Christmas Celebration

We had such a busy Christmas but it was a lot of fun. For Christmas Eve we had family over at our house for dinner, decorating cookies, decorating the "Christmas Train", hot chocolate and a Nativity program put on by Adrienne. I think the kids had a blast!!! We sure enjoyed watching them have fun and we all loved the Nativity. Paige was "Mary", Fletcher was "Joseph", Kate and Owen were the "Wise Men" and Skylar was the "Angel" - a sassy Angel at that too. Savanah narrated for us all. Here are some pictures from the night.
Here is the gang after they finished decorating the Christmas Train!!! All aboard!!!
Owen couldn't get enough of the cookies - They were pretty scary - I think the Angels looked more like Bats and the stars looked more like sea creatures!
Our Nativity program.
The kids got to open one gift on Christmas Eve. Take a guess? PJ's.
Brock in his new pajamas. Lookin good little one!
Just before bed we left out the best of the best cookies for Santa. Then the kids were off to bed.

Christmas Day we opened gifts as a family and then went to Jim and Adrienne's home for Christmas Day dinner. There was so much good food there. And we were able to enjoy the company of the Zimmermans, Lowrys, and the Brians. Too bad I forgot to take pictures then.

Print and Color

For all you who would like to PRINT and COLOR our family photo... here ya go!

I'm an idiot!

I can not believe that I dared to take on the line for Santa just days before Christmas all by myself. I went without a diaper bag, no snacks and no toys. One hour later this is all I got. I seriously thought that I would be in and out. Poor Brock was over it by the time we got to the front of the line. I seriously think if we would have gotten right in he wouldn't have been scared of Santa. Well, live and learn right? Next year I'm going the first week of December!

Owen Wants for Christmas!

Over the last few weeks I have been asking Owen what he wants for Christmas and every time he says "presents" - today when I asked him I got an answer.

"Marbles, Balls, A Birthday Party, Cake and Treats."

Paige is such a big help...

... sometimes I just don't give her enough credit!

Christmas Party

Last night we had our Second Annual (we skipped last year) Christmas Party - this time it was at the Austin home. It was so much fun! There was a white elephant gift exchange and lots of laughs. Here are some photos of the occassion.

Breakfast with Santa!

Here is Owen soaking in all the love from Santa!
Look at these angels singing. So very sweet.
This past Saturday our ward had a Breakfast with Santa Christmas party. It was a lot of fun to get together in the morning for lots of food and fun. All the kids came in their jammies. The primary performed their annual nativity and the nursery even sang a song - well, they all stood there and tried to sing. It was very cute. Then Santa came and all the kiddies got in line to tell Santa what they wanted. The biggest suprise was that Paige herself got up there. Paige has not sat with Santa since she was Brock's age. She haw been TERRIFIED and finally she did it! I was so happyy for her.
(Special thanks to Troy Bourne for the photos)

Have you ever seen a baby Porcupine before?

I think they are adorable and want to keep one - but could you even imagine?

It's Begining to Look a lot like X-mas

Isn't it? Well what da' know it's that time of year. I absolutly love it. We usually make a night of buying our tree but this year we got it through the local high school's baseball team (for a fund raiser). I would love to say that decorating was all singing and smiles, but that just wasn't reality in our house this year. The kids were running around chasing each other and fighting over who held the lights. In the end, the lights were hung and we all enjoyed the sweet holiday spirit. Ahhhh... Christmas time. John strung the lights on the tree. What a great help he is.
Owen gets all tangled up in the lights - he loves to point out all the colors.
Look at that face.... there is just something so special about a FIRST Christmas.
Guess who? Well if you look close enough -- it is Owen laying underneith the Christmas tree as we hung the lights. I peered down and what do I see? Owen!
Here the kids are enjoying the lights.