snow, tantrums and Santa...

Oak lost her second tooth. 

She does not really like bowling and spent most of the time bowling for Mac's birthday throwing a fit. 

Mac playing with his new Star Wars Chess. 

Lots of snow. I love the little animal tracks all over.

The kids came in and attacked daddy when he got home from work. 

We were listening to Christmas music and they spent the whole evening dancing and conducting the music. 

Bryce's grandpa was put in the hospital with pneumonia and antibiotics just wasn't helping. And he just wasnt getting better. He passed away. The kids have been so worried about their daddy. 

It snowed and snowed and snowed some more. 

And snowed some more. 

I was teaching Mac about personal narratives and gave him a writing prompt and this is what he wrote. 

Thursday I watch another girl who is homeschooled. My kids love Thursdays. Her mom brought all her snow gear and the kids played outside for the longest time. And it was the perfect weather to do so. 

Building a snow fort. 

Sledding down our fabricated snow hill. 

Working on the snow fort. 

The view from our yard. Beautiful. 

Cute boys.

My hair is getting so long. I kinda like it but I also miss my short hair. I just don't have the money or time to keep up on short hair. 

This girl came in to my room moaning and groaning and mad for no reason. 

Her melt downs are so fun. just kidding. 

Our ward & spanish branch had their Christmas fiesta. Santa was by the front door. And Mac wanted to sit on his lap but Oak refused because she knew who it was and that it wasn't the real Santa. If he isn't real than it's not worth it. 

Chips and salsa at all the tables. Thats pretty much all Mac ate. Tamales and Spanish rice for dinner. Yum!

And of course there were TWO pinatas. 

Saturday we went to a small train show at the county museum. 

Mac literally did not leave this spot for 30 minutes. He walked away bound and determined to start his own model train table. 

Santa was also there. She walked in not sure if he was the real Santa or santa's helper but she did some investigating and left knowing he was the real Santa. It was really cute. When he asked what she wanted, she told him, "I already sent you a letter."...and..."I wrote down three things but you can only get me one."

Beautiful view from our driveway. 

So we sat down with the kids and we had a question and answer about the story of Christ's birth. The kids had great questions and we answered them all with the scriptures. Then all on their own got the idea to act out the nativity and got all the stuff they needed. It was a sweet night. 

Mac thought we needed hats so he put blankets on our heads. 

We finally let them open the only gifts sitting under our tree, that were from Mac's birth mother. 

They loved their new towels with their names monogrammed on them.

Then Oak and I made a nativity with her Legos.

And Oak made a Christmas tree with gifts and Christmas dinner.