december ends, january begins. etc. and things.

serena & a homemade christmas card.

we all got a nasty stomach virus.

family christmas party.

serena was the angel.

attempting to get my sick kids to eat some toast.

lining up the toys- serena's favorite game.

went to see some christmas lights.



made some christmas cookies.

harper wished everyone a merry kiss-mas.

mom took a shower and harper did this...

serena played on grandma's piano.

and did other silly things.

like this.

and made me lunch.

we wished and wished and wished for snow.

and then it came!

and harper was sooo cute. exhibit a.

exhibit b.

exhibit c.

exhibit d.

exhibit e.

exhibit f.

the girls got new sunday clothes.


my family had a big shrimpfest.

we rang in the new year by watching "she's the man" until midnight. love that movie!!

had a rare cuddle moment with both of my girls.

played with the new ikea tent.

and the farm set from my childhood!

and i had my LAST day at work! officially a stay-at-home mom!!!

coming soon- our hawaii 2012 vaction :)

happy 6 years!

sean and i celebrated our 6th anniversary yesterday. we left the kids with my mom and had 24 whole hours to do whatever we wanted! we did all of our christmas shopping {we always do this on our anniversary... nothing like procrastinating it until 3 days before christmas!}, went to a movie, spent the night at beautiful daniels summit lodge, ate some gooood food, went to another movie, and then finally started to miss our kids :)

6 years.
2 kids.

sometimes i can hardly believe it! they've been fun, challenging, wonderful years and i wouldn't trade them for anything.

december is for...

hot chocolate.

oranges.

twinkle lights.

counting down the days & reading lots of christmas books.

SL children's choir concert.

bundling up.

reading some Dickens.

missing the park... and the outdoors in general.

gazing at the christmas tree.

glittery crafting.

deck the halls.

this year, for the first time ever in my life, our tree went up before thanksgiving. i am just so excited about christmas this year.... for the following reasons:

1. it's the best time of the year, obviously.
2. serena will be sooo much fun on christmas morning! she can actually understand the whole santa thing and hopefully about the birth of the Savior as well. we have been talking a lot about both.
3. i love twinkle lights.
4. end of december means beginning of january, and january means HAWAII!!

other wonderful things in the month of december: first annual "you've got mail" party with my sisters & mom. {oh hey ladies, did i mention i'm inviting you to a themed party? get ready! and i think it should be an annual thing.} singing handel's messiah with my choir. lights at temple square. a lunch date with my friends. a new picture book every night. salt lake children's choir concert. christmas eve fondue!! and plenty of other lovely things.

i'm ready for december :)