This is the Season, beloved of the year...

She thinks she is Mary. Really.

Our first annual Gingerbread house! Thank goodness for Parker, our engineer, or we never would have gotten it together!

The girls went to the Nutcracker! It was magical, and every time people clapped, Molly would say, "oh no, I don't want it to be over!" She was in ballet heaven.

My four darlings, in their Christmas best.

The whole family before our Ward Christmas party "Back to Bethlehem"

Merry Christmas!

this cute, and he does dishes too?

(try to overlook the snotty nose that is dripping all over the clean dishes)

ballerina girl, you are so lovely...

Molly has been taking ballet for a few months, and absolutely loves it. She can't wait for Monday afternoon to come each week so she can go dance with her darling friends and see her amazing teacher. Thursday night she had her first recital, and she was so excited to show us all of her "moves." We got to see how she warmed up, pointed her toes, and danced like a sugar plum fairy when she followed her teacher's instructions. Then, they performed the darling dances that they have been working so hard on! Molly's favorite is a dance to "Let it Snow" where she gets to pretend to be a popcorn kernel popping when the song says, "it doesn't show signs of stoppin', but I've got some corn for poppin'!" The recital was so great, it put smiles on all of our faces, and Molly's didn't leave all night...

thankful...

everything was perfect...