Christmas Festivities

The Mendenhall house has been super busy this Christmas season. I have mastered multi-tasking...rocking the car seat with my foot, stirring the toffee, while reading the Ensign to get some of that needed spiritual fulfillment. By the way...the toffee is perfect... I am making another batch today if you want some, give me a jingle. We even tackled the Temple Square lights. I was going to swear off temple square as a tradition, because it seems like it is always too crowded and cold to enjoy, but we went on a Thursday night, which is not a mutual night, family night or a weekend, so it was perfect. The kids LOVED it! Right when we walked through the gates makay said "Holy Moly!" It was pretty cute. We already had our annual Schreiber party where Santa visits and brings gifts for the kids. Just as Santa sat down and all the kids were surrounding him, Makay said "Hey Santa, watch this" and started showing off his karate moves.

Grandma wasn't going to be making Stolen this year, but we talked her into it. 18 Cups of flour and 7 loaves later, we have been in Stolen heaven. It's a good thing I have extra calories to burn or else I would be packing on a sticky extra 10 lbs this month. While we were out shopping for the Stolen, Milo had 2 quarters in his pocket. He wanted to use it for the ride in front of the grocery store. After we left the store, Milo put his quarters in the ride and he jumped out and had makay get in really fast. I asked him why he didn't want to ride, and he told me because it needed both quarters and makay wouldn't have gotten a turn if he didn't. Milo stands a little taller in my mind now. I wish he did those nice things for his brother every day. Maybe later, I'll cross my fingers. Baby Nora spends a lot of time laying in front of the tree. She loves the lights and the sparkly decorations. She is a good baby and I love to stay up late with her in the quiet house snuggling and playing with her. She loves her legs tickled and she is getting very smiley, and she LOVES to sleep next to her soft, warm, Mommy. Josh has been working on the basement. They hung insulation on Saturday and Grandpa is down there right now working on some plumbing. It is getting so close I can't stand it. I am looking forward to having twice the house that I have now. Especially since my kids need some room to play.