Holiday Cheer

Preschool Christmas Program 2009

Kai had his Christmas Program at school today. He was super excited that Daddy and Grandma & Grandpa Utah joined Mom and Rori in the audience for the big performance. The kiddos have been a little under the weather the last few days so I was glad we all made it through in one piece. Kai was a wonderful singing candy cane! :)

(Kai looks a little bugged in this picture because he thought I was slowing him down from getting back in his classroom like they had been told to do)

And these are for the sake of grandparents and great grandparents to get the flavor of it all. Don't get motion sick:

Sorenson Family Christmas Party

Sunday night we celebrated Christmas with Lance's family (minus the Mullins who are home in Seattle and we missed like crazy). We had a yummy dinner, great entertainment, and a tasty birthday cake for Jesus. The cousins had a blast together as usual. Rori is sure she is just as big as Kennedy, Kai and Jack. It is so fun to see them all so excited for Christmas.

Enthralled by the Disney Cruise Picture Book:


Rori Wishing She Could Carry Ella Around Like Her Other Baby Dolls:


Checking out Presents with Grandpa:


Singing Some of Their Christmas Favorites:


Rori Thinking They Might Need Someone to Lead the Music:


5 Little Sorensons:

Happy Holidays!

We're in the full swings of December = presents, parties, programs and on and on. We have Christmas music playing most of the day- and Kai is an expert at his favorites like Rudolph, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, and Frosty the Snowman. The Christmas tree is up and making the whole house smell inviting and cozy. We have an Elf living with us- more on that in another post. And it is so exciting to be 4 years old and a1 year old at Christmas time-probably the most exciting it will ever be. It really is such a magical time of year!

Tonight the forecast calls for snow which is lots more fun on the weekend. The kids have been enjoying the first few storms we've had. They've had fun helping us clear the driveway and sidewalks. And yes a paint roller does work wonders in the snow- if you are 4 years old.









Now if only we can get the 5000 things on our to do list for the next few weeks done. All of it is overwhelming but one thing at a time isn't so bad. Today we worked on some treats to give away. My helpers were not very good at hiding the evidence of what they did with the leftover melted chocolate.

Thanksgiving in Bear Lake

We drove to Bear Lake last Wednesday night and spent Thanksgiving there. On late Thursday night we were joined by the Wilkinsons (Rob, Amy, Amanda and Matthew) and were able to spend Friday and Saturday with them before coming home Saturday afternoon.

Here are some pics:

Cooking Thanksgiving Dinner:

The feast (We had all the fixins, substituting a small ham for the turkey, since we already had turkey last week):


Washing dishes after the feast:


Cleaning up after the feast:

Getting to play in the snow with Amanda and Matthew, and looking for moose tracks:

Rori and Matthew in the horse-trough bath:

Rori and Matthew check out Amanda and Kai in the horse-trough bath:

Loving and playing in their pj's:

Kids' Breakfast:

Kids playing in the kids' club:

Ashleigh & Kai, Amy and Amanda on four-wheelers:

Two-point buck near the cabin:

We had a wondeful time. Thanks to the Wilkinsons for making it so fun. And thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Utah for letting us use the Cabin.

Happy Birthday Lance!

Today is Lance's birthday. We've been having fun all weekend. Kai reminds us every 10 minutes or so that it is his birthday weekend. He is an excellent birthday co-chair.

Friday night we surprised Lance with our very well thought out (by Kai) decorations.



Saturday Lance "celebrated" by going in to work in the morning and then cleaned up rain gutters and leaves in the afternoon. It's ready for Winter now. Last night Kai and Rori had a babysitter and we had a super nice dinner at Ruth's Chris in Park City curtosey of a generous gift card. It was a lot of fun and pretty tasty.

Today we went to William Boyack's blessing, we got a new Bishopric at Church (of which Lance is the new Executive Secretary), made curry and cupcakes for dinner, played with our football birthday blowers (Kai's birthday gift to Lance), and have been watching the snow start to fall outside.

Happy Birthday Lance. We love you very much and are very proud of all you do.

A Whole Lot of Leaves

This is what the kids and I worked on for several hours/ days last week:


And when we were done the trees in the backyard still looked like this:


And then it snowed a lot on Saturday which is why we wanted to get as many up as we could last week. And now it has felt like Christmas time for a few days even though it isn't quite Thanksgiving yet. And we are extra excited for Christmas this year because it is really exciting when you are 4 and 1 years old.

Early Thanksgiving & Birthdays

Last night we had an early Thanksgiving and birthday celebration. Lance's parents and siblings will be out of town so we got together last night instead. Lance, Grandpa Utah, and Donald (Kimberley's brother) all have birthdays this coming week. Kimberley made a beautiful and delicious feast. Kai and Rori had a blast playing with Kennedy, Jack and Ella. Rori definitely thinks she is as big as the other kids. We brought my Mom's holiday punch, some green beans, and a peanut butter cholocolate birthday cake. We're pretty excited about the peanut butter frosting we put in the middle. Tasty! Thanks to Tyler, Kimberley and Family for having us!

For Grandma Whitney

Snowbird

Today we took a quick trip up to Snowbird to take a ride on their Tram. We thought it would be a fun family activity on a nice day. As a plus we had seen on the news that you could ride for free if you brought canned foods. It was a short wait and it really was a lot of fun for all of us. It is amazing that we have these ski resorts right in our backyard.