So getting ready for Christmas has been a little bit crazy this year. It seems like we have had two or three things we had to juggle every day. From parties, to trips, to shopping, and to fun familiy activities, here are a few pics of our December.
Santa was kind enough to visit our Ward Christmas Breakfast. This was the first year both Brittanie and Nathan were brave enough to sit on his lap. Brittanie was amazed that Santa knew her name and that she likes to dance. Brittanie requested a "Pet Shop Store" from Santa this year. Let's see if she has been good enough.
I was impressed that Nathan sat on Santa's lap. I had to be very close to him, but I convinced him that if he really wanted a present from Santa, he needed to tell him. Nathan got enough courage to say he wanted "Thomas Splash" for Christmas.
Brittanie comes home from school with a craft or artwork almost daily. We really enjoyed the "Rudolph" costume. This could be a picture she regrets when she gets to be 16. I love being the evil parent who plans these things out....
Of course, Christmas time has to include a varitey of treats. These next three photos show how the Snelders enjoy the season... WITH FOOD! Brittanie and Nathan love a good spatula full of brownie mix!
You can't get through the Holidays without making sugar cookies. Mom wanted to make a batch to take to work. We had both Nathan and Brittanie help frost the cookies. After realizing they licked their fingers in between frosting each cookie, we decided to not take the cookes to work to share. Not to worry, we were able to finish them off in a few days.
Mom got really ambitious this year and decided to make ginger bread houses. Of course there are kits you can buy at most stores, but no, Natalie wanted to spend all day making ginger bread from scratch. They turned out pretty awesome, but it was a lot of work.
Grandma Gog asked to see the finished work on the Christmas lights. I didn't really get a good picture, but you get the gist of it. We have a lot of variety and a lot of lights. I guess growing up in Preston where the whole town goes nuts for lights makes you like to see the yard lit up.
We made a quick trip last weekend down to Utah for little Teigen's baby blessing. Brittanie and Nathan got to meet a couple of second cousins they haven't met before. They all had a lot of fun playing together in Adam and Julie's house.
While in Utah, we took the train down to Temple Square to see the lights. All of the kids loved the train rides. I quite enjoyed them as well. It was pretty convenient to ride the train down, hop on the light rail and hop off in front of Temple Square.
Temple Square was beautiful. With a fresh dusting of snow, the lights lit up the night. The kids loved looking at the trees, all of the Nativity Scenes, and seeing the SLC Temple. I think Natalie liked this picture the best out of the ones we took. 
2 comments:
Oh, it looks like you have had a wonderful December. Such great memories have been made.
Scott, Natalie and kids: Thank you for sharing all the special times with us. You have had a very busy month, haven't you. Natalie said that a $10 Gingerbread House kit would have been more practical but she and the famiy made memories and that is really more important. When she was a little girl, her Grandma Williams used to make a gingerbread house and then save it from year to year. Now Nat knows why she saved it. They are a lot of work. Good going Nat, you are so much braver than I was to tackle a project like that when you only have one day to complete it and two helpers. Hope you took lots of pictures. I am so glad you had the time to get to Salt Lake. I am sure Julie was so glad to have her brother there to help bless her baby and everyone got to see the lights on Temple Square. All the pictures are so pretty. Love you all, Mom
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