December…

We had a few Christmas parties the first one started for our work party. It was a fun time we went to the Davenport Hotel had delicious dinner, played some fun games and got great Christmas gifts.

 

We got to order “mocktails” at the work Christmas party they were divine!

Our ward Christmas party they had desserts and a little program put on by the YW and YM. These little yummies I made for the party

Find the Salted Carmel Shortbread Squares recipes here.

The next week we had an ugly sweater Christmas party put on by our good friends the Barker’s. We had delicious treats, many laughs, and played some Winter Olympic Games (aka minute to win it)

Our good friends the Sullenger’s had us and the Rencher’s over to make gingerbread houses

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To get in the Christmas spirit, we watched the Fireplace episode on Netflix, while drinking hot chocolate.

Made these little Christmas gifts  for my cute beehives

We went home for Christmas and updated our family photos with the Guymon’s and enjoyed spending time with both our families. We realized how lucky we were to have 2 weeks off while Neal was in school. We only had 4 days this year…we must be in real life now :)

Kira and I found the most awesome glasses in Claire’s

Best white elephant gift at the Guymon Christmas Party

Grandma Guymon playing some Christmas songs on the organ (she has been taking lessons and did a wonderful job!)

Made it to the Davies Family Christmas Eve Breakfast. The nativity was amazing and the kids did a great job!

My adorable nephews and niece I could seriously eat them up! Miss them so much!

A Very Merry Christmas!

We headed home to Idaho for the holidays and had a blast! We {LOVE} our families! Here’s a recap of our trip in no particular order.

Neal went down to Arizona to help his brother Nephi propose to his girlfriend Mallory. They are getting married in April and are so stinkin’ cute! We think Nephi picked a wonderful gal to marry!

While Neal was in Arizona, my sistas and mama had a craft day! We made some way cute stuff! Like these awesome necklaces and little boy ties! Thanks Holly for finding these crafts to do!

 

Bunco/Wii Tournament @ Bodily’s. This is always a favorite night of mine! We got tons of prizes, had good laughs{from a graceful fall}, and ate good food! Holly is the undefeated champ at Wii Bowling. We also updated our family pictures!

 

The annual Christmas Eve Breakfast @ Grandma and Grandpa Davies. We sang songs to my Grandpa’s harmonica and the kids put on the Nativity.

 

Guymon Christmas Party—played a fun “Heads or Tails” game, read the Christmas story, played Christmas songs with the Melodee Bells and  did the white elephant gift exchange!

New Year’s Eve and Day @ Guymon’s. We had a snowball fight {see video below} played a fun games like Farkle and “The Game of Things” and had many laughs thanks to my mom-in-law Connie {did you like it when the big rubbed your legs…} It was a great night! New Year’s Day Nephi had to work so Neal, me, and Mallory went and saw the movie Tangled {seriously cute movie} then we all went to Johnny Carino’s for dinner.

One of my best friends Stacy got married while I was home. She looked beautiful and is now Mrs. Stacy Steiner! {Love ya Mae!}

I threw Stacy a bridal shower while we were home. {A Big Thanks to Candra for the awesome invitations and Steph for the delicious cupcakes}.  It was fun to see all my good friends that I haven’t seen forever.

 

Christmas Crafts…

This year me and a couple of my friends decided to make an advent calendar. We’re going to put Christmas activities to do with our family in the pockets each day. Here’s the finished product: I LOVE IT!

Also here’s the cards from card club from November and December:

 

We made the clear glass ornaments with colored alcohol ink at card club too!

Christmas Stockings:

 

Neighbor gift: Snowman Wrapper

Found free download for snowman here!

 

HAPPY DAY FOR FUN CRAFTS! We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

Christmas Tree Rock!

We thought we would put up the Christmas tree before we left home for Thanksgiving. :)