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She loved her cousin's new WiiU Just Dance 2015

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The perfect day and way to celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ.

Merry Christmas!

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Christmas Eve dinner!

The teen table

 The messy kitchen, prime rib carver, photographer, and girls who didn't make it on any table.

 The two enjoying their meal and oblivious that no one else is eating.

 Someone is T.O.'d that she didn't make the teen table.

 Dessert the girls made earlier in the day.

 Our Christmas and Nativity Program

(Baby Jesus took his job seriously)

 So did the Donkey (Joseph might have had a pink heart robe - same as Mary's, it could have happened).

 And angel

 Uhhhh

 Christmas jammies 

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More Christmas shopping and our annual Boise Friend Christmas Party

I have been friends with these girls for as long as I can remember and I love our annual Christmas party and white elephant exchange.  

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Pink planned a friend Christmas party.  She made the invitations, planned the activities, and prepared food.  They made these cute snowmen out of socks, decorated cookies, and had a sock exchange.

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We had a super fun Christmas shopping day today.

One of our Christmas traditions is drawing names for each other.

Sneaky, sneaky shoppers.

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I love the magic of Christmas!

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We were excited to visit Temple Square and see all the Christmas lights but it was kind of a crazy and hectic night.  I spent 25 minutes looking for a parking space, it seemed like everyone else in the city decided to visit Temple Square on the same night...it was very crowded, and our favorite tree (the huge one with a million red lights) was not lit up this year.  But it was worth it and the kids had a great time with their cousins.

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I love the joy in their eyes on Christmas day.

This year has been a wonderful, spiritual, low stress, simplified Christmas and I have loved every minute of it.

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We enjoyed a wonderful Christmas Eve dinner with lots of family.

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Twenty-six years ago today, my father passed away.  You will find this ornament on all of his children's trees in his memory.  I sure miss him.  

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 B Girl had a cute little program at Preschool today.

Later we helped at Pink's class party.
I found this cute game where the kids had to shovel snow with their noses.  Add a little Vaseline to their nose and the "snow" sticks.  Very cute and fun.

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The stockings all hung by the chimney with care.

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I can't post today's picture until after Christmas.
But I will tell you...I am working on something!

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Too tempting.

(I was about to take a picture of these cookies, when little hands appeared)