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Eric'a's Danc'in Skills

I've been telling everyone that Erica is a great dancer and is always getting up and dancing when Choo-Choo Soul comes on TV. I've gotten a pretty good video of her as she's shak'in her groove thang.

Christmastime for the Bev's

Christmas was really fun this year. We went and saw Santa at the mall, however Zach is still frightened of him and wouldn't even stand in line with us to see him. No matter how much we bribed him (highest offer of $20 offered from our neighbor, David, who's family also came with us) would not budge him. So maybe next year Zach will change his mind.

Christmas Eve Grandma Thompson, Jamie and Allison arrived and we had dinner and then we all hopped in the van and drove to see the Spanish Fork's Festival of Lights. It was very pretty and the kids had a lot of fun.

Before bed Grandma gathered the kids around and gave them their Christmas Eve gifts which were the traditional jammies. I'm a big fan of the jammies.

The kids went to bed and the grown-ups stayed up and played games and ate a lot of sugary treats. Uhgh! I felt that later! Late into the night when we noticed on Santa's special website that he was getting close, we hurried off to bed.

Christmas morning felt like it came way too soon when we heard a knock, no, a pounding on our door at 6:30 a.m. and seeing the kids jumping off the walls in anticipation. Santa had certainly delivered to the Bevan household! The kids were very pleased. But that wasn't the end to our very exciting day...

After brunch and cleaning up, getting dressed and sending my side of the family off, we loaded in the car and headed to Kyle's parent's house for more Christmas fun. There we exchanged more gifts and ate more food. Grandpa Bevan even got a hooded towel like the rest of the kids. He's been telling us that he's wanted one. It was very fun and exhausting. Another great Christmas celebrated with the people we love best!

Kayla loses teeth!

Kayla lost her first tooth shortly after her birthday in November. We noticed it was wiggly before her birthday and I threatened her if it came out before she turned 5. She was lucky and really excited. She handled it very bravely. She wrote the toothfairy a letter asking if she could keep it one night to show her friends at school and when she put it under her pillow the second night and awoke the next morning she was devastated to find that the tooth was still there. Why had the Tooth Fairy let her down??? (oops)
The following night the Tooth Fairy delivered! When Kayla woke the next morning, to her surprise were two stuffed figures of Santa and Frosty holding a note and a Golden Dollar. The note explained that the Tooth Fairy was busy helping Santa get ready for Christmas and he was running behind. He thanked her for her patience and rewarded her with a special Christmas present and her Gold coin. Let's hope the Tooth Fairy doesn't slip up again. What will be the excuse next time???


A short couple weeks later, her other tooth came out and now looks very toothless! Congrats on being so brave, Kayla! Mom and Dad are so proud and can we say Zach is a little jealous of your bravery??

I want to post this to remind me of what the kids should look like when they go outside to play in the snow. This picture was taken when it snowed for the first time this season. Now when the kids want to go out and play in the snow I have to remind them that its frigid out there and a sweater and a baseball hat won't cut it! Do I really have to do this for two more months???