And our anniversary! 10 years. Wow. John got me these beautiful roses.
My Christmas Kids! Christmas this year was pretty low key. I did most of the shopping early so that was good, but still a lot of the festivities only happened because of Mom Butler's efforts. Thanks Mom! We went down there a lot during the holiday break and had fun with family and ate good food.
Torturing uncles: a favorite pastime.
Ice skating! I guess something was malfunctioning so only the kids could skate, but they had fun!
Calvin got pretty brave at the end--maybe he'll be as good as his dad soon!
We got a gingerbread house-making kit from G&G Durrans, and the kids had great fun with that! Kimmie and Calvin pooled their resources to make a fort (all right, my idea, but they went with it), and Emily made a cute little cottage all by herself. As you can see, they were pretty pleased with themselves.
Calvin got a Little People garage from Santa, which ended up being worth its weight in gold when the kids played with it for three days straight.
Angry birds!
John's birthday! He turned... 29. :) I outdid myself and actually found 2 gifts he liked: a BYU sweatshirt and a 2012 calendar I made with pics of the kids/family that he could use at work.
One nice thing about Christmas birthdays is having family around, so we had a "party" (everyone was so holidayed out that half the party fell asleep) and ate pie and ice cream.
Happy Birthday John! You are a great dad and we sure love you and appreciate the many many many many things that you do for all of us.
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