Saturday, January 23, 2016

December Happenings: Recitals, Parties, Caroling, Girl Scout Bridging, Sledding {Catching Up Post: Part 2}








 Ari and Ella had a little recital at a friend's house. They did just awesome! 




The twins had their second band concert on the same night that Mark and I  had his fancy work party, so our sweet friend Andrew watched the kids so we could go. It was SO impressive that this single guy got 5 kids out the door to the concert on time and back! We were so grateful. 


 We had our Sola Elder/Deacon Christmas party which is always a blast! 

 We went in with a few other friends and bought half of a cow and let me tell you we have tons of beef and got it incredibly cheap and it tastes AMAZING! I made Holiday Steak Bruschetta and it was SO good. Search Pinterest for the recipe! You won't be sorry. 
Our dear friends, the Anderson's, kept the kiddos overnight and they didn't want to come home! 


We had our annual MC Christmas caroling night. It was cold but fun!  






 We got to warm up inside at a few nursing home spots! 


 Had a great time sledding with friends at a nearby park after a snowfall. 





 Mark and I won tickets to see White Christmas at a local theatre- GREAT date night:) 

 Making Christmas ornaments and brunch at the Daniel's house.


 The twins bridged from Cadettes to Juniors 
in Girl Scouts and earned their Bronze community service award. 



Stay tuned for more December happenings..... 
(man,we were busy! Now can you see what I haven't blogged in forever! ) 




Friday, January 22, 2016

December Happenings {Catching up Post: Part 1}

Catching up from the month of December because it was a whirlwind of a month! Our foster kiddo was reunified with his family(after 4 months of being with us)  a week before Christmas and we were SO very happy for him! He did get to help decorate the tree, so we were happy to be able to share a little bit of Christmas with him before he left!




The kids got to do some ice skating at Southglenn which they loved.

 We started our book advent to count down to Christmas! 

We had some nice snow in December and I got to go with Elijah to the Littleton Historical Museum on a field trip. It was actually really cool to go in December. It was so pristine and looked so authentic with the freshly fallen snow! 





The kids and Mark got to go to The Parade of Lights downtown 
with our missional community group.
(I was home with our little foster guy who was sick) 


 The girls and I went to The Denver Flea which was this VERY cool small business warehouse- the coolest thing ever. I was in love. 
 The twins Girl Scout troop helped throw a fun Christmas community event at the Grange. 

 After the party, we took the kids to see some nearby lights. 
 I got to go with Ella's 3rd grade class to the Denver Art Museum. Good times. 





 The kids typed up this awesome Christmas list that I never want to forget! 
We had to say goodbye to our mice (very sad day) 
and got a new hamster which the children named, Dr. Calico
 We made Christmas cookies and delivered them to all our neighbors. 


Stay tuned for the last half of December in my next post.....