Oh how they grow!

December has just flown by, and I can’t believe that Christmas is in just 10 days.  Still we have had a great month so far, and have taken advantage of the time at home to do things together.
Alyssa loves to bake, and she has recently tried her hand at cinnamon rolls.  With very little instructions from mom, she made the dough, rolled it out, formed and cut the rolls, and got them ready to bake.  All mom had to do was put them into the oven while she was at piano lessons and drizzle on the frosting.

We made gingerbread housed this year for our December Relief Society Enrichment meeting.  The kids were bummed that they did not get to help so we made candy trains for Family Home Evening to set out with the house.  I had a great time decorating the house myself this year.  Usually I just supply the frosting and clean up the mess when they are done, and that is pretty much how it went with the trains this year.  Chad even joined in on the fun and worked with Kaylin to create a pretty awesome train.  He had an ice pond where Santa fell through the ice and just left his face sticking out.  He also had Santa run down by the train leaving him in two pieces in the back of the train.  Sam and Connor thought these were a great idea and quickly made their Santas match.  Alyssa was horrified that they would do that to Santa, and thinks that they will not get any presents this year from him.



Alyssa had her winter orchestra performance last night.  It was great to hear all the kids and they played very well.  You can tell that they have all worked really hard and we enjoyed the whole concert.  We were disappointed in the students and where sitting around us.  We had to remind them all a couple of times to be quiet as they were talking to each other, on the phone, and cat calling the kids on stage.  It was very disappointing to see that they have no idea how to be respectful not only to the kids preforming but to those sitting near them as well.  Despite this we all had a great time and were very please with Alyssa and the hard work she has put into her music.