We had a fun ward Christmas breakfast. We still feel really new to the ward and like we don't know lot of people. We have been here almost 5 months so things are getting more normal. But we were so glad that we had family there and could sit with them.
Of course Olive and Emily found each other first thing. These two are cute neighbor friends.
Santa was there and Olive was really good at telling him what she wanted.
Milo not so much.
That same day we had a family party with all the Sanders. Within the last few months a lot of my cousins have moved back to Utah. This is great news for my kids because they have people to play with. I thought this picture was so cute of all of them, gathered around the fire, admiring and discussing my great aunt Jan's beautiful Christmas Village. It was a really sweet memory for me. 
Another night we got in jammies and drove to see all the Christmas light displays.
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Milo fell asleep and we had to get out and wake him up!
He was pretty ok with it though, because he really liked seeing all the lights!
A few nights later we braved the crowds and went to Temple Square to see the lights. It's a Chrsitmas requirement as far as I'm concerned!
Funny story about this trip. I had really bundled the kids because there is nothing worse than them having a melt down or only lasting for 5 minutes because they are cold. I mean, it is so much work to just get there, we have to make it worth it. Thus, the kids were very warmly bundled. But it turned out to not be a super cold night so Olive was getting hot and stripping off layers fast. She unzipped her coat and ditched her gloves and hat. While we were walking around the temple grounds some teenage girl came up to Olive and said "Merry Christmas" and handed Olive a pair of knit gloves. We were all a bit unsure about what had just happened. It wasn't until I realized that Olive wasn't wearing any gloves that we realized that girl was probably doing a good deed and thought that Olive was someone in need of warm clothing. We were laughing so hard because it was such a kind act but just not fully executed. It was pretty funny to see Olive standing there kinda puzzled like "Mom, this girl just handed me gloves!?!" We were kinda stumped about what to do. Should we give them back? Should we just keep them? We eventually decided to try and pass the good samaritan-ness along and gave them to a guy sitting on the corner with a sign and his dog. Hopefully they will be put to better use!
Here you can see Milo's awesome Popeye smile. He does this a lot and we both think it's so funny. Sometimes he does it when he is feeling shy. Or when he gets in trouble, or he doesn't want to be in a picture. Here he is doing it to be silly. And of course Olive has her reindeer ears headband on because this girl lives for accessories.
We stopped in for some desserts at Kneaders after because that just how we roll.
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