December 2014

December 1st, our Elf on the Shelf Simon showed up... good thing since he was the only Christmas-y thing going on in our house. We had a very busy month and didn't really decorate this year.

He moved the next day to the top of the fridge where our Thanksgiving decor still sat.

December 3rd, he was holding a picture of Russ and Mom in honor of their wedding anniversary :)

The night of December 3rd, Noah got upset thinking about Simon. He doesn't like that once a few years ago, Simon scared him in the bathroom one morning. So Russ and Mom told Noah that we would be happy to tell Simon that he can't move around the house anymore :) That night, Russ went down and had a talk with Simon and told him he can't keep scaring Noah and he needed to stay in one place. The next morning, we found Simon on a bookshelf with a note that said he promised to stop moving around. It worked out perfect for all of us. He didn't move again until we moved to our new house a few days before Christmas.

Noah and Sophie performed some Christmas songs with the rest of the primary kids at the ward Christmas party.

We had our traditional nativity and caroling night with the Sherwood family. Noah was a wiseman with Riggs and Jax.

Noah received his ARTIST award at December's pack meeting.

Noah & Sophie played relay games and dressed each other up as snowmen at pack meeting...

December 21, we celebrated Grandma Riggs' birthday and Christmas with the Riggs family at the Goodman's house. These are just some of Grandma's great grandkids. Not everyone was there at the same time since it was a come & go party. We didn't have the girls that day and Abby was sick, so Noah is the only one pictured from our family. We love Grandma Riggs!!

Ellie and Noah aren't afraid to share a chair with each other. Maybe because it was the only place to sit in our house?!

Christmas Eve, we visited both Grandma Sherwood and Grandma Riggs, then we ate dinner and In-N-Out. After that, we drove around and looked at Christmas lights. Our plan was to go see the temple lights but it was a little chilly outside!

Each of the kids got to open one gift on Christmas Eve. I wonder what it could have been?!

New pajamas of course!

The kids made Santa some cookies and left him a note with the cookies and milk.

That night, Santa sure did come to our house! 

This is the note he left behind:

The kids waited anxiously to find what Santa had left...

Here are the 3 kids who wanted to do a sibling gift exchange, getting ready to open their gifts from each other. Sophie had Noah, Noah had Abby, and Abby had Sophie.

Opening gifts from Grandma Price

Noah new shoes that he loves!

We went over to Grandma & Poppy's house and were spoiled by them. Noah got new dirtbike boots!

Opening stockings from Grandma & Poppy

4 cute boy cousins

New Years Eve, the Cummards and Baldwins came to our house to ring in the new year. It took us awhile to get started doing anything fun, but it ended up being a pretty fun night. We played pictionary and the name game and had lots of laughs :)

It was so cold that night that it snowed. In Mesa!!

2014 was a good year for our family. We're excited to see what 2015 is all about though :)