What's On My Happy List?

The past week at our house....

Attended a friend Christmas Party..

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The fam had a little snowman themed celebration... 

We played Christmas Pictionary

and had our annual viewing of "Elf"...  

 Got the centerpiece snowman idea from my sister...
 They did these cute table settings for their RS Christmas dinner.

Dad's team won. 

He was just a little excited. 

Earlier that day the hubs and Uncle Ryan took the girls and cousins to see the new Star Wars movie.

I happily stayed home and played Mrs. Claus. 

Got lots of wrapping done. ;)    

 Late Friday night we had an epic gift delivery drop off...neighbor gifts, friend gifts, bishopric, visiting teaching...etc.
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 Christmas Eve Day...
Hannah's gift exchange... was a family affair.

We had our traditional Seafood Feast with the hubs side of the family...

So fun to have my girls all together again...

with the cousins...

 Later that night...

We opened up PJ's, watched some of the classic "Christmas in Connecticut"...
read The Night Before Christmas...

sprinkled reindeer food...

left Ho Ho's out for Santa

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and Hannie got her second to last 12 days of Christmas delivered...phew..

It's been fun, but it's been a project. haha 

and we played this new game.
It's been a hit.
Lots of laughs!

The girls all slept in the same room that night.

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Christmas Day!
 I'm telling you...there is nothing more magical than waking up to a white Christmas. 

 Ready to see what Santa brought!

 The reactions on Christmas morn are my favorite ;)

Emmsie was just a tad bit excited about this gift...haha 

She rocks at giving gifts...she really really does...she's super thoughtful and gives to everyone. 

Kate is following in her footsteps...

Yep! I cried.
twice actually...
opening my gifts.
I loved them!

Church was just an hour long.
It was perfect.
The messages, singing the Christmas music...
It made me cry...again. haha

Christmas Brunch after.
G-ma C puts on a spread.

 Exchanging gifts with the cousins...

Off to my parents that afternoon. 

  Had a great time visiting with the fam.

My niece, Amber, sent me this pic wishing me a Merry Christmas.
This was... I'm guessing Christmas of '79.
She's the little baby...
I'm standing in the background with my mom.
I was around Kate's age.

 awe ;)

Christmas night we watched "While You Were Sleeping." 

{Flipp'in love that Christmas-y show.} 

More Telestrations. 

and Hannah finally answered her Prom date back...

he loves cheesecake ;) 

Here's to the last 6 days...

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Lov'in Christmas Break so far... 
Kate has enjoyed her science experiment kits...she has made soap and fizzing bath concoctions.

 Kyleigh got to go snow boarding with her uncles...

The rest of us girls went to see the movie "Sing"
Seriously, how cute is that show?

 The whole fam went out for Mexican for family night and then played more of our favorite game......
{We got two other new games for Christmas, but no one is interested.}
Telestration is the game of choice right now..
"Who wants to play a game called Farkle anyway?" bahaha

 Last night we went night sledding....

The hubs was at the church for one last night of Tithing Settlement.
Kyleigh was with friends. I'm telling you I can not keep up with that girl...
she is always somewhere...doing something.

She had another blind date last week.
She came home and said..."He wants to live in Idaho and be a cowboy and I want to be a city girl and travel the world, but he was sure fun to talk to."

She was home for only 15 minutes then off with a former Elder from her mission.
Shopping at the Korean Market and getting more Bing-su.
She is a regular at this Korean restaurant..She was there four times that week!!!

She also had a sleepover in Provo with girlfriends.
They made a video to send to her Korean friends.

Hangouts...Hangouts..skating..pool..going to the movies...She's having a blast!