Best Christmas Tradition EVER!

We received this as a gift last week (thank you Allison). I have to say it is the coolest Christmas tradition ever, here is how it works-

The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition™ is an activity the entire family will enjoy. Based on the tradition Carol Aebersold began with her family in the 1970s, this cleverly rhymed children's book explains that Santa knows who is naughty and/or nice because he sends a scout elf to every home. During the holiday season, the elf watches children by day and reports to Santa each night. When children awake, the elf has returned from the North Pole and can be found hiding in a different location. This activity allows The Elf on the Shelf to become a delightful hide-and-seek game.

We named our scout elf "Oliver" and every morning the kids bolt out of bed to find Oliver and his new location in the house. It has also been fun reminding them that Oliver is watching and going to report to Santa. I would recommend this to anyone with young children.

Bell Choir & Violin Concert!

Becca (10) had the opportunity this year to be in the East Vally Youth Symphony Bells Choir.
She LOVED it!

Here she is at the Christmas concert.

Grandma & Grandpa Fenn W/ Becca

5th Grade Orchestra Concert. Becca you played "The First Noel" so BEAUTIFULLY! She has a musical ear.

Dj & Kelesy

My youngest brother Dj is getting married and boy do I feel OLD! Here is their wedding announcement (they scanned in the computer poorly). Kelsey is from here in Mesa (in my parents ward). In fact my Grandpa Echols has been her (or her families) hometeacher for over 10 years. We LOVE Kelsey and are excited to have her apart of our family.




My kids told me this picture reminds them of the move "The Princess Bride".

Let's Play Music......Baby Steps!

Becca, Emily & Aaron have all had the opportunity to be in "Let's Play Music" It is a three year program that introduces children to music and music theory (www.letsplaymusicsite.com). Becca has graduated from LPM, Emily and Aaron are still in the class. Not only do we LOVE this program, but we have two Aunts that teach LPM (Sanya Fenn in Arizona and Melissa Lunt in Utah).

Aunt Sanya wrote a song to be added to the curriculum. The song is to help kids understand the steps you take while looking at musical notes (step up or a step down) the song is called "Baby Steps". Sanya asked Becca, Emily and her son Kyle to record the song for publication. We went to a recording studio in Chandler and our kids did a great job.


Becca

Emily


Cousin Kyle (Sanya's son)

The girls had spirit week at their school....hence the matching shirts with our wildcat mascot.

I am working on posting the entire song to this page so you all can listen to it.