Avery's Christmas Performance

Miss Avery our little dancer had a Christmas performance this year.  She got to dance on the big stage again with all her friends.  They danced to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and it was super cute!  I really hope she sticks with dancing for the long haul because she smiles so big the entire time she is dancing!  

Avery and her friend Carson

Sisters :)

Nutcraker

This year like any other we attended the Nutcracker at the Mesa Arts Center.  This is like the 4th year we have gone and every time is is tons of fun!  We went with my mom, Marmmett and Toni.  This year Avery, my little ballerina, was just enthralled.  She stared at the dancers, clapped her hands off and remembered all the character's names.  Alexis got a little restless as she is my sporty girl with more energy, but they both enjoyed it.  Then of course we finished it up with some Olive Garden!  I went every year with my mom and loved the tradition, so I'm sure we will continue to attend every year with my girlies making Christmas memories!

Prescott Christmas

The first weekend of December we went to Prescott just for a visit and to do some Christmas festivities.  Well, as usual, when I decide to go back home, it becomes a frigid blizzard!  The kids had fun playing in the snow though, and it was beautiful, but I really hate being cold!!  Downtown Prescott has a lot of Christmas activities, but the cold and snow deterred us from most of those!  We did make it to see the square after they had lit it up though.  It really is beautiful.  Alexis and I went with Stephanie, Trista and Jackie.  The girls loved the lights and the icy sidewalks that became makeshift skating rinks!  Avery spent most of the weekend at my brother Matt's house playing with Kodie and making Christmas cookies and playing in the snow!  Probably be another 10 years before we see it again, but we had a ton of fun with the big girls in the cold drinking our hot coco!

I love my big baby girl!

Halliburton Family Photo Shoot

This year we decided to get some updated pictures of the cousins.  We did pics of all 3 girls together years ago, but not any recently. Well it turned into a big family photo shoot and it was wonderful!  Cody's parents, sister Stephanie and her daughter Trista and our little family were all there.  It is no secret that I LOVE pictures!!  I love posed pictures of all of my beautiful family!  It was fun to get a few big family shots when we have had these kids/grandkids around for almost 8years!  These pics will be family keepsakes for years to come.  Here's a sample of some of the photos.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

The tree is up!  Everyone knows Christmas is not my favorite holiday.  I really have no idea how my family talked me into putting the tree up the day after Thanksgiving, but somehow, it happened!  Cody and the girls LOVE Christmas.  It may be rubbing off on me a little bit, but not much!  I like the actual thought of Christmas, I just really don't like the commercialism of it all.  But regardless, we decorated the tree and the house while watching The Christmas Story like we do every year.  We got a new tree this year, and it's beautiful and covered in Christmas Story, Denver Broncos and family ornaments.  Shopping is almost done, cards are ordered.  Now just to enjoy December and all of the traditions and festivities!

Ya, she didn't help much...