December (again)

I know, I know....you're ready to move on from December. But, I just got the pictures off of my phone and there's a ton more of what's been happening and I want to remember all this stuff too! So I promise this is the last post about December.

We had our Young Women in Excellence. This was Rachel's first time and she looked so grown up. I just love her so much. I love being in Young Women's with her too. 

 These are the greatest girls!

 For our ward Christmas party the Primary did a nativity scene. All of the kids were angels so I had to document a couple of them.

 Kate's BFF, Erika, got baptized and we were able to go see it. I love these two cute girls and I'm glad they have each other.

 Randomness at our house at any given time...

 A giant tumbleweek blew into our yard and it was like an early Christmas present!

 We went with some friends to go see the Layton lights. Always super cool!

 And Fiiz for hot chocolate afterward doesn't hurt either.

 This December we did the #lighttheworld challenge put on by the church. It was SO awesome and I love how  into it the kids got. Jonah is sneaking a peak in our challenge box.

 I went with Kate on a field trip to the treehouse museum. I know I'm biased, but she's the cutest little pirate I've ever seen.

 I love walking in my kids rooms and finding them praying or reading scriptures or doing something good without me knowing about it. Although...I think Kate knew I was sneaking a picture of her.

 We had a cool frost day...

 And the new Star Wars movie came out (is this like the 20th movie?) The boys had to dress accordingly.

 And we snuck Rach and Josh out of school early to go see it in the theater.

 We attempted to go see the lights at Temple Square but downtown was SO busy. I've never seen it like that. Like, really. We drove around for probably a half an hour and there were no parking spots. Not one. It was ridiculous. We were all getting so frustrated that we decided to bag it and we stopped at Maverick to get some hot chocolate and went to the Centerville lights. They were really neat too and we were the ONLY people there. It was awesome. The kids ran around and played and we had the place to ourselves.

 Painting on our memory board...

 Every night the girls lay their clothes out for the next day. I think it's so funny to see these little deflated bodies every night, so I wanted to document it.

 Rach had an AMAZING band concert. I may have already wrote about this, but she looks so grown up on that stage.

 Batman even came to enjoy the concert.

 I got to help with Josh's pancake party at the school. Will fits right in with the big kids.

 And Kate and I went ice skating at Station Park for our date. So much fun!