Decembering

 Half way through the fun month. The unusually warm month this year. The always busy month. December is great. It's just so different from, let's say January. Am I right? I love the Christmas season. Greg made his favorite Wassel yesterday and a Gingerbread house with the boys tonight. We've done a Christmas play, work party last night, Jr. Jazz for Jax, lots of shopping, watching Christmas movies, dinner with friends, and all this...

1- I have 2 cub scouts. That is weird. Jax is so proud to be in Webelos, and Creed had the biggest smile when I showed him his new scout uniform. They were helping with a service activity at Creed's first pack meeting. I'm always knocking on wood about when they give me the calling to be a Den mother.
2- Rafe found something to keep him busy while I searched the toy isles at the store one day. It took quite a bit of persuading to get him to quickly put them back so we could go pick up Bodie from school.
3- The cemetery had a luminary lighting night. So we went to put some on the graves of my dad, g-ma/p-pa Jensen and Uncle Bill. Before that we had dinner at my mom's, she had a Christmas Tea Party for her local grand kids.
4- Creed's class had their annual Tanner Dance performance. He is lined up and ready to start. I told him he better "get into it" more this year. And he sure did. He had fun and was entertaining to watch.

 5- Temple Square Christmas Lights with the Lorenzon Family. Rafe and Bodie were in aw of the Christus Statue. I love the picture of them drawn in close and looking up at the grand statue of Christ. Bodie asked if this was Jesus's Grave we were visiting. I explained it to him.
6-Rafe really wanted a picture of him with the spires. It only took 8 tries. :)
7-Jax wanted one of him with the temple as well. We needed to be further away, it's just so neat to be so close.
8- All the cousins enjoying the Christmas lights at Temple Sq. and downtown. Before heading to dinner at Training Table with everyone. That's turning into a tradition.

 9- Our family tradition of Tepenyaki's. I loved Rafe's concentration and desire to use his chop sticks to eat his meat. And of course the boys LOVED the whole experience there.
10- Sleep over - I painted the boys room upstairs (all by myself thank you) and it was drying so Bodie and Rafe were sleeping in the family room. And joined by their older brothers. I loved how Creed fell asleep. Had to get a picture of my sleeping boys. And it took a long time for them to finally get that way. Too much sushi and steak I guess. Or just being hyper crazy excited boys. :)