The kids are so excited. Putting up the tree and ornaments are a favorite of theirs, and mine too. I love the feeling the tree makes with the warmth and glow of the c-mas lights. It changes the mood of the whole house.
Santa came through our neighborhood last week riding the fire truck. The whole nighborhood was outside waiting for his arrival despite the freezing wind and snow.
He passed out bags of candy to all the kids.
We went to Jump On It to give the kids something to do.
Staci's family was with us before and after T-day. I think Dallin and Penny look hungry.
This is Poppa's pocket. MJ thinks money is endless and Poppa is proving her wrong.
Ryan and Courtney
Me and my Dad. When's the last time I took a picture of just me and him? Do we look anything alike?
We all went to Spaghetti Factory after for dinner. Mason and Londyn got b-day cards with money for their b-days from Ma-Key and Poppa. Londyn's b-day is Dec. 1st.
Then we went to see Santa. My picture didn't turn out very good. We took one with all the cousins too, but I haven't gotten a copy of that one yet.
Mason got a fort set from G'pa Mark and G'ma Paula. He loves making forts and now he has his own material to do it. It comes with suction cups and clothes pins to hook it to things.
His birthday was on Sunday, so that night we decided to go to Temple Square to see all the c-mas lights for a fun activity. Jeremy's family met us there too.
Maybe someday I'll have a camera where a picture like this would actually turn out. It was a nice thought.
MJ and Annie. Such a great Aunt. This is the only way MJ would let me take a picture of her.
All I got was silly faces the whole night. Paul loves being silly too.
I forgot to turn this pic before I uploaded it.
The last time we stood for a picture in this spot was when we were in college and we came down to Salt Lake for a weekend with our roommates 13 years ago.
The clan minus Julie. She wasn't feeling well and stayed home.
Cute kids. You'd never guess it took a whole lot of bribing to even get this picture.
The highlight of his birthday was his new bike. He's been riding on George's pegs to school until now. His old bike's broken and ready to be given away. It's been such a warm fall that they've been able to ride bikes to school until the 2nd week of Dec.
Cute girls.
MJ and JoLee playing cards.
George and Jack playing football.
MJ making scarecrow cookies.
All the kids had fun making cookies.
More and more cookies. It was a fun activity to do while the turkey was cooking.
They all turned out great.
The turkey was cooked to perfection thanks to my mom.
Jeter and Tibby begging for turkey while Jeremy was carving it.
The big kid table.
The little kid table.
The grown up table.
When we got home we took this one in our backyard and I chose it to go on our c-mas card this year.
Mom, MJ and me
Me and my hubby
MJ and Lucy
The boys, George, Mason and Adam
Sisters Lucy and Londyn
