New Years Goals and Sledding

We didn't have to stay up till midnight to have a fun New Years. ;) For FHE the night before we talked about the importance of setting goals and had each of the kids come up with a goal that they thought they needed. I was so pleased to hear Jaxon and Violet both decided on saying "Bueno mama, lo hare" more often. Music to my ears. :) It's only been a week but they've really tried to stick to it. And if they don't then I remind them to. ;) That night we even had a New Years Eve toast, and cinnamon rolls the next morning.

Then the Ascua's invited us to go sledding with them at Rock Canyon park. We had lots of fun!

Ginger kept taking off her gloves, so when she would slip (which was frequent) she'd end up like this because she refused to touch the snow. It was so funny, but I also felt like a bad parent laughing and taking pictures.

Ginger Turns 2

Somewhere amist all the holiday celebrations, our little Ginger turned 2! This little girl LOVES her protein. The meat is always the first thing off her plate. I felt weird making a pot roast on a Saturday, so we remembered the couple of times she's had bacon and how much she loved it-so we cooked her up a special order while the rest of us had spaghetti.

Don't worry, she only ate one of the pieces before she was full. But she was so happy!

Earlier that day she had her daddy-birthday date and they went to the local IFA to visit chicks and rabbits before stopping at McDonalds to eat and play.

That evening we celebrated cake and ice cream with grandparents. She was unusually quiet and even a little upset towards the end- I think she was a little confused as to why she was getting all the attention, and maybe she had just had too much birthday. :)

Jaxon made a little candy tray for everyone which I thought was very sweet of him.

We just love our little Ginger snap.

Christmas 2018

Once again it was a fabulous Christmas. We had lots of fun family get togethers and activities to get us in the Christmas spirit before the big day.

We had fun at Temple Square, followed by doughnuts and hot cocoa.

The kids loved looking at the window displays at Macys.

Jaxon class put on a cute Gingerbread Man play. He was pretty excited about his part as a dog. :)

For this Christmas Sunday hairdo all I had to do was leave her hair in two braids for 2 days. I was so pleased with myself.

 

On Christmas morning we emptied our stockings...

Read the letter Santa left us saying that he had left us something in our backyard...

A trampoline!

After a yummy breakfast we opened the rest of our presents!

And what other kid would be more excited to receive a printing calculator, and digital door locks for Christmas?

This year we started a new Christmas tradition where after we clean up and put away all the gifts, we give the kids a mini scavenger hunt for their "experience gifts". Jaxon was another robotics class, Violet got a trip to the zoo, and Ginger got a winter tumbling class. They absolutely loved doing this, and they're very excited to redeem their "coupons".

Merry Christmas, everyone!