Christmas fun

 The weeks leading up to Christmas have been full of Christmas fun.

On Saturday evening, after a Christmas  party at Colleen and Rigo's, we got together with my parents, Melanie and Nick. Since Nick was flying out to his family on the East Coast in the week, we met up early to look at Christmas lights and to exchange presents.

Here, the girls try out their new animal hats, courtesy of Grandma and Grandpa.

 A group shot while looking at pretty Christmas lights, one of our favorite family traditions.

 Later in the week, William flew down from Washington to visit Uncle Bill and Aunt Patty. Since he's been at college, far from the Rosen's old neighborhood, we haven't been able to see him much.

 So, I took the girls up to visit on Wednesday after school. Cora, Will and Uncle Bill went on a nice walk around the neighborhood and to the beach, so Cora could use her new roller skates. These were a present from me and Stace.










We also made Christmas ornaments and candies. It was a lot of fun!

 That night, we had Pioneer Club, and here are Owen an Violet dancing and singing along with the big kids on stage.

(Owen has a cast because he fractured a bone in his wrist during our Cookies with Santa event.)

 On Friday, Cora's class decorated gingerbread houses. Every student needed an adult helper, and Grandma was able to come and help for a little while before she went off to Magic Mountain to pose as Mrs. Claus.

Here, Cora poses with her classmate Gabe and his little sister Sarah.

Cora has many plates of candy in front of her, because she was the very last student to finish her house. She had a plan, and she was very careful in what candy went where. 

After school, we all went to the park for lunch and playtime.

Now, we have three weeks off from school! What will we do with ourselves? I know! We'll fly to England!