Dec. always a busy month and often escapes in a blur. Here is my effort to remember December
Aaron loves it when Raquels family invites him to come up for a couple of days. It's always a good time when the Ross' are the host
Jane enjoyed a little creativity with an early winter Storm
December wouldn't be December without recitals
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Emily with her Indian Hills School Orchestra Christmas Concert
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Emily's Viola teacher in an adjunct professor for BYU. She invited Emily to perform with her BYU student final recitals.
Emily and Jane at their piano Christmas recital.
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| Jane played "Carol of the Bells" |
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Emily played "Let it Snow"
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At Halloween one of the teachers in the preschool classroom was sporting this awesome blue wig. I admitted to them that I've always thought I'd look fabulous in blue hair and that if I wasn't a 40+ LDS mom of 4 I'd totally do it. The teachers surprised me with an awesome blue wig for Christmas. Now where to wear it? 😂
Ally's family stayed with us a few days before Christmas. Ally spent much of her time buying furniture and supplies for her new Airbnb house in Teasdale. I enjoyed some kid free shopping, Ally enjoyed the insta babysitters my girls offered her and the cousins enjoyed making memories, videos and taking a lot of pictures together playing around together in my house.
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Jane made the mistake of allowing 3 little wide eye girls into her room to play with all her American girl dolls that she has kept just so so.
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Roy stole Emily's heart. The two of them became fast friends. Emily says he looks like a baby model.
Ally was also really kind to help me make a couple batches of caramels for neighbor gifts.
Traditional Sunday before Christmas family pictures. Easier said than done.
One of the days Ally was here she snuck in a ski day. She introduced Jane to skiing while I took her 2 younger ones for the day.
Emily, Aaron, Clara, Spencer, Roy and I hopped on the trax and made our way downtown to the Grand America and then onto Temple Square.
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Later that night we drove to our favorite Christmas light show.
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Christmas Eve involved lots of Ninjas in Pajamas
The house was overfilled with excitement Christmas morning
Bart and I somehow managed to keep the best gift of all secret from the family. Jane's been wishing for a ping pong table forever and when the renters moved out the end of November the space became available and Bart ever so slyly snuck it in the house and set it up.
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| Hydroflasks for the win |
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| Jane saw these little bitty jams at Harmons and besides her long lego wish list all she wanted in her stocking was one of them |
More legos for Jane's birthday!
Friday we had our annual Pace family gathering. This year held at the Torrey church
Later that night my Grandma Pace who just turned 98 invited us girls over to choose one of her prize hand pieced and hand quilted quilts. I love the one I chose! It kind of reminds me of my barbazone baby blanket I had as a little girl. It still stings when I think of how it was lost at 4-h camp.
It doesn't always snow in Teasdale at Christmas time but when it does the kids always enjoy sledding behind the 4 wheeler.
That afternoon we made a way over a picturesque Boulder Mountain to Papa and Nona's cabin and found Jeff had made a fun sledding trail. It was perfect way to enjoy the cabin. Play a little in the snow, run in warm up, sled again and adults got to enjoy the fun watching from the windows.
When we arrived Jeff was hard at work putting up the gate to the new driveway. Bart and John were great supervisors.
We all enjoyed a lot of time in the cabin just relaxing and enjoying all the yummy meals prepared on the Traeger.
Bart had to get back early for work on Monday morning. The older 3 kids did not want to come back so Nona and Papa were gracious enough to let them stay another day and bring them back home. Jeff made a winter campfire and everyone enjoyed roasting marshmallows on it!
Finally we finished the year off with build your own personal pizzas and a sparkling cider toast to the new year.
See ya later 2019!
