December recap

December came and went, and seriously...where did it go? Besides it already being the busiest month of the year, we had family in town to see, a party to plan, and Christmas to be had. We survived and are finally going to tell about it. And in no particular order.

The leaves all finally fell off the neighbors tree. Hey, who needs a rake when you can use the blower?!

My brother Shan's family was in the live nativity out at Tuacahn so the boys and I braved the freezing cold and went to watch. I love doing that every year, it's one of the things that helps us remember the important part of Christmas.

Ok, so I didn't get any pictures of them in the show with my camera, but the boys thought this part was super cool.

Noah was a wise man in our ward Christmas party Nativity. For about 10 seconds Cutler was a sheep.

We celebrated my Grandma Carter's 80th birthday for our family Christmas party. It's always so much fun to see all of our family.

Lexie figured out she could crawl under the tree to the back corner where nobody could get to her. It was one of her favorite places to go.

Another attempt at kids' pictures. We actually did get a pretty cute one. Just imagine...10 kids...7 years old and younger...10:00 in the morning...40 degrees...outside. It took coming back in the afternoon to finally get something.

And we had a baby shower for Melanie. Here are all the little girls together. Hallie 15 months, Reese 13 months, Lexie 11 months.