The Last Weeks of Christmas

Day Twenty-Three...

Decided to take President Monson's advice

this Christmas,

so we made some treat buckets...

gathered up these darling girls...

and these handsome boys...

took these cuties with us...

and went caroling to some of our

favorite older friends.

Such fun-

especially the visiting

and hot cocoa afterwards.

We have such a great ward family!

Day Twenty-Two...

Another crazy day for Mom.

All the Young Women

coming over tonight.

Must be time for another

do-it-yourself craft!

Day Twenty-One...

Watched a new movie.

Found out we don't love watching

movies of plays.

Day Twenty...

My mom got these fun puppets

for Christmas this year,

so we had a great puppet show about

the First Christmas.

Loved it!

Day Nineteen...

We've collected lots of Christmas books

over the years,

and we used to read one a day -

but the kids are WAY too busy for that these days.

So, we just pick a couple of afternoons

and sit down with a few of our favorites,

including these...

Day Eighteen...

Sorry-

Can't show you any pictures...

(otherwise it wouldn't be a secret!)

Day Seventeen...

There's a stree in Vacaville

called Candy Cane Lane

where the people are all crazy

about decorating for Christmas

and every house looks something like this...

It's one of our favorite things we do every year.

Seriously, who wouldn't love all this?

Day Sixteen...

I've given up all hope

with the boys,

but I'm determined that Camille

will learn how to wrap a decent gift.

I try to make it fun for her

so she won't hate it-

here's today's effort...

Day Fifteen...

It's a busy Tuesday afternoon -

I've got Young Women's tongight

and I've got to have a bunch of cookies made-

but I knew certain children

would be looking forward

to their daily Christmas activity.

Luckily I had something

they could do all on their own...

Isn't it darling!