December Dreams

Big events are fun, but I find the quirky day to day moments most delightful.  Here are some of our happiest moments from December.

Zoe love!  We miss this lovely lady.  Her snuggles help everyone feel happy.

Craft time!  Even though it may be messy, I adore when my children get creative.  I never know what to expect.  Annika's dragon art is pretty fun.

Here she is making a giant Christmas tree.  (As you might guess, we go through a lot of paper around our home.)

Her tiny crafts are my favorite.  Here she has provided each of her creatures with a duct tape calculator and iPad.  I wonder what they're studying?

Now for some performance art.  Our elves are definitely silly!  (Inspiration comes easily when you are in the midst of a bathroom remodel.)

Annika's addition was somewhat concerning.

"Why do I feel like someone's watching me?"

As for Talia's art, it's a bit more planned out.  Beautiful piece, ReddiWip!

Not all art is visual.  Here's Annika giving our friend Melanie a hug as we watch the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square perform.

While we generally insist on eating at the table, this seemed like a good occasion to enjoy some chowder from the couch.

While it's relaxing to enjoy the Choir from home, it's far more spectacular in person.  This year we were fortunate enough to attend the Tabernacle choir Christmas concert with Lea Salonga.  It was incredible, easily ranking in the top ten performaces I've experienced in my life, perhaps top five.

As splendid as this performance was, if I was forced to choose between the Tabernacle Choir and Annika's school play, I'd attend the Wasatch school play.  After all, watching Annika sing and dance as an asteroid was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Brooklyn and Talia also performed in the West High A'Capella Christmas concert.  As choir president, here's Brooklyn helping to fundraise.

And here's Talia getting ready to perform violin at a recital held at the Marmalade library. Our adorable Anders was entranced by the music.

Speaking of instruments, here's Eli toodling away on the clarinet.

So here's a conundrum.  Why do none of my children play horn?  Eli, you seem to have an affinity.

December's a beautiful time for romance!  While I think these gorgeous roses made the blog already, it's still worth remembering that December 14th.

Speaking of flowers, Talia went to her first big dance in November.  She invited her friend Jacob to Winters and had a great time.

 

Practicing for a second career in modeling.  She's got it down for sure!

But let's face it--dancing can be downright exhausting.

As is shoveling.  Keeping up with all the snowfall was HARD work.  We thought our corner lot was bad, but the church's is worse.

If only we had a little elf to do the work for us!

Alas, ours is snoozing on the job.  (In all actuality, our Annika elf is swimming in Florida as I compose this poolside.)  As summer sets in, sweet dreams of winter all!