First Half of December

December is always so much fun! So many festivities going on. As you can see we were very bust the first half of the month...just having fun!

First morning of Advent calendars.

Me and the kids at a boutique. We did really good. They sold their cookies!

Christkindlmarkt in Salt Lake.

Santa at This is the Place Heritage Park

I made chicken fried steak sandwiches with white cheddar sauce.

The kids putting on a concert of Sunday songs.

This is why he likes oranges. Little Jack Horner?

This is why he likes makeup.

I made Gyros and lemon rice.

Went to the bishopric dinner and it was a tour of missions theme. Every man invited to the dinner who served a mission, there was a food on the menu from the country he went to.

This was the chef that made out dinner.

These are meat pies.

This was my favorite! From Brazil. So much flavor too. The rice was sweet and coco nutty with a lime flavor. It was loose and fluffy. The meat was super yummy.

This dessert is from New York!

The kids cleaning the bathroom.

All of our bishopric friends in our church.

At Manuel's company party. The Grand America Hotel.

I created this dinner. Homemade sausage with homemade mango curry sauce!

This is a French Christmas dessert I made called croquembouche. Eclairs with crunchy sugar tinsel!

Gabe made a sucker out of the left over sugar tinsel liquid.

The refugee family from Africa. These are Gabe's old pajamas that we gave them. This boy is 11.

Gabes other old pajamas and Cambrey's hat and flip flops she gave them. These are 9-year-old twin boys.

Cambrey's shoes. This boy is 3.

Cambrey's shoes and purse. This girl is 5.

My cousin Grace was in a Christmas play in her church.

Posing with cousin Grace.

At the Layton City lights!

Feeding the hungry at the Layton park.

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I created these cheese stick filled bread sticks!

Gabe accidentally knocked over our elf and he broke his leg. Gabe apologized.

Christmas Village in Ogden.

Reindeer!

Homemade ginger bread cookies.

Vanilla spice eggnog.

And he's at it again.

Visiting the refugee family!

Our Mexican friend made these Mexican Christmas desserts.

Gifts we gave the neighbors.

Gabe's colonial Christmas party at school.They made homemade butter.

Orange hot chocolate. We watch the movie, "The Christmas Orange" and eat chocolate oranges while we drink this. It's a tradition.

I taught the kids how to make bracelets out of sheeps wool.

Our 2016 ornaments that I gave the kids.

Hanging them on the kid tree.

Cambrey's class Christmas party.

More Christmas gifts we gave the neighbors.

My homemade stollen.

A letter from Santa.

Yes, he did this.

My homemade cheese ball for Christmas dinner.

Christmas Eve. Boy were they ready.

The yummy food at Christkindlmarkt. Belgium food.