Kick off to Christmas

This past weekend was our official kick off to Christmas! We had a great weekend and did alot of fun things to get us in the spirit of the season.

We started the weekend by waking up to find a foot of new snow. The boys spent hours sledding, snow boarding and playing in the snow. It was cold, but it didn't bother them at all.

We then went to Aunt Annabelle's for the Annual Cookie Party. Each boy made a pan full of personally decorated gingerbread cookies. We had a wonderful lunch and had a great time visiting with our Brown cousins.

After the cookie party, we went to the Festival of Trees at the South Towne Expo Center. The boys all agreed that their favorite tree on display was the Star Wars tree. The tree had 238 Star Wars action figures as ornements (see photo below). The tree was topped with a life size Darth Vader. We also saw a super hero tree, a transformer tree, BYU tree, and more. We also ate cinnamon rolls, watched Chirstmas perfromances and participated in several games/arts and crafts in the kid zone. We always love to go to the Festival of Trees.

Our cousin on the Harper side, Ethan, also spent the night and participated in these fun events with us.