THE DAYTON FAMILY

Kyla kicked off the month of December with a concussion: Mary & I decorated for Christmas with our really cool socks on... The kids helped clean up all the pine needles: Grandma made graham cracker 'gingerbread' houses with T & K:  We got to see the last Twilight movie!! We had quite a bit of warm weather in Utah!  We took a few midnight trips to 7-11 for hot chocolate! :) Kyla got really into tracing hands:  Grandma made sugar cookies with the kiddies!  Went to the MoTab Christmas Concert - amazing!!!  Spent some time with: Grandpa!  & Mimi!  & Grandma Cindy! & Grandpa Craig! & worked out a little with Grandma! The kids love being out with Uncle Benjy's horses: Okay, maybe Kyla doesn't love it...but the other two do, haha! Read some stories with Grandpa Roland:  Silly Tay:  New Boots for Ky (thanks, Mimi!):  One o...

We went to the Festival of Trees today with my mom and sister. (Yay!!! Mary is back from Spain!!!)  There were SO many trees.  We walked slow-ish through about 1/2 of them and then kind of hurried through the rest to go see all the fun stuff going on at the end - Santa, Christmas Crafts, Performers, Food, etc...  It was really fun and a great way to kick off the Christmas season this year!  A puzzle tree for Tay :)  This one made me shed a tear, the 'Fallen Soldier' tree - in honor of POWs & MIAs:  Ky's favorite: (She really did like it, she was just being dramatic...she is such a mini-David, haha!) I liked all of the rugged-outdoorsy looking ones! We had all 3 in the stroller some of the time. :)  I liked this quote (notice where it's from) and the soldier & nutcracker saluting:  Pride for my Alma Mater:  Everyone enjoyed eating pretzels at the end, but nobody as much as this cute girl: ...