And we danced....

The girls did great at their Christmas Piano Recital.  Lily on the other hand was not a good audience member!!!  They had fun learning some new Christmas songs this year.  Madison wanted to learn The Holly and the Ivy because she was also singing it in her Christmas Choir concert.

After we got everyone gone after Thanksgiving we started in on getting Christmas out...It took me about a week to get everything put up.  Claire wrote a note to Santa.
My Mom gave me a wreath and I figured out how to hang it on my massive door thanks to Kendal.



The girls performed in the musical Elf put on by their dance studio the first weekend of December.  It was a fun show.

This little gem has nothing to do with Thanksgiving and was taken during the sumnmer but I just found it and it is so cute!!  These girls sure love their cousins.
This year for Thanksgiving we hosted Chris parents and his brother Matt's family.  We were excited to family come and visit and not have to travel.  I made a homemade razzleberry pie that was delicious!
We had quite the Thanksgiving feast.  Everything was delicious and there was tons of food!

Before Thanksgiving dinner everyone but Courtney and I and the babies went to the park and to see the movie the Good Dinosaur.
Friday morning while Chris and Matt played golf, Grandma Dottie had a couple crafts planned for the kids.  When the Dads got home we headed down to the Bellagio to see the fall gardens and the water show.


















We sure enjoyed loving on baby Emily as well.  The kids loved having their cousins around.  It was a great holiday.  We enjoyed watching BYU football and basketball and just spending time together.  Although, Chris did get sick toward the end of their stay.  (and his sickness lasted like 3 weeks!!!)

Claire ended her fall soccer season on a high with 5 goals and a win!!  Of course this couldn't happen the week before when Grandma and Papa were there to watch!  Evie finished her season as well and we celebrated with Dairy Queen!





Evelyn was so proud and excited to get her first trophy!


Lily was exhausted after all that and fell asleep in my arms.