Christmas Party Weekend

Steve took off for a ski weekend with Kenn and Dave. Crested Butte offers free skiing for the first 3 weeks of December and Steve has a friend who lives close by. Can't beat free skiing and a free place to stay.

Meanwhile...the weekend was filled with a Lee Family Christmas Party as well as one for the Draper side. Both were held in church gymnasiums. The kids really loved to run around and play basketball with the older kids and the adults. Once again...the Draper boys and in-laws humored us all with a good round of karaoke. Grandma Lee even joined in. At the next party, the kids got to hit and break open a Santa Claus pinata and get presents from Grandma Helen.

Jake surprised me on Friday by singing Jingle Bells almost all the way through. He either learned it at preschool or from the Christmas music that I have been playing...because I know I didn't teach him. At the Lee party, he wasn't shy and sang Jingle Bells twice in the microphone. I think he was inspired by his cousins who sang and played instruments for us all.

Stevie keeps adding new words every day. This weekend she said "bus" "over" and "shark." Random words. She still hasn't really put two words together, but I know she is getting close. Stevie is also our little expert in finding Bob the Elf. If we lead them to the room where Bob can be found, it is only a matter of seconds before she screams "BOB!" We do love her spunky personality and we are trying to put all that energy into the right place :-)