December fun

We had a fun start to our December with the annual "Neck N' Nog" Christmas party! It was tons of  fun and we all love seeing the ugly sweaters and outfits.
We stopped at Great Grandma Shields house before. We ate dinner with her and then watched the LDS First Presidency devotional at her house. It was a terrific evening. 

Later that week we went to the live Nativity in our neighborhood.
It was a freezing cold night, and but lots of fun to see the real animals and the enactment of the Jesus being born in a stable. WE love this time of year! 

The weekend was full of Christmas parties and fun!
Friday night all the kids had a cousin sleepover and Brett & Teresa's house. Danny and I went to his work party. Then in morning we had our ward Christmas breakfast. After it was done i went to Brett's to pick up the kids. They all had a fabulous time at his house and they all came home sleepy and happy!

After that on Sunday night we had our Shields "Surprise Dinner" Christmas party. We had dinner, opened gifts, sang songs, did a program, read a story etc... the kids all had a blast!