christmas flashback.

sure, it's february.

but i miss home.

and christmas was pretty darn great.

just took a trip down memory lane.

cousin time. mama time. niece time. nephew time.

i love my family.

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in fact, i've sworn never to get involved in the

stress-ridden practice of selecting + sending

the PERFECT christmas card each year. sorry, friends.

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booyeah.

gang's all here!

levi - 9

hope - 5

lilli - 4

kyra - 4

harmony - 3

jayden - 2

alex - 2

aiden - 2

all my sibs are together for the first time in 6 years

and they've all got little ones in tow.

this is gonna be good.

merry christmas!

little monsters.

on thursday, i'm headed home to washington

to meet up with all these little monsters.

they're comin' in from all over the U-S-of-A.

it's gonna be a whole lotta personality in one holiday.

can't wait to run around + play games + laugh our heads off.

seriously good times.

christmas kickoff.

ocmco's centuries of christmas

went off without a hitch. good times!

ran into this little darling backstage.

m'peanut's little nephew, adam. he's ADORABLE!

i'm obsessed...and a total cougar.

it was a double header, so between shows

we had a minute to cram our faces. naturally,

diet coke was involved. mother's milk.

oh! good news! ocmco is hittin' the road to

perform the messiah in america oratorio in salt lake

next year at the tabernacle at temple square.

we'll combine with the arizona choir. 500 strong.

how exciting is THAT?!

a christmas carol...or two.

rehearsal last night was FABULOUS!

and tonight is the night. it's showtime!

i hear there are still a few tickets available.

you DON'T want to miss this!

fa-la-la.

it's time for another ocmco concert.

december 2. 5pm and 8pm. segerstrom concert hall.

trust me, this one is gonna be FABULOUS!

buy tickets here.

hobby-licious.

miss allie rallied the peeps again for the

newport beach boat parade. it was fabulous.

holiday on the hobby.

greatest. tradition. ever.

this little guy...

...made the delayed flights and nasty cold worth it.

happy christmas.

holiday hangover.

after the christmas chaos was over,

the house was a little too quiet.

nothin' like a little glee lipsync dance party

to liven things up.

not to be outdone by mona's shaky leg guitar dance,

i channelled my inner diva and threw down some booty dance.

gotta love home videos.

home for the holidays.

me: how come you cut out whales

with the christmas cookies?

sis: it's santa's sleigh, you jerk!

me: that purple one looks like monstro to me.

merry christmas to all.

christmas party photo booth.

photo booth's are all the rage these days.

i've yet to take a non-idiotic picture.

exhibit a.

robot? mannequin? your guess is

as good as mine.

stripey sock gloves. jingle bell tamborine.

recipe for photographic success. clearly.

off kilter and blendy.

my fave.

channeling my inner showgirl.

look out rockettes, here i come!

mormon TAPernacle choir.

have you seen this? i just couldn't resist.

oooohhh, mormons mormons mormons.

u.g.l.y.

sc5's best got together this week for

a little ugly sweater action.

the ladies certainly represented!

the shoulder pads took tristen straight

to the top! she won best ugly sweater. go trissy!

can you believe it?!

it's almost christmas!

with all the hustle and bustle, i've barely had time

to realize that christmas is less than 2 weeks away!

man oh man! happy christmas!

what're your plans for the holidays?

sing sing.

this weekend, i participated in a temple devotional with ocmco.

the devotional was a mini concert of temple-themed songs

for the newport beach temple workers.

it was marvelous and got me really excited for the christmas concert.

get your tickets here.

how was your weekend?