Mindy Gledhill Christmas Concert

My husband took me to see Mindy Gledhill's christmas concert last night and it was AMAZING.  Her music was so beautiful I didn't want the concert to end.

Grandpa Claus

My Dad was Santa at his ward Christmas party.   I kind of had a feeling that my three year old wouldn't be really excited about seeing Santa.  He is pretty cautious and we don't really do the whole Santa thing too much.  I figured my one year old wouldn't care too much either way, he's pretty easy going and I was right, he kind of went with the flow.  

The three year old on the other hand, was upset even at the mention of going to see Santa.  So I whispered into his ear "Let me tell you a secret, It's just Grandpa and he is dressed up like Santa Clause, but don't tell your friends"  Maybe I'm a spoil sport, but I'm not going to lie to my kids, especially about something that is apparently terrifying to them.  Sure enough he was still a little nervouse but, as you can see he went in.

  

A couple days later he went with the babysitters to a different Christmas party with Santa and he was a little too scared to see that Santa.  He told them matter of factly that "he had already seen Santa Clause and that it was his Grandpa and he didn't tell his friends (or his dad)".   

Maverik Open House

Thursday night the new Maverik in West Richland had an open house.  We missed the one in Pasco, so we checked out this one.  It was better than I had expected.

They gave us these little boat tray things and just kept filling them with samples of stuff.  And I'm not a huge fan of gas station food, but it was actually really good!  I mostly love the frozen yogurt!

And here he is with his loot.

At the Park

Thursday we all decided to go out on an adventure.  We all bundled up really well and met Dad at the park by his work during his lunch break.   The sun was out, but it was still pretty cold.  We all had lots of fun!