December 1st: Matching Christmas Pajamas.
December 2nd: Make Christmas Cookies. We made Mel's S'mores Kiss Blossom Cookies except with peppermint kisses and a drizzle of chocolate on top.
December 3rd: Pick out Christmas Ornaments. I took Corbyn and Peyton and Rog stayed home with Logan while he napped. It was quite the adventure because I almost lost my phone. Corbyn picked Iron Man, Peyton picked Elsa and Anna, and we picked Buzz for Logan.
December 4th: Watch the First Presidency Christmas Devotional. It took me 3 tries, but I finally made us an acceptable batch of Kettle Corn to eat while we watched.
December 5th: Write Letters to Santa. I didn't want to go through all the effort of writing a reply from Santa and all that, so I didn't put stamps on them.
December 6th: Donuts at Krispy Kreme. We tried to go see the Winter Wonderland lights, but when we got there we learned it was Lights and Leashes Night. This was our last ditch attempt to save the night, but it was so fun, it's become a yearly tradition!
December 7th: Christmas Play-doh.
December 8th: Decorate Gingerbread Cookies.
December 9th: Ward Christmas Party. Jake Egbert took these beautiful photos.
December 10th: Go to a Christmas Pajama Party. We got to go on a date while the Yates took the kids to a party at the Sullivans' house. I also hosted a Cookie Exchange for my RS Craft/Cooking Group earlier in the day.
December 11th: Open and Read a New Christmas Book. This year's book was The Mismatched Nativity.
December 12th: Christmas Perler Beads. Peyton made a penguin, Corbyn made a snowman, and Logan made a mess!
December 13th: Watch a Christmas Movie. We watched Mickey's Magical Christmas.
December 14th: Make Neighbor Gifts. We made Our Best Bites' Garlic Bread Seasoning. I didn't buy enough garlic powder and we had to venture out in a crazy snowstorm to get more.
December 15th: Deliver Neighbor Gifts. We braved the icy roads in Rog's Subaru to get this done.
December 16th: Volunteer at the Holiday Village. This didn't turn out as we expected because they had more volunteers than they needed. The kids had fun and got to meet a very authentic Santa though.
December 17th: Winter Wonderland Lights (for real this time).
December 18th: Stained Glass Nativities. The kids and I were supposed to fly to Colorado, but our flight got cancelled and rescheduled for days later.
December 19th: Play Don't Eat the Reindeer.
December 20th: See Moana at the theater.
December 21st: Fly to Colorado (finally).
December 22nd: Take Pictures for Grandma Lori's Christmas Surprise.
December 23rd: Pick our Family Ornament at St. Nick's. It was slim pickings by the time we got there, but these bees are pretty cute!
December 24th: Read the Christmas Story in Luke and Sing Happy Birthday to Christ. Mel's Chocolate Cake and Cookie Dough Frosting make this tradition extra delicious!
A lot of our plans didn't turn out exactly as we expected, but we had a lot of fun nonetheless.
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