Gingerbread House

Another Christmas tradition . . . the gingerbread house. This year, we got the kit from Costco . . . I will never do anything else! Easy, complete, and darling--thank you Costco!

Project Read Christmas Party

We always enjoy the Project Read Holiday Party. It's a great time to get together with my staff, tutors, and students. We enjoy a great meal together (and appreciate the BYU service learning group who planned everything for us), fun entertainment, annual awards, and of course a visit from Santa Claus.



The bad part . . . I have to MC. Luckily, I had my little helper. :)

My boys--are they cute or what?


A'cappella group "A Familiar Group" entertained the audience, young and old alike. Thanks for sharing your talent with us!

Saratoga Springs Tree Lighting

We attended the tree lighting for the City of Saratoga Springs at the beginning of December. It was also the kids first of several opportunities to see Santa Claus this Christmas season. I am very sorry to say that the tree was a little sorry, but we especially enjoyed listening to Emma sing in the choir celebrating the event.

Decorating the Christmas Tree

To get us in the Christmas spirit, we started by pulling out the Christmas decorations and decorating the Christmas tree and the house. The kids always enjoy placing ornaments they have made on the tree, in addition to favorites like the bell from Bethlehem and the pickle.

Fun Memories

We really enjoyed our Christmas Break together. It's been so wonderful to have the kids out of school and to spend quality family time together. We enjoyed making (graham cracker) gingerbread houses together. Then, on Christmas Day, we headed down to Grandpa & Grandma Brown's farm for some much-needed R&R. We enjoyed the big sledding hill Dennis built for us, cross-country skiing, and snowmobiling.