we headed to church! We all wore our Christmas red! We will be on the cruise in Cabo on Christmas day! So this was our Sunday Christmas day! Beautiful lessons in each of classes about the true meaning of Christmas the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ! We were lifted all day long! Such a great day together!! 

Early Christmas Eve!

Christmas Eve came a little early this year! Reason being we are going on a Cruise for Christmas! Wahoo! So we are squeezing in all the fun before we leave! So here is our Christmas Eve! Cash started a new league in Basketball with his team the Hawks! Grandma DeeDee came to watch him play! He was on fire! Dropping every shot in! It was a great game! After the game we went to lunch! Check out that giant Christmas tree! We enjoyed looking at it while we ate our lunch! Super cool! The rest of the day we watched Christmas movies at home together! It was a great early Christmas eve!

Ugly Sweater Party!

My honz and I are always down for a party and especially when we can  dress up! Bayardo's Ugly Sweater Party here we come! Thanks to Jimmy we had the best ugly sweaters to wear! They were a his and hers naughty sweaters! lol They were a hit! Such a great night of amazing tamales, games and laughs! Seriously such a fun group of friends!! Can't wait for out next party! lol

School and Work Fun!

Such an eventful fun December at School! We had a couple of dress up days! Flannel day and ugly sweater day! We sure love dress up days! Makes school and work so much more fun! I even found my matching twin buddy's each day! lol 

Work Christmas party with my amazing co-workers! We bowled at the Santa Fe! Food! Drinks! Treats! Raffles! and lots of Laughs!! We also did Taco Crawl! Have n ever done one of these! We tried 3 different taco shops and rated them! We want to do a Pizza crawl next! So much fun getting to know all my colleges out side of the work zone! Such great times together!! Seriously I work with some of  the most amazing humans! I am truly blessed to be a part of the Somerset Sky Pointe Team! Absolutely loving my job and all my new friends!

1/2 day Friday before winter break! We must dress up as reindeer and elves during carpool drop off and pick up! We love having fun! The kids love it too! Mr. Prince even came back and dressed as Santa! Mrs.  Elis was Molly the Elf! lol! Seriously the best day! 

Have I mentioned I love my job! lol! One of the best parts is being at the school with my kids! And on fun party days like 1/2 day Friday I get to pop in and help with the classroom parties! This is Piper's class party pics! She had such a fun day! 

Got to go into Cash's class too! Love helping the teachers and being with the students! Cash loved having me around too! I even got to see Penny when she got even earlier from mid term exams! Quick little squeeze and pic! lol I was completely spoiled by several students and teachers with Christmas goodies, surprises and even flowers through out the week! Best job ever! They fill me up with so much joy! Winter break here we come!  

Christmas Choir Concert!

A night of  beautiful Christmas music put on by the Somerset Sky Pointe Choir! Penny of course sang her little heart out! She did amazing! She got to introduce one of their songs too! It was also super fun to watch my niece Emma sing with her choir class too! We love Mrs. Gifford! They all sang so wonderfully! Such a great night! Afterwards we took the girls to get ice cream! They loved that special  treat! Great job Penny and Emma! 

Western Elite Christmas Express!

There's nothing better than the Western Elite Christmas Express to get you in the Christmas Spirit! Their generosity to the public is like non other! Every way you turn there's lights, hot cocoa and more! So many fun little trains to ride on! Great food too! This is our most favorite Christmas tradition of all! We had a wonderful night! I got 30 tickets this year! We love being with family and especially making amazing memories and traditions together! Ryan's Family! Troy's Family! Jimmy's Family! and 1st timers my cousin Angela's family came down from St George! It was a perfect night!

We bundled up! Added several layers! Hand and feet warmers to complete our attire! lol and thankfully there was no wind! Hate the cold wind! We were ready for the best night of out lives! So much fun! 

Lots of pics to take at every turn! It is decorated so dang cute! 

