Merry Christmas!

The kids had a great Christmas. We got Guitar hero with drums to keep us busy. Anthony plays guitar with Allyson on vocals and Stryder on drums. The kids have a great time. They are true rock stars. We hope everyone had a great holiday season!

Christmas Traditions

Here are some of our Christmas family traditions:1) Decorating the tree with pictures from every school year. It is fun to compare and see how much the kids have grown. They get to hang their own pictures. Everyone is jealous because Anthony gets to hang the most because he has more pictures. We started this when Anthony was 5 years old so now we have quite a collection. We get matching frames so we know which year is which.2)Decorating a gingerbread house. Allyson would do this all year long because she has so much fun eating the candy and frosting. 3) Christmas Eve dinner we make Rouladen. It is a German dish that is soooooo yummy. 4) Christmas Eve we go see the lights at Temple square. David proposed to me there on Christmas Eve 15 years ago. This is one of my favorite traditions. This year we made hot chocolate and took the "train" downtown. It was a lot of fun especially because it wasn't very cold.

Cookie is in the house!

We got a dog! (for three days) We named her Cookie. She is a Lab/St. Bernard mix. Unfortunately I am allergic to her and we had to give her back. We are planning on getting a dog in the summer that I am not allergic to. The kids are very sad and miss her a lot. She was so cute and cuddly.