Tis The Season

We spent the holiday season partying and having fun! Here's a few things we did.....

Ryan changed jobs in November.  We went to his new company's  (Suffolk) work party in December.  It was in San Francisco at a ritzy hotel that I can't remember the name of.  Anyway, we were on one of the top floors where we mingled with cheese and hors d'oeuvres.  (ps I had to look that one up. )

After the mingling, we were treated to a nice meal and dessert.  It was nice to get out on the town for a night and see some of the Christmas cheer in the city.  

Lexi and Kendri were invited to watch their friends put on a nativity play at their church.  They went and supported the shepherds.  (As a fun fact, Olivia is the tall girl standing next to Lexi.  She's only a year older than Lexi.  Whaaaaaa????  Her dad is a high school basketball coach and is tall.   But still.)

 And of course we couldn't let Christmas come without making our traditional sugar cookies!  They take a lot of work and time, but they are so delicious we just can't help ourselves.

When all was said and done, I think I decorated over 50 cookies while the rest of the slackers pulled in at a measley 10-14.  But to be fair, I think I ate more than everyone too :).

And Lexi had her first violin concert.  We went and supported her and the rest of the "orchestra".  There's not much to say about it except Lexi starts real lessons today.  The school isn't really capable of teaching all their students in the amount of time that is allotted for music.  We're hoping maybe this will speed up the learning process!

And the cousins were able to see the Nutcracker again this year.  I guess they enjoy having a special night in the city just as much as the rest of us!

We did our annual nativity video.  This year the location was new and everyone involved loved the green hills!  It was so pretty and we had a beautiful sunny day to work with.  Doesn't get much better than that!

Lexi got to be the Angel of the Lord this time around.  She took her responsibility very seriously.  Kendri was also an angel.

Kyson was a wise man after turning down the role of Joseph.  Luckily, his cousin Carson was able to fill in for him.

Nothing better than angels watching over you.......

Shayli and Anna were the other two wise men.  Unfortunately, Shayli was being very difficult about her costume and in the end looked more like Karate Kid than a wise man.

She wanted nothing to do with anything on her head.  Just the bandanna.  She pulled this brown thing off as soon as it was put on her.  No wheedling from me could change her mind.  In the end, I decided it didn't matter anyway because baby Jesus came either way!