hair cut, Star Wars and Christmas...

My mom had asked how much snow was in the yard. I am pretty sure there is more than this now. 

A friend from our old Ward does hair and offered to do Oak's hair. This was supposed to be her birthday gift, and I just now got around to giving it to her. 

She was even nice enough to do her nails. 

You can't really tell but she cut off about two inches. It is so much easier to brush through now. 

We last minute went to our friends house to visit for a bit. I told her we were going to go home and make sugar cookies and she offered for us to make them there instead. It was awesome since I had to go home and clean house and pack for our trip the next day. Plus she had fun stuff to decorate with. 

We usually do our own little Christmas before we go to my in-laws. It was very simple and I just sat these new back packs under the tree with a few things in them. I didn't even tell the kids. 

This by far was one of my favorite moments. Hubs surprised Mac with going to see the new Star Wars movie. He actually didn't even tell him he was going to get to go until he handed him the ticket inside the theater. Mac was shocked and said, "My heart has lifted!" It was awesome!

I went and did a little Christmas shopping by myself and ended up by a Yumm Bowl. I had to stop and get one. My dad loved Yumm bowls and always asked for them after his surgeries and getting out of the hospital. 

The kids coloring. 

Oak's older girl cousins pretty much rock. They are sixteen but always include Oak when they can. They are the sweetest girls ever. Oak wouldn't let me do her hair, so the girls asked if they could do her hair. 

They are the cutest. 

This was the scene alot while at my in-laws. I really loved it. 

And the tradition of bowling on Christmas Eve.

Apparently everyone else decided to start this tradition too. It was them most packed I had ever seen it in all the years we have gone. 

And the traditional grandkid pic. Little EB was so stinking cute holding the girls hands and smiling a big cheesy smile. 

Wisemen and a donkey. 

Mac got his Civil/Revolutionary War arm guys like he wanted. 

And Oak got her skateboard. Unfortunately she hasn't been able to do much with it since it poured down rain the whole time at my in-laws and Oak has had a cold and there is too much snow where we live. 

And our drive over the mountain back home. THIS is one of the only reasons I do not like living where we live. Every way to our town in the middle of nowhere is dangerous in the winter. No way around it. This wasn't even the worst of it. The burm was taller than our expedition at one point.