Before Christmas...

Before actual Christmas arrived...

we did some sugar cookie decorating with friends,

hosted an ugly Christmas sweater party with a few friends,

The girls had their winter piano recital.

We joined another family and the kids performed a Christmas concert for us,

We walked around downtown and visited Santa (it was pretty stinkin cold out and Adah asked to wear my hat...that's why she is drowning in the hat),

Walked to the gigantic Santa statue,
Walked through Candy Cane Lane,

And saw the Nativity downtown.