Holiday Fun

My holiday elves delivering cookies to the neighbors.


We went to see Alora's friend in the Nutcracker and the kids dressed up. We had to get a picture of Elijah in his suit with his hot chocolate; he reminded us of his daddy. He will unfortunately have a chapped mustache the entire winter; he can't stop licking his lips in the wind.

We made three different kinds of cookies; I picked ones that the kids could have fun with. They dipped cookies in chocolate, drizzled frosting on almond raspberry cookies, and rolled eggnog cookies and sprinkled with nutmeg.

We enjoyed a beautiful Christmas party at Stonehedge lodge. The food was amazing and we enjoyed visiting a place in Hood River we have never been.
The kids enjoyed a Christmas story, hot chocolate, and a candy cane hunt at the library.

We finally made it to the Hood River Christmas parade. To avoid the cold, we got window seats inside the kids favorite pizza restaurant. The kids loved watching the decorated fire trucks, horses, dogs in Santa outfits, and local business trucks decorated.
The kids got to pet live alpacas in front of The Enchanted Alpaca Store before we watched the lighting of the downtown Christmas tree.
Preparing for our church's Christmas play has been a huge part of this month. Every Sunday at church we have had rehearsals. Steve is the Angel Gabriel, Alora is one of the heavenly host, Elijah gets to sing with the preschoolers, and I get to help direct.

We needed some additional backdrops for the scenes, so I offered to paint them. I soon became intimidated and asked my friend Amber to help me. We spent a wonderful couple hours together in her garage painting. Without her direction and talent; I could not have pulled it off.

King Herod's Palace

The scene with the shepherds
The hardest part was the size of the painting