December festivities!!

Seriously where did December go!? I miss it! I can't say it enough, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE the holidays.  And adding one more child to the mix made it that much more fun, but also that much busier!  This year I tried to do all the traditions I could think of.  We accomplished a lot, but we still have so many more do to next year.  Here are most of the photos to highlight all we did for our last month in 2013! 

Picked out an awesome tree! Solana was extremely excited, and she even pulled it all by herself to the car (on a cart of course) :)  Maybe Lowe's isn't the most Christmas-y place to get a Christmas tree, but we did it last year, so whatever, tradition.

The oh-so-fun-ugly-sweater-wreath-making-girls'-night-holiday-party!!! phew! I had a blast throwing this party.  I crammed about 20 girls in my place for a wild party. We made wreaths, ate christmas treats, and wore some especially ugly holiday apparel. I wish I got the whole group in the photo, but these all-star partiers stayed until the last minute. 

These gals rock, and the wreaths they made were of so impressive. 

We made snowflakes! I haven't made one since who knows when (like I was 5) and so it was a project for me.  But Solana (and surprisingly Adam) soaked this up. They got really into it and it showed!

My little holiday heart warmer.  Love his first Christmas.

In case you were wondering what this is, let me confirm your suspicions by telling you "yes, its a ginger bread house!" complete with candy furniture that Solana added. haha!

I wish I could tell you that this house looks so amazing because a 3 year old designed it all.  Actually I wish I could tell you she did even some of it.  But really all her contribution was put the candy inside for the "furniture" and do the landscaping.  (Gingerbread people gotta have a place to sit, right?!)  But Adam and his mom designed this fabulous structure.  I was in charge of icing, and I believe the reason I am still holding it in the photo is because its stuck to me, and I had a hand cramp for like 2 hours after we were done. But its a house made of love and we LOVED it!! 

So next year we will attempt another one, and I have a feeling that our perfectionist streak might produce some obsessive gingerbread monstrosity.

Adam and I signed up to be party helpers in Solana's class.  It was so fun to again see her in her element.

um yeah….she loves school :)

She was pretty hilarious during her Christmas program. 

Dad is the official horsey of the family. She even calls him by that: "come here horsy!" haha.  Sometimes, they won't even be playing anything, and Solana will just boss Adam around and say, "Horsey, do this!" Or "Horsey, do that!"  Adam has to remind her, "Hey, sometimes you can call me Daddy!"

Adam hung up her snowflakes in her room, and everyday day she would try to jump off her bed and touch them.  It was so fun!! 

Boston started walking full time at 10 months! Oh how it changes things...

Her ballet recital.  

A random semi-warm day, so we headed to the park!

Adam on his first day of winter break from school!

Solana puts on lots of shows, this one was musical.

Our one and only lazy Saturday over the break. It was incredible. 

I love this photo. Apples after church, they must have been hungry. 

Out of 5 LDS guys who started law school with Adam, one, Dustin, transferred a year ago, and one, James, got to graduate early. So we said goodbye to James and his family, and they are dearly missed.  

Also can you believe all these baby boys were born during law school?!

I hate when people move, but I also get so excited for them and the new adventure that awaits! We miss you guys!!!