Gingerbread Party!

 We had all of Brandon's cousins over for a special gingerbread house decorating party! 

Afterwards we headed to see the lights on Thoroughbred. It was WAY too crowded!!! We only stayed for 15 mins and left. At least we got to see a few lights and had some really good hot cocoa thanks to Grandpa and Mary!

Disneyland!!!

 This was Brighty's first trip to the Happiest Place on Earth! It was such a blast!! 

Brighton's first ride- Small World! She LOVED it! 

Holding tight to her buh-buh.

Brandon was so excited to see lots of Disney characters. He even got an autograph book and special pen to get signatures. :)

Brandon's FIRST "big" ride, and he loved it!! He was so proud of himself! Yay Brandon!!

One of the best days this holiday season! Nothing better than Disneyland with my awesome sisters and their families. 

More Christmas!

Our elf was crazier than ever this year! Just look at him way up there on the ceiling fan! Brandon LOVED finding him each day. So magical. :)

We had the Shipley kids over to play and make a rice krispy treat train. Later that evening they watched Brighton for us and John and I went out to dinner, ALONE!! It was wonderful and quite and amazing. :)

We came home to sweet sugar cookies that thanked us for having them over...but we really wanted to thank them for allowing us to have such a beautiful night out!!

So much Christmas fun!

We were super lucky to have London with us at our ward Christmas party! The kids had great activities like cookie decorating, crafts and pics with Santa of course. :)

Brighty holding her cookie!

Really? The face? Must be a boy thing. :)

Brighty is holding the rag doll that brother just made for her. 

It's a little riduclous how wonderful it is to be back home by our families. We are LOVING it!!!! The other night we went to see Ontario's famous Euclid nativity. 

Did I mention that I love living by family again?!? :) 

Bran wanted to have our Elf on the Shelf "Elfie" take some cookies back with him to the North Pole for Santa. He went sprinkle crazy!!!

London came over and we had "Grinch Floats" while we watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas. 

December is the best because we get to celebrate Becca and Papa John's birthdays!

Here is the wonderful Papa John on is special day! 

Brandon and Lily made salt dough ornaments the other night. They turned out so cute! 

And the Christmas fun continues! 

little pups and fun in our new place!

Aunt Angie's dog had puppies and Brandon is in love!! Can you see the sweet puppy under his head?

We love our new place! The kids are adjusting great! Here they are having fun with Brighty's "sasses."

last day...

It was hard for Brandon to say good-bye to his teacher and classmates on his last day at Morello Park. (It was hard for me too!) He wanted to bring chocolate chip cookies to share with all of his friends. Here he is passing them out.

Two of his best buddies in class.

 We will always remember these boys. They were our neighbors and wonderful friends for over two years.