Christmas Time 2021

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This year we were able to go to the Oregon Gardens and sit with Santa. We saw the lights and my boys got super nervous about talking to Santa. Calvin came up to me right before and asked me if I thought he was good and if he could ask Santa for a VR game. I told him to go ahead. Ronin sat with him for awhile and was super embarrassed. He said he made a video for our elf and he would have to find out what he wanted for gifts from our elf Skyter. Ronin's list was pretty funny this year. He also made a note to capture his requests. He said on his note to Santa that he was 8 years old, even though he is only 6. He also wanted a VR and he heard you had to be 8 before you could own one. All Shelby wanted was legos, lots and lots of legos.

We went to the mountain and went sledding on Christmas Eve like we did last year. There was so much powder we could barely use our sleds. We mostly just played in the snow and took a few runs with the sleds. It was really fun and just what we needed.

Shelby can't decide if she believes in Santa or our elf anymore. But she giggles each time she finds the elf and she also left her ginormous Evee stuffy out with a note that said "fun to ride on" for Skyter. So she's on the fence but when nobody is looking I am pretty sure she still believes. 

We had our annual gingerbread party at my parents house in their garage. We had a blast as always. The kids definitely get more creative and have fun eating way too much candy.

Caleb played his cello at our church program and he did an awesome job. It was beautiful and he has practiced really hard for a month before hand. 

I went to see the Nutcracker one night because my friend had a role in it with her daughters. 




















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