Getting Ready for Christmas!

 Carter and Kasen painting!

Kate, Kasen and Carter

Eggnogg mustaches ready to decorate the tree!

Carter, Kasen and Dad

 Kasen and Kate decorating the tree

 I had asked Kate to put her socks away, the next morning I came down stairs to find this!!!

 This was my Nana's I always loved seeing that each Christmas season the Arizona Temple!

 From my Mom

 I love to collect nativities and it is my goal to collect them from all over the world, this one I found in the little airport as we were lxtapa, Mexico on a fun trip to
Club Med with Chuck, Tika, Talia and Bri in 2006. The baby Jesus is a piece of rice!

This one is hand carved Olive wood from
Bethlehem my dad got for me on his Church History Tour Trip!

 This one is my Hawaiian or Polynesian one I got handmade from a sister at the PCC in Hawaii 2009 made out of coconut husk, and a shell for the manger that holds baby Jesus.

  Decorations made in Relief Society

For Christmas this year the boys wanted new basketball shoes for their basketball season and of course Kate had to have some!

 Kasen tried on every pair they had in his size, he jumps, runs and tests every shoe out! The employees were cracking up how serious he was about his shoes.  Also before we went he had to put on all his gear so everyone knew that he was a good basketball player!

 Carter is in the men's size (9 1/2) so instead of the kid price of $65 

we had to pay the adult price of $140

 Opening up their Star Wars Lego advent calendar from Grandpa Chuck and Tika

Fort Shafter Tree Lighting Ceremony

 Kate is no longer afraid of characters

 Kate, Carter, Mason, Bubba Strong and Kasen

 The lighting of the tree

 Off to see Santa

A HYCO field trip to the Glass Blowing Studio to make our own glass blown ornaments!

 The glass is clear then you roll it in the various colors of glass pieces that you pick, then he puts that in the furnace till it melts, then if you want it swirled he clasps 

the end with a tool and twists the melted glass

Rolling it in the color they picked

 From this stage we blow through a straw connected to a tube to create the round shape!

Our final product

 Kasen (red and blue)

 Kate was too little with all the hot materials to go so I made it for her (red, white, and green)

 Cater chose red, white and blue

Gingerbread house making

Night, night with Dad