After taking a trip to Disneyland for Christmas, the Holidays seemed to creep up in a hurry this year and before we knew it, it was Christmas Eve! We squoze in a visit with Santa and a special Elf named Jake came to live with us during this festive season!
We made special Reindeer food for Santa's Reindeer. Kaitlyn insisted on leaving carrots for them too!
Santa made an early visit to our house that night and left us special Christmas pajamas!
We left "homemade" cookies and milk for Santa. Kaitlyn kissed Jake the Elf goodbye since he would be making his return trip to the North Pole with Sanata when he stopped at our house.
Kaitlyn must have been extra good this year because it seemed like the presents just kept going. She got her Princess Castle with all the princesses and a princess scooter which she rides around the kitchen saying "Watch out here comes Scooter Girl". I would advise you to watch your toes and ankles. She thinks it's funny to run over them. We found a bite of carrot that the reindeer left as evidence of their visit.
Scooter Girl!
Ed went to Flaming Gorge ice fishing a few days after Christmas and I decided since we hadn't made a trip to Temple Square yet I would take her myself for a girls night out. We rode Trax up from Sandy. The weather couldn't have been better although a little snow on the ground would have been nice. The lights this year seemed better than in years past and they had everything open. We went inside the Assembly Hall and the Tabernacle. They even had all around the temple open. We took our annual carriage ride then headed back home. I don't think we had even made it to the freeway before she was out like a light!
We rang in 2012 with a bang. I found those ridicules glasses and decided we needed a family pic sporting them. I wasn't sure if Kaitlyn would make it to midnight but when she saw Ed getting fireworks ready she wasn't about to miss that. I gave her a pot and spoon and showed her how to bang pots and pans. We still had some popper left over from the 4th of July which she happily threw on the street. Our neighborhood was pretty much dead at midnight except for the neighbors up the street which came running down the sidewalk banging pots and pans yelling Happy New Year!! Needless to say I cheered them on!!
Happy Belated New Year!
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