Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland...And other stuff.

This is what we woke up to this morning. Remember, we live in Saint George? Weird. The schools are closed today, my friends and I were laughing about it (I grew up in South Dakota where only a huge blizzard would close the schools, and one of my friends is from Canada. Nuf Said.) My kids are really excited though. I had to start preschool at 11 today because the driveway and parking lot to the preschool is pure ice, and I don't want anyone falling or crashing into each other!! Anyway, here is a picture of our Christmas Tree, just in case you wanted to know.
Here are my kids with no shoes, coats, or gloves, playing in the snow. I'm the best mom ever!




I had to get a picture of snow on our palm trees.
On Tuesday it was Amara's school program. She did such a great job. She is the one with the pink Santa hat on.

On Monday it was our Christmas Choir Concert. The kids did great. I was worried, of course, but they remembered all the words, and the audience seemed entertained. The lights automatically turn off at 7 at the school, so while one of the girls was singing her solo, the lights turned off. Everyone opened up their cell phones and waved them back and forth like they were at a concert! It was so funny. I told them she probably felt like Hannah Montana. Tait played the xylophone for one of the songs too.

It's Snowing!

It's snowing in Saint George ! Sinjin is so excited, he thinks this means Santa is coming today! Sinjin said the funniest thing in church yesterday. He is in to money right now, and he finds it all over the place. He took the empty gum case out of the church bag and was using it as his "wallet". He asked Thane for some money to put in it, and when Thane said he didn't have any, Sinjin said "Why, Mommy doesn't let you have any money?" It was all Thane could do to not burst! He was laughing so hard he was crying and turning bright red!

Ward Pary and Tiernan's Program

Our ward Christmas breakfast was on the 13th. We got up early and went to the first part of Tait's basketball game, they lost by 2 in overtime, so they did a great job. Afterward we went over to the breakfast. It was just a simple activity, eating, the primary singing, and Santa. It was perfect. We had a lot of fun, and Sinjin wasn't scared of Santa at all. He walked right up to him and got his candy cane!




Tiernan's 2nd grade Christmas Program was on December 11th. She had fun singing songs and helping out up front for the poem her class recited. She loves school and we are so proud of her.

Amara's Math Award

Amara received the Math Excellence award for her whole class on December 4th. It say's: "This certificate is awarded to Amara Belnap for being so good in math. Amara sits quietly and participates in our math lessons. She works hard on her math papers and does them very well."
Her name was announced over the intercom in school, and Tait and Tiernan were proud to hear her name!

Basketball and Birthdays!

Tait is having such a fun time playing basketball. He is the best guard, and he's always the one that throws the ball out to the players when it goes out of bounds. (can you tell I don't know all the terms for basketball?!!) This is his first time playing on a team and he is doing a great job. He got lucky because their coach is the coach for the High School, so they are learning a lot!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY THANE! All he wanted was a new harness for his paraglider, so that's all he got (they're expensive!) He had fun flying that morning with his friends in Cedar City, and later on that night, we went out to dinner and a movie. The next day we pigged out on cheesecake and blueberries. It was a lot of fun.
My friends and I went out to lunch for our friend Melanie's birthday on Saturday also. We went to "25 & Main". They have the BEST cupcakes ever!!! I am not a big fan of cake, but I am going to visit there often! It was a surprise for her, and it was a lot of fun.