Craft day with friends

Here is Annika working on her crafts.

Here are the final creations!

So a friend of mine called me today, and we decided to get our kids together to do some holiday crafts together.  Annika had a lot of fun.  I was worried that Ashton would be a beast since he had not had a nap yet, but he did great.  We made ornaments out of melted Jolly Ranchers and peppermint candies.  We also made some out of a mixture of applesauce, cinnamon and glue.  That was fun to roll those out and cut them out with ornaments.  We also made snowflakes out of marshmallows and toothpicks.  It was a lot of fun!

Cutting Down A Christmas Tree!

So, we have a tradition with Ryan's family to go and cut down our own Christmas trees in St. George.  Since we were down in Vegas for the holiday, we picked up our tree on the way home.  Since my husband was his typical self, he is not too excited that we were even getting a tree, since we will be moving before Christmas.  So, here is our day in pictures.  $10 for a Christmas tree permit, $47 for the biggest tarp my husband could find and the extreme tie downs for a 5 pound tree he had to get, cutting a tree down as a family, priceless!