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December 2024 - Christmas Fun

We were so happy to have Marmie and Grandpa fly out for the Swingle Christmas party.  Emily is the best party planner of all time and had really fun games, prizes, and yummy treats despite her whole family being sick. 





Craig and Chelsea gave us a fun Christmas lantern aquarium pass for Christmas and it was amazing!  They had entire habitats full of lantern animals from all over the world.   














Tyler and Alexa had their violin Christmas recital at a local care facility, which was such a great idea on their teacher's part.  Sadly, I had to join via FaceTime because I was out of town.  But they did great! We were excited to hear Ian Beagley play viola on Temple Square.  He and Alexa also put together another amazing family recital.  It gets better every year!  Ian played viola; Alexa played violin and sang; Tyler played violin; and Tad, Liam, Lincoln, and Sawyer played the piano.  






One of my best friends from high school, Katie Cutrera, was driving through Utah and stopped to say hi with her cute dog, Gus.  It was so great to see her and catch up.







We had fun making gingerbread houses with the Slagles and watching Red One with the Beagleys.  




Christmas was lots of fun with the kids.  Alexa wanted clothes and books, Tyler wanted hamsters which he affectionately named Nacho and Dorito, Tad wanted a drone, Liam wanted laser tag guns, Nathan wanted a gecko, and Audrey got a kitty stuffed animal.  The boys also got a big train table.  Audrey thinks Tyler's hamsters are "bunnies!!" and loves talking to them.  










The boys' fake, drawn-in beards in the nativity get better every year. I love it :)










We had the Wilsons over for Minute to Win It games and fun on New Year's Eve.  







Other Fun Happenings in December:

















Videos:

Audrey doing "cheers!" with everyone on New Year's Eve: https://youtube.com/shorts/oXYyZaQLY4w?feature=share

Aquarium Lantern Festival: https://youtube.com/shorts/S5Wq1li5M-Q?feature=share

Nathan playing the belly drums during family scriptures: https://youtube.com/shorts/HyBb5BNNV7A?feature=share

Christmas Recital:

https://youtu.be/eVl-Zq12G4w

https://youtu.be/OcGNtk9tyy0

https://youtu.be/rhGO2f1XEM8

https://youtu.be/501f5mg9qiA

https://youtu.be/cC2QHqeU6yg

https://youtu.be/tHkQcC_L-6M

New Years Eve games:

https://youtube.com/shorts/R3P2G9Y1NnQ?feature=share

https://youtube.com/shorts/3UxKf8o4O3c?feature=share

https://youtube.com/shorts/xUGqZssl0u8?feature=share

https://youtu.be/pDsXA78tScw

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