Fun at Chuck E Cheese! 12-26-12

We just had to take the kids to Chuck E Cheese.  They had a blast and we had fun watching them.

 

Payton driving the car

 

 

Emma loved the merry-go-round

 

 

As you can see, Kimmi is so excited to be driving!

 

 

I think that Kaden is showing his Dad up!  This was our last activity before we went home to Idaho.  We had a great Christmas in Utah this year!

Gingerbread Houses 12-25-13

We had fun making gingerbread houses!  Here are the creations!

 

Chelsi's

 

 

Emma's, interesting choice for the roof.

 

 

Kaden's

 

 

Courtnie's

 

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Tyson's log cabin

 

 

Carrie's, nice yard

 

 

Brock's two story house

 

 

Our completed vilage.  By the way, the kids made theirs all by themselves.

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Christmas Day Highlights! 12-25-12

Yeah!  It is Christmas morning!  Funny thing is all the adults were awake by 7:30 am and the kids were still sleeping!  We had to wake them up.

 

Kaden got a new bike!

 

 

Chelsi got this rabbit fur hat from Russia

 

 

Tyson must have been good this year to get 2 helicopters

 

 

Wow!  a remote control snowmobile

 

 

I love my new Temple picture!

 

 

Courtnie helping Kimmi open her presents

 

 

Brock, Carrie and Payton opening presents

 

Two little princesses in their new skirts from Grandma

 

 

Gramdma and Kaden

 

 

A Christmas Day Tradition!  Yummy!

More Christmas Eve Activities December 24, 2012

Brock took the kids out in the back yard to play in the snow. 

 

Kaden, Payton and Emma had such a good time!  It is fun to get the cousins together!

 

 

Brock and Payton

 

 

They made such a great snowman!  It was great to finally get snow on Christmas Eve.  Now it feels like Christmas.

 

We all got to open a gift on Christmas Eve.  We all love our new pajamas!

 

 

This was my best buy of the season.  This Fisher Price Nativity was a favorite of the kids.  The nice thing is I didn't have to worry about them playing with it at all. 

A Christmas Girls Time Out December 24, 2012

Chelsi had to work on Christmas Eve, so we took the party to her.  The girls got some time out and we went to lunch at Olive Garden in Provo.  Chelsi was a great server and treated us really well. 

 

When Chelsi brought me the bill to pay, I was very surprised that we didn't owe anything.  Thanks to Chelsi's generous manager, he took care of everything.  So I left Chelsi a very nice tip!

 

 

 

Carrie, Courtnie and I went to the mall and got Christmas toes!

Pre Christmas Activities December 2012

For Christmas this year, we went to Brock and Carrie's.  Tyson's family and Chelsi came too.  We are sad that Cole and his family were not able to come.  We had many activities planned to enjoy this Christmas Season.

 

On Saturday, December 22 we took turns going to the Play, "A Christmas Carol".  Brock and Carrie and her cousins went to the afternoon show and we watched Payton.  Then Tyson, Courtnie, Clinton and I went to the evening show and they watched Kaden, Emma and Kimmi.  It worked out really well.

 

 

Sunday, December 23, we all attended church in the morning.  Then that evening we rode the TRAX downtown to Temple Square to enjoy the lights.  Kaden and Emma were really excited to ride the train!

 

 

Isn't this a lovely picture of us in front of the Temple?!

O Christmas Tree! 12-1-12

This is our tree!  Didn't it turn out great?!  Chelsi came home this weekend and she helped me decorate it.

This is a tradition we have had for a lot of years.  We turn on the Christmas Music, make some hot chocolate and decorate the tree.  I am so glad that she was here to help me.!  We had a great time!