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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

To begin with, we had a big snowstorm on Friday the 30th and Saturday the 1st. We ran right out after the snow had stopped (after being made completely crazy by Faith's whines of "can we go play in the snow, YET?!?") and Faith & I made a snowman while Tony shoveled the driveway.
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That evening was our Stake Christmas Festival. The first hour was outside and while Tony drove around with Christain asleep in the car, Faith and I enjoyed the festivities. They had: a live nativity with a miniature donkey, miniature horse, sheep and goat which you could pet; a craft table where you could make a jingle bell necklace; hay rides; cookies, hot chocolate & wassail; and freshly made cinnamon almonds. The second hour was a program in the chapel with an amazing choir and orchestra. Faith only made it through the first half hour, and then Tony came in with Christian and she was ready to go. We then drove through the Layton light display and got mint M&M shakes from Sonic.

On Tuesday the 4th, I dressed Christian up in his funny snowman hat & mittens and Crumpet in the light-up Christmas tree sweater my mom had gotten her for an early gift. They were quite a sight on the walk to the bus stop!




On the 5th Christain got ahold of Faith's loose glitter makeup and completely covered his face and hands as well as make several piles on the floor. This picture does absolutely no justice to how sparkly he really was!
December 6th was my mom's birthday, but my grandpa Quinn was in the hospital so it wasn't as happy as it could have been. Grandpa, as usual, had to tease the nurses. He kept accusing them of trying to get in the shower with him so they could check him out and when a female nurse asked if he was O.K. with the obviously gay male nurse he said, "That's fine, I used to be bisexual." When the nurse looked surprised he added, "I wanted sex twice a year and not just on my birthday." Ha, ha, grandpa, you keep us rolling in laughter!
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That day I took the kids to the doctor, Christian for his 15 month checkup and Faith to see if we can figure out why she feels a little sick almost every day. Faith knew Christian was getting shots and that she wouldn't have to get any but, unbeknownst to her, as the doctor and I were discussing her symptoms he decided to test her blood for anemia. The nurses walked in with the syringes and a lancet and asked Faith to hold out her finger. In her grown up voice (and with a condescending tone, no less) she said, "Oh, no, they're for him." The picture is of them in front of the waterfall in their doctor's office building just after they have thrown in all of my change.
On the 7th (which is my sister Sarah's oldest son Brendan's birthday!) Tammy took Faith, Zach and Christian to Teddy Bear Builders for a Christmas activity. The kids had a blast

choosing the animal, eyes, sounds and accessories and grooming them after they were stuffed.



Faith slept over at Braegger's Friday night, but Tony picked her up bright and early on Saturday to bring her to our ward Christmas breakfast with Santa. We had delicious eggs, ham, sausage and sweet breads and then the special visitor arrived. Both Faith and Christian were so excited to see him! Faith sat on his lap first and told him what she wanted, then Tony put Christian on the other side for a picture. Christian immediately broke down in sobs and Tony pulled him off right after this was snapped. As soon as he was in his dad's arms, he cheered right up and wanted to talk to Santa!
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That night we had our friends Ann & Mike over to our house with their kids for a Christmas party. We ate bread cubes and spinach dip as and appetizer, clam chowder or chicken noodle soup as the main course, and broke out the chocolate fountain for dessert. We put in strawberries, pineapple, bananas, pound cake, pretzels, cinnamon santas, and marshmallows. It was hit, especially with the kids. We talked while the kids played and then the guys broke out the Xbox. It was so fun getting together with them, I can't wait to do it again!!
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Also the 8th is Tony's dad's birthday, we like to pack 'em in around here!!


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Sunday the kids made crazy bubbles in the jetted tub and had fun making bubble hair and beards.
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We tried to go to "Journey to Bethlehem" (a live nativity event at a church in Layton) after church and a stop by mom & dad's for dinner, but we forgot Faith's coat :( Hopefully we make it next year.



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Last night we made sugar cookies for Family Home Evening. The kids sat up on the island and cut them out, well Faith cut them out and Christian made a mess and kept trying to eat the dough. They came out delicious!
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Countdown to Christmas: only two weeks left!