December

 I had hand-me-down Christmas dresses for both girls this year, so even though they didn't exactly match they looked super cute together.  Carrie is such a good big sister, she never leaves Leah alone.

 Devon hurt his back right before Christmas, so he and Carrie stayed home from the Christmas concert at the Elementary School.  Our neighborhood Santa was nice enough to come to our house so Carrie could see him.  we seriously have the best neighbors ever.

 We have had enough snow to go sledding a few times.

 Christmas pillowcases from grandma

 We can't get enough of this smily girl

 Carrie loved her new hat and gloves, pink of course

 We are glad to have our friend Kelsey back.  We had her over for her birthday dinner, but since she doesn't eat sugar we had to be a little creative for dessert.  We even put a candle in her smoothie

 This is hard to see but during the Hot Air Balloon festival they had some Crown Dancers, I didn't know what that was, but it I thought it sounded cool.  It was a lot different than I expected.  The crowns were like 2 feet tall and made of wood.  The dancers didn't wear shirts but where painted with blackened grease and had their faces covered with nylon type material.  Carrie was quite frightened.

 The boys both entered the art contest with the Air Balloon Festival.  Here they are reenacting a picture of Devon and Gabe when they were little.  Spencer's art work is at the top right.

 We found a great sledding hill in Blanding one day when Devon had to go up to see the Chiropractor about his back.  Spencer's sled eventually broke, but then he used half of a sled for almost a month.

I made the kids have "quiet time" and read everyday during the break, Carrie wasn't too good at staying in her room, but she loved "reading" with the boys.