December 2009

The month of December flew by without a word published on my blog. December is crazy busy for me! I even tried to get my Christmas cards made early . . . they were ready by September . . . and I STILL didn't get them mailed out until the week of Christmas. However, Primary is what really had me running around like my head was chopped off!

To begin the month Drew had her birthday. We have a schedule to our birthdays: one year is just a family birthday, the next year you can have one or two friends over to do something, and then they can have a party. This year (okay last year really) was to do something with one or two friends. Drew picked me and Joslyn to go on a shopping spree for her birthday!!! What fun! We did some shopping and then went for lunch to Macaroni Grill and then went shopping some more . . . we didn't get home until 11:30 that night! I was in a bit of trouble . . . but, we really had a lot of fun together.

This is the flower they gave her at the Macaroni Grill. She felt like a princess!

Austin was fed some priviledged information about a possible trip to Utah at Christmas and decided he had better get his curly locks cut off. Here is his before:

And his oh-so-GQ-after:

The girls all went for haircuts as well. This was Chloe's first real hair cut. She wanted nothing to do with it and we were on our way out of the store when she changed her mind. I was scared that she would change her mind half way through and walk out with half of a haircut. Whew . . . she lasted! I didn't get an after picture unless you count her picture with Santa.
This was a tricky picture to get . . . the kid did NOT want to go near Santa!! But she DID want that candy cane. In the end the candy cane won out. I was the photographer and she sat by me for all of the pictures and then as each child would leave she would inch a tiny bit closer, until I finally asked Santa if she could have her turn.

Ellie did not quite make it to Santa's lap . . . but she DID share the chair with him!