Layton Christmas Party

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Since my Grandma Layton passed away the holidays haven't been the same and this year was the MOST different. But it was still fun just not like the parties of my youth. My Grandpa and his wife decided to have our Christmas party at Chuck-a-rama. I know right? We usually have a great spaghetti dinner. Not this year. So we met at the Chuck a rama in Ogden last Saturday and half the family wasn't even there. Because of work and other commitments. My Aunt Michelle, Uncle Dean, cousins Kylee (her husband Sam), Jordan, Landon, Shelby, and my Aunt Sue were the only ones there when we got there. Because we had a high chair we had to sit on the end. Sue sat with us but we felt a little excluded from the rest of the group but what can you do? When we were all done eating my Aunt Lor her husband Lee, and my cousins Jenn, James and their kids came. They filled in the gap in the table. They we did a white elephant gift. If was fun. I got a candle. Jon got a box of chocolates, Cason got coloring books and crayons, and Weston got a box of hot chocolate mixes and cups and you may think of bummer. But not Weston he LOVES hot chocolate so he was THRILLED! Weston was the present hander outter or so he thought. And everyone was sweet enough to let him open their gifts. Then you had the opportunity to steal someone elses present once. No one stole ours luckily. It was a pretty nice time just not what I grew up with and I definitely miss our old parties. Oh well time to grow up I guess. Weston's present
Aunt Sue helping him open it.

On a side not it was so cute that Weston was my Grandpa's little buddy he hung out with him for most of the dinner.

Me on the way there. I get sick of no pictures of me so I randomly post some now and again. Sorry!

Gingerbread House

Weston had read a Christmas book that had a gingerbread house in it so he got the idea he wanted to make his own. We were at Walmart a few days later and of course Grandma had to oblige. He got his "candy house" as he likes to call it and was so excited to make if for days. So finally last Saturday we made the candy house. Don't mind the scary pictures of me. Now you know what I look like in the morning with no makeup scary scary sight. Doing the windows
Weston decorating the window.

The final product. He did a great job and I must admit this was my first attempt at one as well. Notice the candy cane fence. Weston was insistent on that.

He was having such a blast

Stopping to pose for a picture or two.

What a stud. Him and Cason have been known to steal a few pieces from our house. We no longer have a bush outside the front door. And part of the fence is gone.

O Christmas Tree

As you know we always have to have a live tree, and Jon always has to cut down his own tree. It really is fun going out in the cold and finding what we think is the perfect Christmas tree then cutting it down. Our tree stays alive much longer and we can get a HUGE tree for so much cheaper. This year Weston was so excited to go and pick out his Christmas tree and decorate it. We had decorated the house a week earlier and Weston was such a helper. Cason on the other hand was such a helper at undecorating the house. So Weston had been asking everyday when we would get our tree. But we had to wait until a Saturday because it is dark by the time Jon gets home from work. On Saturday we bundled up and went tree hunting. We tried a new place this year. It was a little more picked over but after a lot of going back and forth we found our tree. Here it is:Jon and Weston making the final selection.
Getting ready to chop her down.

Weston posing with his tree.

Cason feel asleep on the way to getting the tree. He looked so grumpy falling asleep.

Weston all ready to go.

The finished product. Isn't she beautiful? Weston kept telling me it wasn't beautiful yet because he hadn't put all the ornaments up. When we finally got everything up then he said it was beautiful. It was so neat to tell him about each ornament and have him understand the importance of them. And then he was trying to tell Cason. How sweet is that?

My little decorator.
(don't mind the pj pants that clash withi his shirt lol)

BYU vs. UTAH

The Saturday after Thanksgiving was the big BYU vs. Utah game. And we of course had to watch. It was a very disappointing game even with us winning. Utah could have done much better. But it was fun to watch Weston cheer for his utes. Jon watching the game in his gear.
Weston enjoying the snacks.

Me in my gear. GO UTES!

Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving we decided to have dinner at our house. My mom and I shopped all the week before so we had everything that we would need to make our feast. Then the day before we made all the pies and the stuffing. On Thanksgiving day I went and got my mom and we put the turkey in, started the potatoes and the rolls. Then we just relaxed. We had a delicious cheese ball and crackers, and a veggie tray. We ate, relaxed, and planned our attack for Black Friday. It was a nice relaxing day and lots of fun. My mom, Weston, and I
Jon carving the delicious turkey

Weston ready for his feast.

The spread.