December Travelings...

I can't believe the holiday season has come and gone so quickly. We had a great season and as Ellie gets older the funnier it is. She finally got Santa Claus and every toy she saw in the store she would pick up and say, "Maybe for Christmas," put it back and keep walking. We enjoyed watching The Grinch, Rudolph, and Frosty a million times and singing our favorite song, Baby it's COOLLLDDD Outside! We also drove around and looked at lots of lights, especially the great job out Dad did!! Cooper enjoyed rearranging the tree ornaments each day and throwing the jingle bells all over the house while yelling, BALL!! He almost got on the naughty list when he decapitated, dearmed, and destroyed a Santa Door Decoration!!! Lucky for him Santa is pretty forgiving:)

We saw Santa a few times and each time Ellie would climb up on his lap and tell him she would love a "BIG STRAWBERRY HOUSE" aka a Strawberry Shortcake Cafe. Cooper on the other hand was not so Santa friendly and would death grip your arm until he was far away, there was not a chance he would sit on his lap. So Ellie would tell Santa something new Coopie wanted each time she sat on his lap. 

A few of our December highlights was enjoying the Winter Wonderland at the Bass Pro Shop with our cousins. 

We also saw the lights and a few reindeer at Thanksgiving Point with the Flygare Clan and enjoyed a fun gift exchange...Ellie got some Princess Dominoes, while Cooper enjoyed a magic 8 ball, that I'm surprised has lasted this long, considering he throws it everywhere.

We also celebrated with the Sims crew at Grandma's annual Christmas party, we were sad this was the last year and have looked forward to it. On a funny side note Brady's Uncle Barry came into the party with a shaggy white beard and Santa had and Ellie fell in love. She immediately sat down iwht him and played Angry Birds on the itouch with her very own Uncle Santa. I wanted to get a pic of the 2 of them and Ellie said "Wait, I ahve to get on you lap Santa" and up she climbed. Barry was just delighted that Ellie finally talked to him after 3 years. Grandma Sims went out with a bang and hired a magician for the occasion. The kids loved the magic and Brady loved hearing the score of the bowl game...NOT!! After the party we rushed home to watch BYU whallup UTEP in the New Mexico bowl.

Then the next day we were off to Las Vegas to visit with Aunt Kim and the rest of the Haycock's. We enjoyed seeing the whole family on Sunday night. On Monday me, my mom and sisters went to The Forgotten Carols. It was a wonderful performance and i had forgotten so much of it, i was glad to see it again. Tuesday we made some Christmas Cookies and played with Ryker and Alyson and Wednesday we headed out to the Mohlers so Ellie and Ryker could exchange gifts. Ellie loved her new Chatter telephone and Ryker's new strawberry remote controlled car. Then it was back home to get Christmas ready at our house.