- Visit with Santa ... very early in the season, we were at Traverse Mountain outlets and had an impromptu visit with Santa since there was practically no one in line. He was very sweet and took lots of time with the kids. They wrote letters, then visited with Santa and he spent a long time answering all their questions about the reindeer and the North Pole. It was a very sweet and magical visit. If only we could have snapped a picture, but it wasn't allowed unless you buy theirs for $100 dollars (not really, but it is highway robbery). Later in the season, I made them go to visit the Riverwoods Santa so we could get our annual picture. Thankfully there were no last minute changes to what they asked for!
- While shopping at the Peppermint Place for beanie boo's, we ran into Santa who was also shopping there. He was an adorable Santa and very cute to Kendall!
- Temple lights in SLC ... if I'm being truthful, I think we were a little underwhelmed and it didn't seem like there were as many lights as there usually are. The best part was randomly running into Grandma Nancy & Grandpa Val in the middle of City Creek!! We had no idea that they were going to be up there.
- Nutcracker ... Nana and I took Rachel to a performance of the Nutcracker and Rachel really loved it. And I only fell asleep for a couple minutes. :) It was a fun afternoon that ended with a random run-in with Sheena at Menchies. It was very well timed since the last time I saw Nutcracker was probably when Sheena was performing in it as a little girl.
- Mormon Tabernacle Choir Concert in SLC ... the opera singers were not our cup of tea, but the broadway singer was very good. In Brandon's words, he said the concert was "not enjoyable".
- Star Wars movie in SLC ... we went out to dinner with Brandon's legal team to Happy Sumo, then went to the weekend premiere of Star Wars: the Force Awakens. His co-workers made sure that we were first in line, so we were looking like true Star Wars nerds. The movie was fantastic!
Note to self: driving up/back to SLC plus parking is kind of a pain at Christmastime ... it would be fun to get a hotel up there and make it a 2-day thing
- Talent Show with the Parker/Thompson family ... Rachel played the piano, Andrew sang Dashing through the Snow (and closed his eyes, so he couldn't see everyone looking at him), Kendall tried to sing Santa Claus is Coming to Town, and Brandon and I did a lip-sync duet with choreography to Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt's Don't Know Much. We wore a tux and wedding dress (to celebrate our 10 year Anniversary and "renew our vows"), Brandon played an electric guitar, and we ended with an awkward makeout session. Cindy did the Mormon Rap, Kyle did Kyle-isms, Cade did a lip-sync to Santa Baby, and mom and dad did a guitar/sing to Grandma's Feather Bed.
- Christmas Eve visit with the elderly ... Rachel had an idea to visit a rest home (where Grandma Parker used to live) to visit with the people and sing them songs and give them a treat. We invited the Parker's and the Olsen's and had a great time brightening the resident's day. Our voices were not the best, but they were grateful and most of them enjoyed the kids giving them hugs.
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| Picking out a present for mom at Ikea |
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| On the way home from a most magical Santa visit |
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| Shopping with Santa at Peppermint Place |
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| Ran into Santa at the store!!! He was the cutest Santa! |
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| Cuddling up to the fire at Grandma Nancy's house |
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