November 2012

On September 1st Faith turned 11 years old and we celebrated the following Sunday on the 4th. She designed and created a beautiful cake based on the movie Brave. (not sure why Buddy's sporting chocolate frosting war paint)

 Unfortunately, this cake barely made it to my parents' house intact and suffered irreparable damage shortly after arrival. It was baked in two loaf pans and held together and on top of a round cake with almond bark. Not steady enough for a 20 minute car journey! But it was still awesome and a great effort on Faith's part.

 

She got lots of fun gifts! I can't believe this girl is so grown up already :(

On the 13th the kids gave an impromptu performance of their dancing skills!

On the 15th we decided to go to Phantom at Davis High. I thought we'd better go before the last few days it was showing to make sure we got tickets. When we got there, EVERY ticket through the end of the run was already sold out! There was quite a line of people hoping for unclaimed tickets and we would have to wait for an hour without any guarantee of seeing the show. The kids decided they wanted to wait, even though the gentleman at the counter was not very hopeful for us. Well, we got some of the last tickets and we even got to sit together! We were on the right side about halfway back in three seats with an open space next to it (wheelchair accessable seating) and it was wonderful!

 

Both kids loved the show!!

On the 19th Faith went with Tammy, Tina & Lana to Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2. Buddy and I waited to see it with Tony that Saturday, but Faith is a super fan!

November 22nd was Thanksgiving. We ate two wonderful dinners and had lots of fun with family at each house.

On the 23rd, Mom took the girls (+ Buddy for the first time because he had been dying to go the last few years) to the Nutcracker Ballet.

 

She made beautiful Sugar Plum Fairy ornaments for the girls,

and got Christian a manly Nutcracker.

On the 29th we kept Buddy out of school & Tony out of work and went as a family to see Faith's ballroom dance performance at the Festival of the Trees. My mom & dad and Tammy came, too. After the the dancing, we looked at lots of trees and gingerbread houses. Tammy spoiled the kids with goodies and we enjoyed some fresh scones.

(this pic was taken by Christian of his favorite tree. LEGO themed, of course!)

We got the kids some tickets and they got to be inside the bubbles and make some crafts.

 

 

After the festival, we ate at Chick-fil-A and walked through the temple lights. It was such a nice night, the kids wouldn't keep their coats on! (of course, I was wearing two coats and still froze)