Christmas at Our House

We trimmed the trees, inside and out:

 We got two very fine trees this year:

This one was jumbo size which turns out is hard to set up:

 Safari Guy on the kids tree:

We had our traditional tree decorating party

 Lucy had fun with her camera:

 

 We enjoyed a prime rib feast with the Montez family, followed by games:

Christmas eve jammies:

The calm before the storm:

 Christmas morning:

The debauchery was complete:

 This boy is a serious origami genius:

 Rob surprised me with this gorgeous painting:

  and I surprised him with these Stephanie Hock commissions of our family:

Breakfast:

The boys spent some time at Rose in the fresh snow:

 Lucy and I had a very serious discussion at dinner:

 O Tannenbaum:

 A lovely and relaxing day:

December- The Non-Christmas Stuff

December is busy.  Lots going on.  Boys both had their school concert, plus the 8th graders performed at the airport one morning.  They sound awesome:

Kids had their ensemble concert at JamPro which was so fun to listen to. Virginia, their teacher is one of the coolest people alive and does such a good job.  

Be sure to listen to the video of their performances at the end of the post.

LUCY GOT HER DRIVERS LICENSE!!!  WOOT!!!!

I skiied.  Twice. And I suck at it.  My friends had me on a leash the first time.  Like a 5 year old.  It was my favorite.  I have no pride.  The second time I careened into trees and bushes and had a terrible case of turrets.  

Clara participated in a Math Rocks competition and they won a second place trophy for their school:

The kids all got 4.0's and other honors:

Lucy's photography in the Grizzly News:

Clara went caroling with the Girl Scouts:

The kids attempted to ski the fire road on a snow day.  It wasn't a hit.  I guess that is why people ski on hills. 

Clara had her tap recital:

And Bella is taller than Clara when standing with good posture:

We hosted a Christmas party with our primary class.  We don't teach them anymore and I am super sad:

The boys have had fun with the GoPro

I think they sound so awesome.  Love these performances:

This is the 8th graders at the airport

Skiing the Fire Road: