Pre-Christmas FUN!

Our week of Christmas Festivities started out with some fun in the leaves. The leaves had all fallen of the trees while we were in California so the kids were excited to get in their and go crazy (with a little help from their aunties), but that Monday morning we went and saw the long awaited Princess and the Frog. My sister for the longest time has showed Samarrah the previews online adn she was so excited to go. So all of us girls went (Samarrah went decked out in her Princess gear). It wa the most fantastic, hilarious, wonderful movie. I LOVED it. I could not stop laughing, it was so fun to share experiences like that with Samarrah!








Monday night we headed to Sams Town to check out their lights, they were beautiful it was so fun and magical! It was so fun to feel the Christmas Season. After the lights we grabbed a quick bite at mickey d's and raced home to drop off the kids with a sitter and then we were headed to the Forgotten Carols. I have heard the CD and even read the book but this was my first timeseeing it performed, it was magical. My parent got us great seats and I hope to do this every year. The message is so important not just at Christmas but all of the time. It was great at the end to link arms with my hubby on one side and mom on the other and sing "We can be together forever someday". I bawled the whole time. It was exactly what I needed that day to lift my spirits.








THe Tuesday before Christmas was Las Vegas bowl day. We had a party with lots of yummy food and hung out and watched the game, even the kids got into it. On one of the plays when BYU had the ball my mom told the kids to jump up and down and yell touchdown, they did and BYU actually scored a touchdown, they were so excited and thought that it was because of them. They even took care of all of the cleanup when the game was over, it was a Blast!






THe day before Christmas Eve we all headed out to the Bellagio to check out their gardens and enjoy the fountains. We braved Las Vegas Blvd. which is not something we do often. The parking garage was FULL, luckily we drove down and aisle and immediatly in fornt of us a car started backing out, it was mayhem. The kids loved all of the lights in the gardens, but definetly not the crowds. The fountains were beautiful like always, it was so fun to go and spend time together enjoying the Christmas season, the days leading up to Christmas were filled with so much fun.