Christmas Time

 We went see Christmas lights at the Ethel M Chocolate factory as a family.  It is a different sight than we are used to.  These lights are set up in a cactus garden and there is no snow anywhere to be seen.  Then we went through the Chocolate Factor and had some free samples.

 We spent a week in Utah with both sides of the family over the Christmas break.  We went up to Daniel's Summit, and went snowmobiling with my family.  We try to do this pretty often.  It was one of my Dad's favorite places during any season of the year.  We have spend many days up there horseback riding, four-wheeling, or snowmobiling.  In trying to keep the tradition alive and have some winter fun we had a awesome and tiring day of snowmobiling.  We started together with the kids and everyone except Vanessa (she stayed home since she was ready to have a baby any day).  After 3 hours, Mia fell asleep.  We struggled  to make it back to the cabin and hold her on the snowmobile too.  The boys had to dig each others snowmobiles out more than a couple of times.  At the end of the day Bub, Sam, my Mom and I took one last outing where Bub's snowmobile got stuck super deep.  Bub and Sam were up to there chest in snow trying to get the snowmobile unstuck.  The sun had gone down and the snowmobile took forever to get out. Thank goodness for delicious hot chocolate waiting for us when we made it back to the cabin.

                                     Hailey singing at her schools Choir performance.  It was a big deal to Hailey.

                     Mia needed a cuddle break so we stopped and hung out in the snow for a while.

                         The girls made an awesome fort in their room and the fell asleep right away.  They got to sleep there for a couple of days and were in heaven.

                                                   Grandma Tere, making snow angels.

 The girls had fun at our ward Christmas party.  Hailey asked Santa for a dog, of course. Mia just wants a unicorn stuffed animal.  Santa knew the girls by name and they were a little freaked out by that. LOL

                                    These girls get a long most of the time and are great friends.