Getting on the polar express train! Of course we have to get on my friend Taeya's Train every year!!! She is so much fun! We laughed and sang all the way to the North Pole to see Santa! So magical!

More train fun! Singing and dancing! Pictures with Santa!

Lot's of cousins! We loved having Angela and Alan and their cutest kids with us this year! My kids loved it! They will be for sure back next year! They had a blast! :)

Here's the pic of all us! It was a great group of family! Loved my night! Love the Western Elite Christmas Express every year! Thank you for making the magic happen! Such a magical night!  

Bulloch Christmas Party!

So much fun with cousins at the Bulloch Family Christmas party! Lot's of talking, laughing, eating, hot coco, cider, smores, crafts, and horse riding! The most sweetest magical hat wearing horse ever! The kids had a blast taking turns all night riding! The kids got to whisper in his magical ears what they wanted from Santa and he would send the message to Santa! The best! The kids had the best time riding and playing!

I even joined in the fun and jumped up on the horse! lol I felt very Beth Dutton! Yellowstone vides! lol lol! Not even close! lol Stilled loved riding! It was too much fun! Now I want a horse daddy! lol lol!

Another fabulous night! The fun never stops over here!!!! December is off to an amazing start! Ho! Ho! Ho!

Thanks DeeDee for planning it and Alicia for hosting! It was a fabulous night together! 

 

Enchant Christmas at the Ball Park!

Checking the Christmas fun off the list!! A tradition we don't miss out on! We loved the Enchant Christmas at the Ball Park last year and made sure it made our Christmas to do list this year! They have now opened up 2 location in town! We decided to stick with the Ball Park and it did not disappoint! It was all new! Giant Ginger bread house all lit up! This time we went through the maze looking for Santa's lost toys! Eddie the Elf lost them and we needed to hunt them down! So we did! The kids had a blast! The lost toys were all lit up beautifully! It was truly magical! Great food and treats too! This top collage is seeing Mrs. Clause and Eddie the Elf that lost all the toys! I hope to be Mrs. Clause when I grow up! lol She was the cutest best personality Mrs. Clause ever! All dolled up too! So my job in the future! lol Just ask Bre! lol

Enjoying the lights! Twinning with Bre! :) and the brothers twinning in their green coats! lol  Piper had to wear her "Enya" Christmas Dress to see Santa! Enya is her cousin and hands down all her clothes! Piper has had her eye on this dress all year waiting to wear it to see Santa! She is perfection! Just look at her posing in her fancy dress! lol She got so many compliments too! :)

Santa!!! He does exist! lol Such a wonderful real Santa! He spent so much time with us! Taking all the photos we wanted and talking to each child about what they wanted and  then as a group as to what to leave out for him and his reindeer! The does and don'ts of Christmas Eve! It was so magical! The kids were just in Aw! Penny asked for a circuit! Cash said he doesn't know! lol Piper asked for a really big dollhouse ( we already have 2 in the play room!) lol and a really soft pillow like Penny's! lol Say what!! lol Love these babies of mine! Thank you Santa! You were perfectly magical! 

Enjoying more of the beautiful lights! 

So festive! It was a beautiful evening too! Not as cold or as busy as last year! That's always nice!

More amazing lights! 

Our tradition! So fun together! Such a wonderful night! We will continue to make the memories together at the ball park! Loved Enchant Christmas yet again! We will be back! 

 

Elf Jr the Musical!

Oh what a magical production Elf Jr the Musical was!!! Penny starred in her very 1st Somerset Sky Pointe musical/play!! Holy Moly Mrs. Jacobs is a phenomenal director!  The students all worked so hard for several months! Their hard work paid off!! WOW! The Elf Jr Musical was spectacular and magical! The students were casted perfectly in their roles! I absolutely loved the show all.... 4 of them!! The students performed seamlessly! Soooooooo amazing! My # 1 star was my little Miss Penny! She had a few different roles in the musical! For 2 shows she was played the lead part Michael Buddy the Elf's Brother and for the other 2 shows she was an Elf and a New Yorker! She is so dedicated and such a hard worked! Learned several speaking parts, dancing, solos and songs! She is truly a delight to watch! I am so incredibly proud  of her! I was proud as a peacock watching every show watching my girl shine! Penny has made so many friends and strong bonds with the cast! She also loved being on stage in a few scenes with her cousin Noah! Noah did so great too! Proud Aunty over here!

