You probably peaked at Christmas gifts as a kid too, huh?

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  1. 2. Beau’s specialized outdoor school with the motto “Learn from the land”, School in the ______ (another word for forest)
  2. 5. The number of inches McKay has grown this year
  3. 6. Beau and Luke strapped these to their feet and learned how speed down a snowy mountain this year
  4. 7. This girl learned that really short bangs don’t look so hot when she cut her hair with scissors
  5. 9. The sport that the kids play and Dane coaches, which has us outside 4 evenings per week, 16 weeks per year
  6. 15. What Juliet wants to be when she grows up (we haven’t the heart to tell her she needs a little pixie dust)
  7. 17. Beau, Luke, and Juliet shredded on two wheels at Kids on ______ camp
  8. 18. McKay has a new hobby of scaling mountains with peaks higher than ________ thousand feet
  9. 19. Dane saw BYU and Michigan play basketball back-to-back in Denver during ______ Madness
  10. 22. A large, honey-loving animal Dane accidentally startled a bike ride
  11. 23. For their anniversary, Dane and McKay saw the Lumineers in Denver and were impressed by the opener, Nathaniel Rateliff and the __________
  12. 26. Juliet’s year in school
  13. 27. The ______ came to town, and we loved seeing the daring acrobatics
  14. 29. Our favorite place in Colorado for ice climbing with cousins
  15. 30. The number of teeth Luke and Juliet have lost this year
  16. 32. The true, four-wheeled MVP of our family
  17. 33. What Chip identified as a toilet (hole in a room’s floor where conditioned air comes out and pee should not go in…)
  18. 34. Now that McKay is done having kids, it’s Dane’s turn for epidurals on this fun Richfield, UT trail called ______ tap
  19. 35. We camped at the base of Colorado’s tallest mountain, Mt. ________, near Leadville
  20. 36. A Christmas song recommended to us this year, by the National Parks (opposite of “close by”)
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  1. 1. Taking a break from Harry Potter, Dane and the kids love reading this fantasy book with the dragon, Saphira
  2. 3. The name of Chip’s preschool, which is the opposite of sunset
  3. 4. Michigan mantra and our kids’ favorite exclamation
  4. 6. The City Museum with cousins blew our minds in this Missouri city with an arch
  5. 8. Born in humble circumstances, He came to the world to conquer death and sin. He is our resurrected Savior and Lord, and we worship Him during Christmas season and always.
  6. 10. Our favorite troll to visit in Cripple Creek, CO, _____ the Rock Planter
  7. 11. The sport the kids tried this year that had them twisting, turning, running, jumping, swinging, balancing, and tumbling
  8. 12. The member of our family who excels at making forts and friends
  9. 13. Luke’s hamster’s name (tastes good with jelly, or covered in chocolate - the name, not the hamster)
  10. 14. The Oregon ________ Festival ‘twas a most noble and lively tumult for Dane and McKay in Ashland, OR
  11. 16. McKay regularly performs this crazy kind of comedy, where everything is made up on the spot
  12. 17. We saw two of these wildcats in our backyard and named them both Bob
  13. 20. The last of the family to be potty trained!
  14. 21. Dane and McKay’s alma mater. They return every summer - McKay to help direct a sketch comedy workshop and Dane to drink the chocolate milk
  15. 24. Did McKay actually send this letter without Dane knowing or did they write it together?
  16. 25. Our resident 14er, McKay hiked 13 miles up this mountain, and Dane biked 32 miles down (how do those numbers make sense?).
  17. 28. The number of states Dane traveled to for work and fun this year
  18. 31. The train that took McKay and Beau to the top of Pikes Peak, the cog ______