December was the month of Dates. Randy and Natalie went on a lot of holiday dates, which was so much fun! Mom also got some fun time with Seth on a mom and son date. There were plenty of family activities, too. December is always packed full, but we had a blast! It was a good warm-up for 2025!
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| Christmas Cruise Date |
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| Dax did a stem fair project about the effects of music on egg laying and he won First Place at the school! |
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| Live Nativity date |
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| We volunteered at the Alpine Nativity again this year and it was awesome. |
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| This is one of our favorite nativities. |
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| The boys and Mom were donkey keepers. |
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| Dad was a wiseman again. |
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| A nice lady took our picture! |
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| Date for the wagon ride through Christmas lights. |
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| The carriage ride is a fun adventure! |
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| We walked around the Riverwoods. |
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| The light display was top notch. |
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| Orem City lights were pretty in the park. |
One day, Mom checked Seth out from school and took him to the Discovery Gateway museum and the Zoo. It was such a fun day spending time just the two of us. We even got to see the snow leopard cubs, which we really wanted to!
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| New exhibit at Discovery Gateway. |
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| We always take a picture on this horse. |
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| Seth is a crazy driver! |
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| We checked out the new Utah exhibit at the zoo. Can you spot the bobcat? |
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| It is a nice area. |
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| Mom even got her pretty picture taken. |
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| The snow leopards were in the background laying down. |
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| They did eventually get up and move around. |
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| Seth always wants to ride the carousel. |
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| We had such a fun day! |
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| Mom went to make a collaborative artwork with some other Instagram people. |
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| This is the piece she created on her own. |
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| Another live nativity, but this time square donuts. |
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| We went to the Aviary to enjoy the LightWalk display. |
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| The lights here are awesome! |
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| We love this tunnel! |
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| Mom and Dad stopped to check out some lights we spotted on the way home. |
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| They had a nice little display. |
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| We played a game at Immersive Gamebox. |
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| We had the highest score! |
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| Seth's piano recital! He nailed it! |
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| Lots of kids playing spoons at our house! |
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| Seth and Mom visited the new playground at Thanksgiving Point. |
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| Seth is the best helper! |
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| Back at the zoo for ZooLights, this time with the Webbs, who moved into our neighborhood.. |
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| We have enjoyed having the cousins close. |
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| Mel and Mom love the extra time together. |
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| Mom helped at Seth's Christmas party, and they made blankets. |
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| We love that Mark and his friends go to the temple often. |
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| Last holiday date to make stained glass ornaments and it was amazing. |
We had a great time at the Ockey Family Christmas Party.
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| It was fun to have Santa and Grandpa at the party. |
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| Kori had fun with Randy! |
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| We also celebrated Winter Festival with Melanie and her family. |
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| We lit our wishes on fire. |
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| Watching them burn was super fun, but the yule log cake was the best! |
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| Happy Christmas Sunday! |
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| 2024 was a great year! |
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| So fun to have Melanie at church with Mom. |
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| Laurie and Glen made fun games with the 3D printer for the boys for Christmas. |
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| We had the Alders and the Webbs over for New Year's Eve. |
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| Happy New Year!! |
