Christmas Fun

 My all time favorite activity during the Christmas Season is to go to a Messiah Sing-a-Long.  I really LOVE the Messiah.  It just stirs my soul for some reason.  I remember going to it once as a little girl at BYU Hawaii and it just makes my Christmas to go.  We don't always make it every year, but if I am on my game, I try to make it happen.  Lauren alerted me to the performance at Abravenal Hall this year and we got tickets early :)  Loved it!

Walking through Temple Square on our way to the Messiah.

Lauren and Pierce in their own winter wonderland ;)

I have a weird smile, but I was just so excited to attend the Messiah!!!

The orchestra and choir--they were awesome!

Another must during the Christmas season--telling Santa if you've been good or bad!  

Since I work at the Springville Library, I was able to call Jeff to bring the kids down when the lines weren't long.

A new family tradition--Wendy has the family over to her ward building for dinner of soups and warm bread and then Santa visits.  It is fun to still get together even after Grandma and Grandpa Bird can no longer host us all.  Look what Santa brought Jeff at our Clarke Christmas Eve dinner!! Lobster Bisque anyone?

Merry Christmas 2013

It typical Barrett fashion, we decided to take our Christmas Picture in December on the spur of the moment.  Literally, at church I said to the older girls, "Let's take our pictures after church.  What colors could we do?  Blues and grays?  Ok!"  We grabbed one of Alli's cute friends, Mariah, and went to the hill above our neighborhood and the Art Museum.  In about 45 minutes we were good!  Jeff set up the shots and Mariah snapped a bunch of shots.  We were soo happy when a couple turned out ok!

Love my family!!!

Ok, this one was for the 'awkward family photo' section...
We couldn't resist!

My kids are growing up so quickly!  Yikes!!!

Soo glad this guy still likes me after all these years!