The Annual Neighborhood Hayride Christmas Carolers

We live in a great neighborhood where most of us are the around the same age, have kids the same age, get along pretty well... & went to high school together! Spencer Gibbons always organizes a fun night of Christmas caroling & freezing your butt off while riding on a hay wagon. We usually have quite a crowd & unfortunately we can't carry a tune to save our lives (or remember the words to many Christmas songs!) but we have a great time anyways!
Every year everyone runs home because we're all frozen by the time it's over, so this year we started a fire in Branden's firepit (I got it for him for Christmas 2 years ago... this is the first time it's ever been out of the box! ... that's a whole other story on why I don't try to think of "cool" things to buy him anymore!) Our garage also has a heater so we hung out & ate hot cocoa & donuts. We have great neighbors, who we have alot of fun with ... and who are quite entertaining too!

Eli's Preschool Christmas Concert

Eli had to dress in Sunday best for his preschool Christmas concert.
He thinks he's quite the stud... this is him flexing with his fake cheesy grin.

Practicing his favorite song, "Rudolf, the Red Nosed Reindeer"

His carpool buddies, McKenna & Harmony ( he is quite the ladies man)

With his best buddy & cousin, Wyatt

Another buddy, Payton

A few reasons we didn't send Christmas cards

Reason #1: No one can stand straight, smile & act like

a normal human being for 5 seconds!

Reason #2: No one knows how to keep their hands to themselves.

Reason #3: The photographer doesn't know anything about lighting

or how to make sure all the sh#* is picked up off the floor.

Reason #4: Mom is a procrastinator & thought she could just

blame the kids for waiting too late to think about pictures & cards.

Reason #5: I was too cheap to take my kids to the mall for a quick picture

because it turns into the most exhausting & frustrating ordeal ever!

And half the time I don't like the damn pictures anyway!

Tavaci Concert

Madelyn & her cousin, Alyssa are both in Tavaci ... this is after their Christmas concert. They both did a great job singing at their concert. They looked darling.
Madelyn is all ready for her Tavaci concert at Sky View.

What a little cutie!