Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Christmas Happenings

Fun things have been happening in the lives of the Tingeys! Christmas preparations are in full swing and thanks to my crazy levels of OCD, we are completely ready for Christmas, so now we can just enjoy the holiday season. We have seen Santa on multiple occasions, and Kaden was even able to see Buddy the Elf at Grandpa's work. The older kids are pros with Santa this year, happily sitting on his lap and proclaiming their niceness and giving him their recited list. Jack Attack is at the freaking out stage, and so we just let him sit back and observe.

We even tried to spread some holiday cheer! We had a few marathon baking days and the kids caroled to our friends and neighbors as we delivered the treats. They joyfully shook their jingle bells and sang Christmas songs. I really think they enjoyed the spirit of giving, and Matt & I had a wonderful time tagging along!

We have been to a couple of family parties, and we even took a fun family trip up to This is the Place in Salt Lake courtesy of Grandma & Grandpa Tingey. We had never been, and it was charming and beautiful. We saw reindeer, a live nativity, the elf village, and Father Christmas. The kids made crafts, went on a train ride, and Kaden even put his name on the nice list. It was a fun night with our family.
Kaden with Dasher & Dancer

Writing his name on the nice list

1 comments:

Broughton said...

So much fun! I love that Kaden wrote his name on the nice list! Awesome! Cute kiddos, we miss you guys!