December Update

December has been one busy month for us. I don't know if we have been home for a whole week since Thanksgiving. We started off the month with a trip to visit my brother in Minnesota (pictured below).

Then we continued on to South Dakota to visit Kristie's Parents and their puppy Bebe, whom Savannah thoroughly enjoyed.

When we came home it seems we brought the cold weather with us and we got a lot of snow to play with. I didn't think Savannah would like having to put on her snow pants and boots all the time to play in it, but she is completely willing. Thank goodness! So on our first substantial snowfall the snow was perfect for snowmen. Here is Savannah squatting next to our little snow men. She wasn't patient enough to build really big ones.

Some kids decided it would be fun to smash our snowmen on the way home from school that day so Mitch and Savannah went out and build another miniature snowman (the snow was crunchy by this point so it was too hard to make too many).

We decided to make sugar cookies for Christmas this year since it was a family tradition of mine. Savannah was all for it. She loves anything to do with stirring or making anything we will let her. So of course she has to cut out the sugar cookies.

We were at the Moore's for Christmas this year and they decided it would be fun to rein act the nativity. The only picture of us doing this seems to be the only one I took of Savannah in her angel outfit. I thought she looked so cute. She loves to dress up.

Then came Christmas where we were finally able to open to open gifts (Savannah wanted to open her gift for two weeks since she found it under the tree). She was very good at opening her gifts this year. She didn't need any help. She even helped her dad open his. Kristie's family also made it out to Utah for New Year's so we had Christmas again when they got here.

Nelson Family New Year's Day