We got skates for Kaden and tried to get him out on the ice, but he wanted no part in it this time.

Avery did amazing this time. She barely even used the walker this time.

Aunt Nicole and Uncle Jake even came with us.

My dad tried and tried to get Kaden out on the ice.

Skyler took Kaden out a little bit and he had fun!

While we were there on one of the inside rinks there were some speed skaters training. Skyler used to speed skate so it was fun for him to watch them.

Avery enjoyed going around the rink with the walker then she would push it away from herself and skate on her own to grab it again.

Skating all by herself.

Oooh, I just love that smile!

Kaden loved skating with papa!

Thanks mom, dad, Nicole and Jake for coming with us. We had a great time!

Kaden and Avery loved it!

We had a yummy dinner and then our usual talent show. Following the talent show we read the Christmas story and acted it out. Kaden and I were shepherds.

Avery and Aunt Nicole were angels.

Isn’t she a the most beautiful angel you have ever seen?!?

Half way through the program Kaden wanted to sit with his big sister.

Kaden loved the baby Jesus.

Following the program we went over to my mom’s house to open our Christmas pajamas. They are all so cute! Sorry I don’t have a picture to show you. We had a wonderful Christmas Eve.

Santa only brought tow of his reindeer, the others were busy resting and getting ready for Christmas.

We walked inside to see Santa. Avery was so excited!

We had to wait in line for about an hour. Isn’t she so adorable?!?

Avery sat on Santa’s lap and told him what she wanted for Christmas.

Then it was Kaden’s turn. He has been so excited to see Santa. He kept running ahead of us in line saying, “Santa, I wanna hug!”

Santa gave the kids candy canes and we walked outside to see the reindeer again.

Then we went and got ice cream and went home. It was a fun night.

Here is a short video of our ice skating experience. Enjoy!

Kaden kept saying, “I wanna skate!” so Grandma Call went and got him some skates to try it out. I was so amazed that he actually tried it and then he didn’t want to get off the ice! He and Avery both did an amazing job! We had tons of fun and will hopefully be going back again soon!

We stopped at the visitors center right inside the gates first to warm up and gather everyone together to walk through the temple grounds. Kaden loved the replica of the Salt Lake Temple they have inside. Avery loved it as well, she pushed her way in front of everyone to get an up close look at it.

While we were inside warming up Avery and her cousin, Jaden, wanted Skyler to take a picture of them. Don’t they look so cute?!?

When we were done inside Skyler took a picture of me and the kids.

We had my dad take a picture of our family.

Uncle Jake and Aunt Nicole gave Avery pennies to make a wish in the fountain.

We walked around the reflecting pond and Skyler took these amazing pictures of the candles on the water and the lights around it.

After walking around for a while we went inside the visitor’s center on the north side of the temple. I had been wanting to take Kaden up to see the Christus and there was no wait so we were able to go up and show it to him. He loved it! He kept pointing and saying, “Jesus, Jesus!”

We had a wonderful time at the temple. It is one of my very favorite holiday traditions! Thanks everyone who came and shared in the fun with us!

The finished product.

Kaden loved the desserts so much he didn’t want to eat anything else. He is such a cutie!

My cute little Avery.

After dinner Grandma Call had some fun crafts for us to do. The kids made super hero masks and the women made coasters using tiles, scrapbook paper, and modge podge. We had a lot of fun!

We got to go trick-or-treating around our neighborhood this year and afterwards we went to Grandma Call’s house for soup in bread bowls. Yummy!

Great Grandpa Hutchings cutting the pumpkin Avery chose off the vine.

Avery and Kaden sitting with the pumpkins they chose.

Kaden with his pumpkin.

Kaden loved his pumpkin!

Kaden wanted to be like his cousin, Jaden, and pick up the pumpkins and squash great grandpa had.

Kaden and Jaden set all the pumpkins and squash in a line.

This year we decided instead of carving faces on our pumpkins we would wrap them in duck tape. Avery and I carved the tops off and pulled out all of the seeds.

Skyler was the master duck taper!

Skyler came up with the idea for the mummy and the skeleton.

Avery and I created the witch and Dracula.

Skyler and the kids with our pumpkins on the porch.

Kaden wanted to be in a picture with Mommy.

We started walking up to the park and I realized that I forgot my camera in the car so I walked back to the car to get it. When I caught back up with Skyler and the kids, Skyler held out our wristbands to me along with our tickets I had printed off the computer. Someone had just handed him wristbands so we didn’t end up having to use our tickets so we could go back again with the rest of my family.

Avery wanted to start off at the “Pumpkin Princess Playland”, her favorite part.

Kaden enjoyed playing on the train while Avery played dress up.

My brother, sister-in-law and nieces and nephew met us at the “Pumpkin Princess Playland” and the girls played dress up and danced together.

Avery had a blast dancing.

Avery had to ride on the horse.

Skyler and my adorable children.

They had these really fun bouncy horses that Avery loved bouncing around the track on.

We went on the hayride as our last activity of the night. While we were on the hayride Avery saw the big creature and she insisted on going inside. Skyler and I took her in last year and she hated it. I reminded her that she didn’t like it and she said, “I am four now I won’t be scared!”. So Skyler ended up taking her in and it scared her once again.

Because we didn’t use our tickets we were able to go again with my family. This time Avery wanted to sit on the BIG rocking chair and have our picture taken.

We had tons of fun both times we went to Cornbelly’s and can’t wait to go again next year!