Catching up...

So I have been horrible with keeping up with the blog, but it has been a busy holiday season. I decided to compile the pics into a movie because it is faster than uploading them to the site. So here's my attempt at catching up....

We unfortunately lost Great Grandpa Art late last year. We will really miss him! He was such a sweet man. We has a lot of family in for the funeral and although it wasn't for a great reason it was nice to see everyone and we took some quick group photos.

We had Thanksgiving at our house this year and I think it turned out pretty well. We were just missing Grandma Holt, but I'm glad she was in St. George with the family. Christmas Eve was at my mom's and as always it was great. We had a great dinner and then opened presents. Christmas morning the kids woke up to a ton of presents. Paige was happy to get her American Girl doll she wanted and Allison got a Baby All Gone. After presents we went to my brothers for brunch and then lounged at his house all day. The day after Christmas we went to Mike's dad's house and had another great dinner and more presents. New Years was at our house again this year. We love our New Years sleepovers. Mike prepared an awesome breakfast the following morning.

Here are some of the other things we have done....

-Paige won the school Reflections contest. We find out tomorrow how she did at the next level.
-Paige and I attended a fancy tea party for Girl Scouts.
-Allison started Preschool and absolutely loves it. She loves her "packpack" and her teacher Ms. Katie.
-I got a new job at the hospital. My new hours are 11-730 so I will be able to spend some time with Mike and the kids.
-We made cookies, candy, gingerbread houses, and decorated the house.
-Mike and I went antique shopping and found a couple pieces of furniture for the house.
-We went to Zoolights.
-We saw Tangled. Both girls loved it and Allison actually sat through it. Woo hoo! We can go to movies again.
-The girls loved playing in the snow.
-Paige had her first ski lesson and went to Snowbird with her school.
-Lots of ice skating.
-Paige had a school program and each grade sang two songs. She did great!