On December 17th Christian got to put on a Christmas program with his 1st grade class.
It was full of songs in English and Chinese, and every kid had a speaking part. It was so darling!
That night Faith showed us the sets for her upcoming Grinch play.
Tony was off on the 19th and got to come with me to see the performance that morning. Faith had auditioned several weeks before and had been awarded the starring role as the Grinch, and she rocked it!
I also love the costume she made.
That afternoon we braved the snow and went to Temple square.
The temple was beautiful through the light snow, but we were disappointed that half of the lights weren't working due to that morning's ice storm. Even worse, we couldn't get in to see the Christus because they sent the missionaries who staff the visitor's centers back to their apartments earlier in the day when the weather was bad.
We started heading to This is the Place, but looked online and found that they had shut down, as well. We ended up picking up some lights at Modern Display and looking at all of their great decorations.
We capped off the night with dinner at Chuck-a-Rama and I got a picture of our fun house lights when we got home.
Here are some fun, pre-Chrismas gifts we've received: Brandi gave me the toilet paper with the label "In case you get crap for Christmas," and Tammy made the subway lettering tile.
On the 21st Sirui left on her cross-country sightseeing trip. She went to Las Angeles & San Diego, New York, Boston, and Las Vegas with a few friends from her program.
That evening we went to candlelight Christmas at This is the Place. It wasn't as awesome as last year, but it was still nice.
December 23rd we finished up our baking and delivered plates to family and friends.
Faith even made these cute tags for them!
On the 24th, the kids finished the last chocolate in their advent calendars.
The kids opened their Christmas Eve gift from us and wore the pajamas which were inside to my mom and dad's party. We ate lots of appetizers and beef burgeoning for dinner, then had a blast with some Minute-to-win-it games. First we stacked nuts using a candy cane,
and then shook plastic ornaments out of tissue boxes tied onto our bums. We sure had some great hip action that night!
Christmas morning started early--5 am! The kids got the Disney Infinity game which they asked for,
and were also surprised with bows & arrows.
Christian gave Tony a card and me a necklace, and Faith made this cute snow globe with a picture of her with her arms out, looking up into the snow falling.
Faith was super excited about her guitar!
Dusty enjoyed his catnip infused mice,
and Skittles' favorite gift was a new bully stick.
In the background you can see the pots & pans Tony got for me. He also surprised me with some cute clothes and an electric blanket.
The kids immediately went out for some target practice.
My mom & dad gave us some fun gifts, including Lagoon passes. (Eric was wearing a mask because he was recovering from influenza.)
I loved this tee shirt they gave Tony!
We were spoiled even more with lots of gifts at Braeggers' including new dishes and silverware for Tony & I.
Lana beckoned me downstairs to show me how cute Christian was hanging out with grandpa in his office.
We stopped by Grandma Mitchell's to wish her happy birthday & merry Christmas.
Back at home, the kids took stock of their loot and played their new games.
On the 31st we picked up Faith's friends Cambry and Nataly and went to "Noon Year's Eve" at Boondocks where the kids did laser tag,
go-cart racing,
bowling, and playing in the arcade. At noon they did an early New Year's countdown. We stomped bubble wrap and tried to get our hands on some of the prize filled balloons that were released from above, but we were only able to get one and it had candy instead of a gift card or money in it. It was still fun!
That evening we went to Braeggers'. Instead of the traditional Chili's ribs for dinner, we ate soup and bruschetta from Olive Garden.
Happy new year!
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