Puppet Show

The boys love to put on shows for us and for Christmas we got a bunch of soft hand puppets (so cute and such a good deal. Costco, 8$ for 4, lots of variety--dogs, farm, birds, etc.) So I wanted to have a "theatre" for them and most are very expensive. So I decided to make one. It really didn't turn out that much cheaper than buying one... But it really wasn't that hard to make. If I wouldn't have been interrupted every five minutes it probably would have taken me 2-3 hours to make.

Aidan does lots of puppet shows for his music class, too. I will try and take a video of one and post it.

A very lovely show going on about a pig, a dog, and a dinosaur. Not a lot of words, just grunts and barks.

This is the backside--it has pockets for the puppets.

Home Improvements

We had a family night about having a "House of God" (D&C 88:119) and used a leftover gingerbread house to "build" it. It was a fun way to talk about the things we can do as a family to make our home a good place to be. For the next five months we are going to be using the Missionary Guide as our family home evenings. We want to teach Weston the "discussions" before he gets baptized. I have divided up the lessons over the next five months so we slowly discuss each topic. We went to the Baptism Preview the other night and he is very excited for his baptism. Last night for FHE his former preschool teacher and husband came over and told us about their mission to Samoa. It was a fun suprise for him and so interesting for all of us.

Besides FHE "home improvements", we have been making a few changes in our house. We have never had bedding for our bed--just used old sheets from when I was single, and a blanket for when Scott was a kid. So, we decided to make our bedroom look a little more formal. I got the bedding at Kohls (at an amazing deal, of course--50% off, then a 30% off coupon, plus 30$ kohls cash...) and I really like how it turned out.

We have wanted new carpet pretty much since we moved in. Our old carpet was gross. GROSS. I hated it. We have been slowly searching for what we want and finally bought some that I think it perfect! It matches beautifully and it a nice berberish, with pattern, high quality carpet. (We happened to buy it from the son of Dad's old friend, Barry Sutton).

Christmas and other December photos

In their Christmas Pajamas around the tree Christmas morning! What cute elves!

Our melting snowman. One night we had a huge storm and we were able to make a humongous snowman. The next day it started melting and the following day it was slumped over!

Elise in her cute Christmas dress. Merry Christmas!