Now that Punkin is getting old enough to really get into the spirit & magic of Christmas, we decided to start a new family tradition. We made a board and put 12 envelopes on it which we filled with things we want to do as a family every night until Christmas. The list includes reading the story of Jesus' birth from the Bible, going on a drive to look at Christmas lights, making & decorating cookies for family, taking our gifts around to neighbors and friends, making gingerbread houses, watching "Small One", going sledding & coming home to drink hot chocolate with a nice size scoop of peppermint ice cream in it, sleeping under the tree, making a yummy Christmas breakfast together, and a few others.
We decided to start yesterday with Day 12 so that we'd end on Christmas morning. Matt surprised Punkin and I by coming home early from work & taking us to Salt Lake to see the lights on temple square. We had a blast together as we listened & sang along to Christmas music, enjoyed the beautiful lights on temple square and finished up the night with yummy salads at Applebees. Punkin was enthralled with all of the pools of water & it was a miracle we got through the night without falling in :). It was a ton of fun & we are excited to add this to our list of things we are going to do every year!
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