Brady's Artwork from School...

So far Brady has done really well in 5th grade.  He is doing a lot better at getting his work turned in and his reading has improved a lot and he knows all his math facts.  I love it when teachers send home encouraging notes like these.

Nyssa Christmas Choir Concert...

Kacie was a little nervous about standing too long during their Christmas Choir Concert, but she made it and they all looked and sounded great!

Taylor had a little solo and we all agreed that it should have been longer...she sounded so good!

So fun having Taylor at Nyssa this year...They both had a lot of support from family!

Ward Christmas Party

Brady went with Mom and Dad to their ward party and was able to sit on Santa's lap...

 And then he played Joseph in our ward's Nativity.  Brooklyn was Mary.  

I thought they were cute!  I was happy Kacie felt up to going with us.

House Break

Kacie was feeling pretty cooped up in the house from her surgery so we took the kids out to eat at Blaze Pizza.  It was fun that Brady liked it so much so now we have another place we all enjoy eating at.  It's nice here because we all got our own personal pizza.  After we got some doughnuts at Krispy Kremes and then headed home.

Kacie's Sinus Surgery

Kacie was still having really bad headaches and we were disappointed that pulling her wisdom teeth didn't do the trick so I took her back to the Sinus Center on December 2nd and they did a CT scan. The picture below shows the difference between normal sinuses on the left and hers on the right.  Of all the problems you can have with your sinuses she has all three.  She has a deviated Septum, her sinus pathways are blocked and she has problems with her turbinates which I didn't fully understand.  So Dr. John Boyajian suggested that she have surgery.  We were surprised they were able to schedule her so soon on December 8th.

 Getting some ice cream after her appointment...

 Still cute even in those ugly hospital gowns.  We had to wait about two hours before they took her into surgery.  Luckily I was able to go over to St. Als and see Brandon at his doctors appointment while Kacie was in surgery.  I was even able to make it back before she woke up.  When the doctor talked to us he said she also had polyps that he removed which was surprising to him because they weren't on the CT scan.  He said they may or may not come back which is kind of frustrating.  He said everything else went fine but he did a lot of scraping so he packed her nose so we have to go back the next morning to have the packing removed.

We stayed the night in Boise at the Holiday Express near the Sinus Center on Park Ave.  I have never seen Kacie in so much pain before.   She was taking two pain killers every two hours and she was still hurting.  It was nice when later that night she was able to finally get a little sleep.  Grandma and Jim came by for a short visit and brought her come kettle corn and a book from Noelle Pikus-Pace which was really nice of them.  Mom and Dad came later that night with Brady for a visit too then Scott went home with them and Mom stayed the night with Kacie and I.

The next morning as the doctor was taking out the packing from her nose, Kacie got really nauseated and I was really impressed with how caring the doctor was with her.  He held her head with both of his hands...it was really touching.  I couldn't believe how much better she felt having that packing removed but she still was up to traveling so we spent another night at the hotel.  She continued to improve a little bit each day and eventually her headaches stopped.  We sure pray that does the trick. She didn't go back to school until December 17th just in time to get all her assignments caught up before the Christmas break.

Schulthies Caroling Tradition

Had our fun caroling tradition again...it was fun having Scott with us this time.  He did really enjoy even though you can't tell by the picture. Ha!

The whole group...fun!

Thanksgiving in Utah

We had a great time in Utah this year for Thanksgiving.  Our trip there was a little scary with the bad snowy roads.  Between Burley and Tremonton we saw six semis jack-knived...that was a little nerve racking, but we made it and it was so fun to see everyone.  The whole family was there except Brandon, Valeda and Melissa.

Having fun taking selfies...Haha!

I love seeing snap chat stories of these two (Miah & Kendall) that I don't get to see very often.

So grateful for this guy!!!

Friday we did a little shopping in Park City at their outlets and then that night we got to go on the North Pole Express which is a train ride that reenacts the story from Polar Express.  It was so much fun!!!

Serving cookies and hot cocoa! Yummmm!

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Taking our tickets...

They had a fun sing-a-long and even Kacie sang a little solo to Let it Go from Frozen.

We were so surprised when Brady landed a kiss on Kacie when they brought out the mistletoe. 

So cute!

At the end Santa came and gave everyone this nice bell that had North Pole Express printed on the ribbon.

Saturday night we all went to Temple Square to see the lights.  Brady had a little melt down because he wanted to see the fountain first but then he was okay.  After we saw the Nativity and Christus together we split up and we let Brady spend as much time as he wanted watching the fountain and then we ate at Crown Burger which we have never tried before but was really good.

Love this family of mine....So fun that we were all together!