Eating, Eating and More Eating

We headed to Utah for Thanksgiving. Ate lots of food and hung out with family.

 We got to go dancing down in Murray, saw Moana, ate some more. It was an awesome weekend. Sure love our family.

The kids did alright in the car, minus Ailee coloring on herself.

When we got home we had turkey noodles at my parents. So that was delicious. Miles is loved and adored.

As is Ailee

Ailee fell asleep in her favorite place minutes after we walked in the door

Preschool was at my house this week. We learned about the letter L. We made lady bugs, traced lines, lined up cheerious, played follow the leader. These kids are so cute and smart. The girls love playing with their baby dolls and dressing up. 

She named one of them Shy-e. Ailee likes to say, "Can I? Can I?" When she is asking for something. She's also been really into Christmas asking questions like, "Can I give Rudolph a hug? Can I give Santa a hug? I won't cry if he gives me presents!"

Calum brought this home, He thought the bear would take a scooter, but he rode a taxi, he drew him shaking his bum on the taxi (Calums booty shake was pretty funny)

Always a party at Kelli's :)

We decided to go chop down our very own Christmas tree. Calum was pretty entertaining on the way up. "If I find a cave can I put my leg in it and pretend an animal is eating it?"

"How are we going to cut it down? Are we gonna bite it like a beaver? We should've sharpened our teeth before we left!"

"If I'm not looking when you cut it down yell timber!"

"My new friend at school is so awesome, he has brown skin, puffy hair and kind of looks like Michael Jordan."

I had the thought lately that life is such a personal journey. Someone could tell me what exactly to do to be happy but I have to figure it out for myself. I see teenagers, college students and new moms and think I remember when I was trying to figure out those problems. I'm sure people older than me think the same thing :) But somehow people don't like to listen to other people and don't want to learn from others mistakes. For some reason they want to make their own mistakes. This is societies and individuals. You'd think by now people would have this whole life thing figured out. But we all have to learn for ourselves.  Thats why we had to come to earth to grow and experience things for ourselves. No one could tell us what it would be like because we need to know for ourselves. Christs plan is such a perfect plan! I am so glad I get to be here and have amazing examples and have the gospel in my life to guide me and teach me. Hopefully I am not so stubborn that I will listen and not make all the mistakes that people who have come before me have already made and learned from. So thats my random thought. I am grateful for the Savior and his strengthening Atonement. Sometimes I feel like I'm going to lose my mind, but I ask for peace, composure and charity, and I truly can feel him strengthening me! What and amazing thing! So excited for Christmas and to #lighttheworld!