More Gingerbread Houses, School Programs & Brady's School Party

Making Gingerbread Houses with Grandpa & Grandma Schulthies for Family Home Evening Monday night.
Even Grandpa was in on the fun...


This one had to have a smiley face...

I'm not sure why I have to be the one to pose for Grandma Sue's pictures.
Brady did a great job singing every word and doing all the signs. After his performance I met him outside and he wanted to make sure I videoed all his cousins songs too so I asked Maria if she would do it for me so I could go have lunch with Mom and Dad at the new restaurant in town called the Neighborhood. It was really good. I had a chicken chipotle panini. I also picked up a couple of Christmas gifts while I was there from their gift shop.
Kacie's 7th & 8th grade group doesn't look too excited to be there but they sounded great, maybe even better than the High School Choirs. I thought Kacie did great and she looked so beautiful.

This morning I went to Brady's class to help with more gingerbread houses. The kids were pretty rowdy but a lot of fun.

Before, during and...

After!

I was surprised Brady wanted to sit on Santa's lap because usually we have to bribe him and even then sometimes he won't do it. He asked for a marble machine. He was really cute with him.

I love this time of year!!!

Movies, Gingerbread Houses & Parades

Friday night Kacie and I had a lot of fun staying up late watching Christmas movies. We watched several from the Hallmark channel and then The Holiday. We both liked it a lot surprisingly. I am so grateful to have a daughter to do these things with. We are so fortunate that she is still here with us after all the life threatening things she has had.

Brady with some of his Thanksgiving artwork from school. The one on the right is Squanto...can't you tell.

Saturday Morning the kids went in with Gerald and Wanda to make gingerbread houses. I hope they didn't wear Wanda out too much. She is still have a really hard time from her knee surgery.

Ryan

Taylor
Lindsay
Kacie's Harry Potter gingerbread. (See the scar and wand)

Last Wednesday we had our ward Christmas party. It was decorated really cute. I helped take pictures of families if they wanted them. I thought Mom and Dad looked really cute!
See how excited Scott is to be there....not!


Saturday night was the Nyssa Nite Light Parade. It was cold so it was good that it only lasted about 20 minutes. There were a few floats but it mainly consisted of loud lite up fire engines.

Trip with Grandma & Grandpa

Kacie and Brady went with Grandpa and Grandma Schulthies to visit with Rosie and EJ's family for the weekend. Scott and I stayed home to work and help take care of Anita. They first stopped to spend some time at temple square looking at all the Christmas lights. They got there right when they turned them on. The kids loved it! Mom told me that when Brady first saw this, he said, "He loves me!"

While they were at temple square Brady called to talk to me. He was so excited about all the lights and he told me they talked to the missionaries and they shared the gospel. I asked him if he learned a lot for when he goes on his mission and he said, "So I can go to heaven." He says the cutest things!

They met up with Preston and Sheryl for some dinner.

They went to Mike and Lori's church to see Santa!

They went to see Kyle and Mckinley in their Christmas play twice. It must have been really good if Brady wanted to go two times.

Brady had to get his picture by the waterfall picture.

Sunday night they went into Midway to see a huge display of nativities from around the world. They had a great trip. When they got home Brady kept asking me when I was going to go see the play. Too funny!

I had a good weekend with Anita. We watched Christmas movies, lots of college football and even did some Christmas shopping in Nampa that she wanted to do. I think I wore her out doing the shopping, but she was good sport. I was able to get my Christmas cards done and I worked on a few crafts I needed to get done for gifts. It was a good weekend for everyone:)