Well I was planning on posting after Christmas but with the beautiful snow we had yesterday I just had to share. December started with our annual trip to see Santa. Brook did well and asked Santa for a Barbie but he made me leave so I didn't get to hear which Barbie. Bryn of course wanted no part of the jolly ole' St. Nick, oh well hopefully next year won't be so traumatic. And speaking of which why do we parents (I know I'm not the only one) feel the need to torture our little ones just so they can have a moment with Santa knowing full well he isn't the one dragging his butt off to the mall and everywhere else to get said child the perfect gift for Christmas?? I'm hoping this won't require therapy :P At least the girls were able to hang out with their cousin Alexis and their friends Aubrie, Brian, Andrew, Evan and Gavin. Later that weekend Jon, myself and the girls went on a 2 hour Christmas tree hunt, to the woods you ask? No to Star Nursery, then Walmart and finally we found our perfect little tree at Home Depot (yes we have a Home Depot in Pahrump). Brook and Bryn helped me decorate the tree and inside of the house while Daddy handled the lights on the outside. Yay! I love to see the house and tree lights at night, it just seems to make everything so beautiful. The following weekend we had Dane and Steph's first annual adults only Christmas party, we had lots of fun and some well deserved grownup time! Now onto the exciting parts...monday it snowed all morning but didn't stick :( It ended up being a big muddy mess and then wednesday after I took Brook to preschool it started snowing and didn't stop until after 4 this morning! Poor Jon had to use chains on wednesday afternoon to get home and again this morning to get to work. Also wednesday night Brook had her Christmas concert, my gosh these little preschoolers are so cute! They sang songs, recited Bible verses and even said the pledge to the American and Christian flags, adorable!!!! Grampy and Grammy were also there to share in Brook's big night. This morning we played in the snow and even attempted a snow man but Brook said her hands were getting too cold and Bryn kept trying to escape to Cato and Robbyn's house so after I got some pictures and video we headed inside to change and warm up. Sadly, once the sun started to show through the snow melted and now it sounds like it's raining outside from all the dripping water. Ah well, it was definitely fun while it lasted!!!!