This top collage is from opening night! Thursday evening performance! Show #1! Penny played her Elf and New Yorker role at this show! She was perfection! So so so proud! Seriously love watchin her! 

Oh and did I mentioned I volunteered and did the makeup on most the cast members! Wahoo! I Loved being part of all the behind the scenes action and fun! The kids all loved me doing their makeup too! Win! Win!

More pics from opening night! Thursday's show! 

Note: stage pics were taken during their rehearsal! Right before the performance started!

Friday night! Show #2! Penny's 1st performance in her lead as Michael Buddy the Elf's Brother! She wore a wig! lol! She was embarrassed and funny about the boy wig! Well she nailed it being Michael! On stage and off! Look how cute she is in that boy wig! lol Friday night's performance all her friends came out to watch her! 2 rows of friends! Love that support for her! We also had Eryn, Joanna, Ryan, Emilee, Chance, Mav, Grandma DeeDee, Bre and Jakes family! Lots of family support too! Also past and present school teachers came out to see Penny perform! And church leaders and church friends! So loved and so supported! Thank you all for loving Penny! 

More pics from Friday night show! All her love and support! They were all amazed at how well she performed! She killed it up there as Michael! Acted, Danced and Sang her little heart out on stage! Way to go Penny!!!

More pics from Friday night show! Auntie Eryn surprised her with a mini Buddy the Elf stuffy! Omg it is the cutest! Auntie wanted to give her something to always remember her performance in Elf Jr the Musical! It was the perfect surprise! Penny just loves it! 

Seriously so much fun to see all her friends and teachers come out to watch her! They all loved it and were so proud of her! She is just so fun to watch! She puts everything into it when she performs!!!!

Last collage of the Friday nights show!! Pics with Jovey and her brother Buddy! The other pic was Mr. Hobbs Michael's dad! So we had to get a pic! lol

Saturday afternoon show! Show #3! Penny was an Elf and a New Yorker in this performance! Action shots of me doing the cast's makeup!! Loved doing the makeup!! Also staged photos! The show was great! Penny did her roles perfect! Seriously love this production!

Next up! The final show! Saturday evening! Show #4! Penny's 2nd show as her lead as Michael Buddy's brother! Of course she nailed it up there on stage!! She was just spectacular!! Love her so much!

Saturday's show we had more support for Penny! Our bff neighbors came- the Deckers and the Facers! Grandma DeeDee, Grandpa Jeff and Grammy came out too! More school teachers, church leaders and church friends watched too! All were amazed and  just loved the show!! Wahoo Penny! Truly a rock star! I'm so lucky to be your mama! Always so proud of you! Words really can't express how proud  I am of this amazing beautiful perfect performing daughter of mine! Love you to the core! What performance will you do next!! We can't wait! Skies the limit!!

The program  was digital so I screened shot and shared a few of the pages from  the program! The cover! The Cast page! The Cast biographies! The Musical numbers! The Special Thanks to Donors and Volunteers! and The Dedication page!!! Loved volunteering and donating to this amazing spectacular performance production! Thanks Mrs. Jacobs for giving Penny the opportunity to perform and shine in your musical! She loved every minute of it and I'm sure she will be auditioning for the next production you direct! You're the best! Such a great experience and memory to look back on for Penny! Thank you!

Action shots of Penny on stage! She truly amazing! Comes alive!!

more pics from the show! Love cheering on my Girl! Go Michael! lol

Just a few more! lol Everyone did spectacular! All are performing stars!!