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A bit of everything

Here are a few highlights of our holidays.
Mom, Lizzy, K and I went to a local production of the Nutcracker in Ogden. K was sooooo, excited. She danced around for days humming the different Nutcracker tunes. She was excited to put on her special new fancy dress (made to her specifications, no zippers or buttons, long enough to reach her toes and a pretty bow) and go have a girly night.
It doesn't look like it in this picture, but she was so excited. (She was just angry that we took her out of the theater to take a picture). She was so excited when the lights dimmed and the music started that she started shaking. So cute.
K loved the show (it was definitely an amateur production, and we had a laugh at some of the show). She also loved going out to dinner after the show. The giant fudge pie was her favorite. The rest of us loved the bread pudding (at Union Station if you were wondering).
Here we are at our Christmas Eve gathering at Aunt DeAnna's. There were 3 families altogether. I was nervous about the 11 kids causing chaos, but everything was fantastic. The kids were well behaved and had fun together, the food was great and being together as a family was fun.
Of course no matter how much fun you have, there is always a limit to how much fun you can take in one day. (My friend Kinsey made the little purse, she has hardly been without it)
We spent Christmas morning at our house and had a nice quiet Christmas. K got a beautiful new dress and purse from Santa. As soon as she opened it she wanted to put it on. I love this picture, she still has that dazed just woke up look, but she is sure she is soooo glamourous.
D gambled that we would buy a Wii for the family fro Christmas and asked Santa for Wii games. He started to get a little nervous when we were all done opening presents and there was still no Wii, but we pulled out the surprise present at the end, and he was thrilled.
On New Year's Day we went sledding with our friends. Everyone had lots of fun.
Kirby had the biggest workout of the day, we hooked him up to the sleds and he carried them back up the hill for us. It was a big job for our little dog.
K was SUPER excited to go to Sunbeams on Sunday. She danced around the house singing, "I'm gonna be a Sunbeam! I'm gonna be a Sunbeam!" Here she is in her new Christmas dress (0r most beautiful dress in the whole world ever, if you ask her) showing me how excited she was for Sunbeams.
D reminded us that he was changing classes too, so we got a picture of the two of them together. (I know I am biased, but darn they are cute)
All in all, we had a fun, relaxing and wonderful Holiday Season. Now to get back into life. The good news is we will start the adventure of a new baby in about a month. I have finally started to make preparations for our new son, I'll have to blog about that later.

Hope all of you had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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The Cady Family said…
I just love Kate. Her pictures make me laugh.
January 4, 2010 at 7:48 PM
Cindy Sage said…
So fun and great memories made...
and yes, they are adorable!
At least for the five minutes for the picture...LOL!
January 6, 2010 at 7:47 AM
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