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Monday, December 24, 2012

Christmas Eve 2012

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 We started the day off by hitting the movies....we all loved Rise of the Guardians!
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 Then over to the Heaps we went for Christmas Eve Festivities!
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 BINGO was a huge hit.
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 Matt and Jamie's combined knowledge of the game made it exceptional this year. 
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After everyone cashed in on their BINGO winnings, we headed outside.
The gang, Ashley, Max, Angie, Libby, Bree, Luke, Shawn, Jer, Mike, Matt, Hayden, Ethan, Jack, Dax, Jamie, Grady and Jace.  Yes it was warm enough for some to go shirtless. And shoe-less. 
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 Fireworks.  Jer was honored to do the honors.
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 It was quite the show.  And the cars racing down the street might not have paused long enough to appreciate what we had going on here.
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Then back inside for Luke 2, Dessert and lots of talk.
Loved this night with friends old and new.
Unbelievable food, fast paced fun, Matt's addition to BINGO, kids hide and seek, Smith's special contribution of broken glass and unacknowledged spilled liquid, and best of all, the real reason Jamie was hurrying us all outside for a long fireworks show.
THANK YOU HEAPS!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Snow Day!!!

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 Jake was so pumped he wore his gear on the ride up.
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 And after fighting the crowds to get sleds at the Walmart in Flag, we found the most gorgeous untouched white snow we had ever seen.
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 And there were only a few other people there to share it with!
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 The snow was all ours. It was awesome!
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 Jake and the boys made a jump....
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 while breezy tried out the tube.
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 We had a few crashes...
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 and made a few snow angels.
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 Luke rode sled-less.
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It was the PERFECT day for this little family to be all together, just us.  
We were tired and frozen by the end of the day but that hot cocoa waiting at the car was heaven.  
Already talking about when we'll go back. 
SO FUN!!!!
(thanks Mums for outfitting us!)

Last Day of the World Party

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 With Jake making an official declaration up and down the aisles of Walmart that this was the last day of the world (he was with his parents Matt and Jamie Heaps at the time), 
I thought this would be the best post title for the night.
Even if it wasn't really an official Last Day of the World party.
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 It was actually an official gingerbread house making party.
Even if that was decided as we stood in line at Walmart and then made the boys wait while we raced back to the candy aisle to gather the goods.  And we might have lost Grady for a second.  Or maybe Matt did while he was picking the longest line to stand in.  Which Jer made even longer by using his fancy e-gift card.  
Walmart loved us that night and so did it's customers.
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 And then we were almost too tired to make these bad boys.  
Good thing the kids did not let us forget that's what we were doing.
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Sugar burns and runny frosting...Gingerbread houses with the Smiths are ALL THAT!
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And all the while these two were working as hard as ever watching that BYU game.
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While we were working pretty hard catching up on talk that was long over-due.  
Loved this night!

Ms. Gade's Gingerbread Hunt

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 Luke's class had a gingerbread man runaway from them so I was lucky enough to be invited to tag along as the kids searched for him.  First stop....the gym teacher.  No luck.
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 We stopped at the nurse's office but no luck there either.  
Then we met up with Principal Wong.  
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 She had a serious clue for us that led us straight to...
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 The classroom where the gingerbread man had left cookies and punch for everyone!
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Loved this afternoon with you Luke!!!