Treasure Windows at Grand America

It's a real tradition: breakfast with Grandma Rainey and Ross at Little America Coffee Shop, then the treasure hunt at Grand America windows to earn a treat. Ikey took it seriously this year and filled out his worksheet himself. 

Jovie is sporting"high heels" that our friend Rae gave her. These are the only shoes she'll wear this month. Good thing it never snowed. 

A Christmas Carol at Hale Centre Theatre

After the play, we ate lunch at Cracker Barrel where the kids wrote their letters to Santa. 

Superheroes

This month is all about superheroes. Jovie is Wonder Woman and Ikey named himself Miracle Man.  Yesterday, I heard this conversation from the other room:

Jovie: Here's Miracle Man - the world's greatest spread!
Isaac: I'm Miracle Man, not Miracle Whip Man. That's a kind of mayonnaise.

3D City

Ikey is usually working on a 3D paper model. He's made quite a collection since we moved in to this little house in August. 

Cruisin' Florida with Nikki

Nikki and I hung around the condo...

got some sourvenirs at Downtown Disney and ate at House of Blues...

and gave ourselves a tour of Celebration, Florida.

Nikki's a cool chick. I'm glad she's my sis.

Universal Studios

I went to Universal Studios totally by myself and I felt a little lonely, but I did like the frozen butter bear, the Dragon Challenge roller coaster, Hogwarts Railroad, and both Harry Potter World parks.

I loved the Merry Grinchmas show, the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade (imitation), and the Manheim Steamroller concert. 

Epcot Center with Family

...but not all of my family. Nic and I took the red-eye to Orlando where Aunt Jo picked us up to deliver us a her sweet condo by a lake. 

We met up with Cousin TJ and Cousin Kelsey Jo at a fun restaurant the first night, then we hit Epcot Center early the next morning. I LOVED IT.

I met Whoopi Goldberg, and by that I mean I screamed "Whoopi Goldberg" right in her face in "England", then watched her at the Candlelight Processional that evening. 

I was there when the park opened and I was there when it closed that evening. Oh man, it was fun. 

Happy Birthday to the Boy!

We took a load of Kindergarteners to Chuck A Rama for an all-you-can-eat party. 

MJ, Ikey, Calvin,
Cash, Noli

Eddy, Ikey, MJ

Sierra and Ikey

Jovie, Ikey, Grandma Pat and Grandpa Joe

Festival of Trees

Happy Thanksgiving!

We started the day with a parade-watching, bagel-eating party at Faucheux's home. We served coffee cake decorated with Minecraft characters to celebrate Isaac's birthday. 

We ate a hearty turkey lunch at Grandma Rainey's with Shane, Stormy (home from college at SUU), Sierra, and Ross. Then back to Faucheux's for a big turkey dinner and lots of cousins. 

First ski day this season

We picked up our passes at Canyons and hit the slopes at Park City. The first run was a little shaky because we were just remembering how to run the skis, but we got into the groove pretty quickly.

We need to remember to put Jovie's hair up so it isn't in her eyes all day. 

Family Fun Day at Macy's

We heard that there was a party going on at Macy's in City Creek Center. We found a craft table, animals from the zoo, face-painters, balloon artists, cookies and hot chocolate.