Annual Flagstaff/North Pole trip

In true Christmas tradition we headed up to Flagstaff to go to the North Pole!  Friday night we hopped on the Polar Express.  We sang songs, drank hot chocolate and saw Santa Claus!  The kids were sooooo tired but loved it!  :-)

Then on Saturday morning we had breakfast with Santa at the hotel before boarding the bus to go to Santas workshop.  The kids got to help make toys, wrap them, had some of Mrs. Claus' hot chocolate and cookies, then went to Elf University.  The end of the tour had Santa himself!  This is such a fun little trip we do each year and I'm already planning on this years... :-)

Disneyland!!

Chris offered a promotion to the girls at the office-if they hit their goals we would take them to Disneyland.  Well... They did it!  So we surprised our kids by taking them to Disneyland with the office.  We checked into the hotel and they had no clue until the next morning when Buddy the elf brought them Disneyland gift cards!  We spent Friday at California Adventure and Saturday at DL (never again!  Saturday's are insane...).  Also on Saturday, a friend hooked us up for lunch at Club 33.  It was amazing!  Such a good, quick trip.  :-)

And now for photo overload...

Zoolights

We hit up the zoo lights with the Powell family.  The kids had a blast, especially talking to the talking giraffe.  :-) 

Norah's first dance recital

Norah's dance studio put on an adorable Christmas performance for a local retirement home.  The residents loved it and it made me love the studio more for putting so much effort into it.

Conor school Christmas programs

Conor had two programs at school... One short one during school and then the official one later at night.  It was held in the church sanctuary so if you weren't in the front couple of rows (which we were not) you couldn't see anything. 😒. The songs were cute though and the kids were so proud of themselves.  

Norah turns 3!

Can you believe it??  My baby girl is 3!  We celebrated a day before her birthday (Nov 16) with a Minnie Mouse party at the house.  It was all set up in the backyard but the weather had other plans and pushed it inside... :-) it still was a good time and N and all the kids ran wild.

Norah is truly a girly girl.  She loves Minnie Mouse, princesses and pink.  Her favorite foods are bean burritos and chicken nuggets, and her favorite restaurant is Postinos or Chik-fil-a.  She loves to sit and do her art, painting and coloring, and especially anything with stickers.  She is a softie who loves anything baby (birds, goats, etc).  She loves her books and cuddling while watching TV (mostly Team Umizoomi or PJ Masks).  We love our little princess.  

Conor's first soccer game

Last Saturday was Conor's first soccer game.  He did great!  He hustled through the first 3 quarters... Then got tired and kind of walked up and down the field... his team lost but it was fun to watch.