The kids are out of school and we have been having a good time being all together...every day...all the time :) No actually, for the most part, it has been a lot of fun. One night we decided to stop at Wendy's to grab some dinner and found Santa there. He was the best Santa I have ever seen! He even played a song and did a puppet show just for Emmy!
We donated 75 cans of food to get movie tickets and went and saw Big Hero 6. We all loved it! We would like a Baymax of our own.
We hit up the City Museum again on Christmas Eve day and wore ourselves out. We especially love the 3 story slide! It's always so much fun to hang out with our ward family and act like kids.
Grandma and Grandpa Anson sent the kids gift cards to Toys'R'Us so we decided to go shopping before Christmas, while the toys were still on sale. We spent 2 hours wandering around and looking at everything in the store. Emmy and Jacob eventually decided on the same Sea Lion stuffed animal and Caleb picked Nerf Gun. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!
Christmas Eve we started a new tradition and had a Pajama Formal. We opened our new Christmas pajamas and had a fancy dinner by candlelight. I loved it and it was so nice to not have to cook for a few days afterward because we had so many leftovers.
Caleb received a rubber chicken in his stocking and laughed so hard! It was pretty DARN funny! He also received a fluffy down-alternative comforter, a leatherman and some speakers to go to the kids' computer.
Jacob received a Razor scooter, Legos and some porcupine puppets. He had fun riding his scooter outside, as it was a whopping 57 degrees outside on Christmas day!
Emmy received ballet shoes and a pretty, pink tutu. She also got a matching doll who has the same outfit! She spent the rest of the day dancing around the house. (pictures below)
Thank you so much to all those who sent packages and cards! We miss our family and friends so much and felt so loved each time something fun arrived in the mail. Love you all!
Also, earlier in the week, Jacob received his 2nd degree orange belt. We are so impressed with how much he has grown and improved! He is also seriously mastering the bow-staff. Way to go Jake!
Pretty ballerina! How precious are those little shoes?! Love it!
Missouri's state bird, the Eastern Bluebird, sitting on our tree in the front yard. We love all the vibrant birds that are around in the winter time here! Papa Tregaskis hooked us up with a bunch of feeders when he visited, so these birds are set for life!
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So fun! I love the idea of a pajama formal :) Emmy & Hannah got almost identical ballet shoes and hasn't taken them off since. Love and miss you guys!
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