Pre Christmas

Here's what went down before Christmas.

I got to watch Knightly and Bourne while their parents had a Christmas party, they even got to sleep over which Knightly liked and Bourne did not.

The kids enjoyed a Schauers cousin Christmas party at the Snows

Making pioneer crafts at the Grandma Sandy Christmas Party

Christmas like the pioneers

All the Schauers and Jensen kids, aunt Wendy and one Snowman

We had the Snows over for our own little FHE and gift exchange. Wes got protector of water bionicle.

 Fiora got a cat necklace and earrings, and Sav got nail polish from Aunt Wendy!

Savanna created silent night nails for me and Fiora

Lots of snow hit us in December, Mount Baldy looks majestic all in white

Savanna had a violin Christmas concert and is on the student body so she got to help conduct

she is hidden behind a stand so we couldn't see her face, but she did great

We had a Barrett Family Christmas Nativity on the 21st, mom and dad were narrators

Rachel was Elizabeth and Joseph was Zacharias, and Sylvan was Angel Gabriel

Katy Sue was baby John but didn't like it, this was the best picture I could get of her

 

The adult audience trying not to be tired and bored, the kids anxiously waiting their part

Sophie was Mary, Travis was Joseph, and here is Gabriel again

Jamin was baby Jesus, he didn't like the manger but did ok when Mary held him

Weston, Mekhi, and Travis, Shepherds

Sophie and Jamin, Mary and baby Jesus

Savanna, Fiora, and Lucy, hosts of angels

Maybe the kids are bored and tired too ???

Dexting, Aeven, and Justin (standing in for Knightly) were three wise men

We had to do it fast to keep kids happy and engaged, and some had to leave, but it was fun

Jared had a birthday on Dec 22, he is 38 years old! We had grapes crackers and cheese for his bday breakfast

 

Celebrating at Tucanos, Jared's birthday dinner tradition, uncle Aaron and Lexi sat by us

Jared doesn't like to get gifts, so I wrote him a song and Savanna made a video for it, turned out great and Jared loved it!

 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-OLktLlW7THeUY2S1E5MUdrUmc/view?usp=sharing

Selfies with Lexi and Brooks at Tucanos!

 

 

Kids entertained so easily by cameras

Weston had an internal gym meet on the 22nd, not competitive, but he still did great!

He scored 70.7 overall at a level eight which is a great start for the season! Smallest on his team but he held his own!

But the fun doesn't stop there, on the 23rd we went to Todd's and had dinner and sang Christmas songs around the old Schauers player piano!

Other fun things not pictured: Jared held a company party for Home Basics employees and their families, they got to all eat at Maria Bonitas and were showered with gifts. On the 20th Heather led the ward choir in three numbers for the Sacrament Meeting Program and it went very well. Heather played for Karli Sue and mom to sing "Baby Tucked Softly" at Karli's ward Christmas party and helped them pack so they could move apartments that day. Jared and Weston visited his Dad in Gunnison and watched the BYU/Utah game with him and enjoyed dinner with Neil and Bonnie. Weston had a Christmas party and gift exchange with his AAG boys team, Fiora had a Christmas party gift exchange with her friends, and Savanna got to go see the lights with her "other family" the McIntyre's and play games with them. I don't think we could possibly have celebrated the season more than we did! And that was all before Christmas eve!!!