Nativity

This may be my very favorite Christmas tradition.  We take the kids up to Tuachan for the live nativity. 

It's freezing cold every year, but well worth freezing for!

 Waiting for the nativity to begin.  Man those chairs were cold! Thank heavens for hot chocolate.

 Love this kid!

 And this one too!

 Pip and Santa.  She had a list a mile long: Microphone, guitar, drums, make-up, pet shops, and barbies.

 Tyson was really cute with Santa this year.  He chatted his poor ear off.  He wanted a Captain America shield that shoots bullets.

 Oh, this picture!  JD is at that age, where he was really embarrassed to sit on Santa's lap.  I think we are beyond that stage and I won't press the issue again. He got really embarrassed and was kid of a brat there at the end.

 He did whisper his wish to Santa.  Told him that he wanted him to feed hungry kids around the world.  He's really a sweet kid.

 Some family photo ops!

 Oh look, there I am.  I do exist!

Took a train ride to end the evening.  Gosh, I love this guy!

Gingerbread House

 It's a tradition to do gingerbread houses in Kindergarten!  I love, love, love it!

 I had so much fun going into Pipers class to help her make our masterpiece!

I love this girl!

Tysons Family Party

Look Who's 8!!!

Dickens Festival

(L to R: Cute girl I don't know, Maizey, Piper, Antoher cute girl, Addison, Jordyn. Back Row: Ailey, Adilyn and another cute girl)

 Piper joined The American Cloggers back in September.  She is really enjoying it, especially since her besties are in with her. They had the chance to dance at the Dickens Festival for Christmas.

 Of course you can never get her to smile or put on a sweet face.  Gotta ham it up!

And a little bit of stage fright!  She was terrified and crying, but she did it!  They did a great job and I can't wait to watch them perform again!

Super Hero

 Mandee and I are the co-presidents of the PTO this year at school.  We implemented a Super Hero of the month program.  Tyson was chosen in November to be the Super Hero for Mrs. Maserangs class.

 Of course he was so excited!

 Super Hero's get to wear these awesome capes for the day, have lunch with our superhero's and get a free pizza and a back pack!

So proud of you Tyson!

A New Cub scout

 JD was so cute about all of this!  You could tell he was proud of Tyson.

 He helped him get ready and showed him everything he needed to know for his first night at scouts.

He loved being introduced at pack meeting.  He giggled, because, Tyson is a giggler.  He loved it though.  I am so glad that I get to be his leader and help him through this first year!  Scouts is a pretty amazing program and I am so blessed to help make an impact on these young boys lives!

It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas

Thanksgiving 2012

 We spent Thanksgiving in Marysvale this year!  It was a way nice and needed vacation.  Going home always rejuvenates me.  Got to spend 4 days with all of my family in one place!  It was awesome!

 What would a Privitt get together be without some shooting?  Josh and Danny are obsessed and so are our kids!  Kind of unfortunate, now that bullets cost an arm and a leg.  The kids loved setting up the targets.  We blew ups some Tannerite and had a good time!  Even I got in on the action.

 Since we were all together we decided to take some family pictures.  They turned out pretty cute, considering I did all of this with a tripod!  The kids laughed and laughed as I ran back and forth.

 All the Privitt Cousins!

 Awww, I love these people.  They are some of my very best friends!

 We decided to get our Christmas tree before we headed home.

Oooh, and we played in this freezing stuff!  My kids sure love snow.  Even though I grew up in it, I am not a fan!  We had a great afternoon though hanging out on the mountain.

Surprise Party

About a month before Tyson's birthday, I asked him what kind of a party he wanted.  He told me that he wanted a surprise party.  I told him that we couldn't do a surprise party, if he knew about it and he told me it was okay.  He would act surprised!  Silly boy!

Well, Josh and I talked about it and decided, why not?  So we set it up for the Friday before Thanksgiving.   Josh picked Tyson up from school and took him into town for a "date".  They went shopping and hung out in the man store (aka Sportsmans Warehouse).  The kids arrived and had so much fun hiding and waiting for him.  It was priceless when he walked through the door!  I'll let the pictures do the talking!

He was so surprised!  It was totally worth all the effort to keep it a secret and I would do it all over again for the cute little smile on his face!

 We had an obstacle course that JD, Zarek and Carsyn came up with!  The kids loved it.  They kept wanting to do it over and over.  We probably spent half the party time doing that.

 We did stomp rockets!  Always a favorite acitivity!

(top to bottom: Jacob, Jake, Brenden, KJ and Logan)

 We wore party masks and ate cake!  I found this awesome superhero party stuff in the clearance at Walmart.  It was 3D, which was way fun.  The tablecloth and all the wall decor totally moved in front of you!

And of course we opened presents!  Spoiled kid.  It was by far, the funnest birthday party ever!  You only turn 8 once and it's kind of a big deal!  So happy it turned out and that he was surprised!

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