December was full of magic and snow and family. We packed in the parties and ate too many goodies, but we sure did enjoy ourselves.
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| This is as close to a picture with Santa as I could get. Ellie stood excitedly in line and as soon as Santa asked for her to come sit on his knee she burst into tears. |
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| Ellie loved the new train that Brian ordered to set up around the tree (and I love her hair in this picture). |
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| December started off with rain, which didn't stop Ellie from playing outside in the dark for close to an hour. |
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| But the rain soon turned to snow and boy did it snow! |
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| In 24 hours we had more than 14 inches of snow. |
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| The poor chickens were nearly buried. |
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| We headed to downtown Ogden to see Christmas Village with my mom and dad. |
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| Afterwards my mom watched the kids and we headed out with my dad to see the new Star Wars. It did not disappoint! Childhood memories of pretending I was Luke and playing with my babysitter's Millenium Falcon came rushing back. |
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| We met some friends at Temple Square to see the lights. |
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| We headed up to the ranch for the annual Sami Claus party. |
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| Ellie ate an entire plate full of whipped cream. |
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| Christmas Eve arrived with our traditional Mexican fare. |
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| Ellie made the cutest little shepherd. |
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| And Connor made the cutest little glowing baby Jesus. |
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| Christmas with these two was a blast. |
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| Brian took Ellie to her first Jazz game. Her highlight was the candy. |
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| And we all enjoyed some more fresh snow. |
