Cedarcrest Train Ride

After a busy cookie day, we took the boys to ride the Cedarcrest Train. Mao, Pop, Sarah, Jack and Lucy came too! Since we'd had a big wind storm the night before the train was closed. It was extra busy for us on Saturday. We got there a half hour before it opened and got in line. We waited in line nearly an hour and a half. Lucy and Jack entertained Wesley and Declan. Wesley loved running around the line and fire pit. Finally we go to ride the train and see the Christmas lights. Sarah, Mao and Pop rode in the over 40 train car, then our family, and last Jack and Lucy. We all loved the ride and the weather was perfect. Afterwards we roasted marshmallows and had hot chocolate.

Cookie Day

Yesterday we had our annual cookie day at Mao and Pop's house.
Declan and Wesley both wore their Santa's cookie tester shirts. 

Declan rolled out all the gingerbread dough, cut all the dough with the cookie cutters and then decorated the cookies!

Brad taught Declan to draw underwear on the gingerbread men.





The boys took a break to wrestle on the floor.



Pop, Paula, Mao and Scott wrapping the carmels.





Lucy, Jack and Declan decorated the sugar cookies.








All the kids made ice cream cone Christmas trees.












Paula and I made and rolled all the krumkake. It was delicious.

It was another successful and busy cookie day.

Wild Man Wesley

On Friday, Daddy had the day off. We dropped Declan off at school and then took Wesley to breakfast at the casino. He loved it and charmed all the servers.

Brad went to pick up Declan to go skiing for the afternoon and Wesley and I ran errands. He loves going to Target because of the big red balls out front. Ha! 

For Wesley's first birthday he got a slide from his Uncle Grant and Aunt Melissa. He absolutely loves his slide and spends about an hour each day playing on it. After running errands and a nap he insisted on going down for slide time!

Wesley can be crazy and wild on his slide! 

Wesley got an elf hat and Christmas lights from his elf Angel. He loves to wear them so we played elf next 

Wesley and I had a fun afternoon, just the two of us.

Cookie decorating and play structure

Wesley and Declan stayed the night at Mao and Pop's Saturday because we were hosting a Christmas party at our house. On Sunday we went over to pick up the boys. Our friends the Elsemores gifted us a playset, so while Brad and Pop picked it up, the boys and I played at Mao's house. Then Nana Hope came over to decorate cookies with us. 

When we got home that evening the boys loved playing on their new play structure. For now it's in our garage!