Christmas Morning

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. My parents drove down from Seattle and were here with us for about two weeks celebrating Christmas and the New Year. My parents helped out with the cooking and boy was Christmas dinner Fantastic....Thanks Mom and Dad!! The kids were spoiled this year and loved the attention and time that they got to spend with Grandma and Grandpa.

Here is the letter Santa left the kids telling them thank you for the cookies and milk, and that he saved each one of them a cookie to eat.
The kids left Santa's reindeer some carrots...here is a picture of the reindeer's mess.

The kids waiting at the top of the stairs to come down and see what Santa brought them.

Raleigh loves Hannah Montana....note the Christmas Eve PJ's and here new CD from Santa.

This was Sandon's favorite thing from Santa and he hasn't missed a day of playing time since then. Notice his Christmas Eve Mario PJ's.

This is the cutest game....UNO Animals

This is a fun game too...Whats in Ned's head

Temple Square Christmas Lights

My parents arrived in town today, and my brother Andy called and said they were in town and to meet them down at Temple Square to go and see the lights. We packed up thermoses of hot chocolate and bundled up tight and away we went for one cold cold cold evening. These are my brother's boys...Conner, Peyton, Rylan, and Karter with Sandon and Raleigh. Notice Raleigh is the only girl and the only one in pink!

Cookies with Santa

This last Saturday morning Santa came to have cookies and sing songs with the kids at our ward building. Santa was so much fun and Raleigh wasn't even scared of him....that's a first!

This is Ral's buddy Luke from Nursery

This is Sandon's good friend Avery from school and church, she is a cutie!

Sandon's 6th Birthday Party

We celebrated Sandon's 6th Birthday this last week. We like to do it a couple of weeks early so it's a little separated from Christmas. This year he wanted to go to the Classic skating rink which also has a bouncy land and pirates cove. The kids had a blast and we closed down the skating rink. I can't believe my baby is 6 already.

Getting ready for Christmas

We had decided that we were going to cut down a tree this year to decorate, but when we got out there all there was were scotch pine trees that we didn't like. We are so used to the pretty firs from Washington. We're spoiled......we ended up buying a fake tree and setting it up. So much for the pine smell though.

Every year we paint ceramic ornaments with the kids for them to hang on their Christmas tree. Can you guess who painted what?