Christmas Eve

We went to Nana & Papa's on Christmas Eve. Cousins!! Fabulous Cousins! Gabe and Cohen just cannot get along! There is constant screaming and fighting between the two of them. It is pretty funny! This is a very rare moment that I forced. :) I thought it was cute! Hopefully next year they will get along.
Jamee made tons of cookies, some of which the girls were able to frost. YUMMY!
Nana read the Christmas Story and then we headed home to open up our Christmas tradition....PJ's. The kids were all really tired and they were in bed by 9:00. Too much traveling had finally caught up to us!

Utah Visit Part Two

Mimi and Papa's house is up in the mountains. They got a ton of snow!! The kids had a great time riding the snowmobiles and pulling the sleds behind it. The girls had fun sledding down the hill. This was Gabe's first snowmobile ride. He wasn't sure about it at first but after warming up a bit to it he wouldn't let Steve stop!

I never thought that my van would see this much snow! We cleaned it off shortly after this and got even more snow! The girls (Kassadi, Halle & Kiley) layed around and read books in a warm bed. Olivia was sitting on the counter in a bumbo (thanks Jamee!) and she found an apple...TOO CUTE! Gabriel supposedly learned his lesson about jumping on the bed. The windowsill was his teacher!! It was a huge huge bump! He was lucky he didn't cut it open. I can't keep up with this bruiser!

Utah Visit Part One

Playing in the snow with cousins at Nana and Papa's was lots of fun! Kyle made an igloo w/ the girls, equipped with a window and its own Christmas tree. Papa pulled the kids on a tarp for some fun and got run over by them! The girls loved sledding and Gabe...well, he just loved being outside!
Steve and Scott wrestling....or whatever you want to call it! Halle was sick and throwing up the first day we were there. She probably got it from Gabe who threw up on the drive here (really gross...we even stopped to buy a new car seat!)

Paying a visit to Nana Berry and Grandma Allman. Nana Berry was so excited to see us. She asked if I could leave Olivia with her. Unfortunately, I think that the other residents in the rest home wouldn't appreciate it!

Our attempt at a Colquitt family picture....completely failed!! But nice try :)

More to come!

O, Little Town of Bethlehem...

This is the second year we have ventured up to Burnett County to see the presentation of Bethlehem the night Christ was born. It is such an amazing "production". You walk around a small town that has everything...candle shop, tax collectors, jail house, iron shop, live animals of all sorts (including camels!), the Inn and the stable/cave where Christ was born, etc. It is so cool. This year we only had to wait in line for about and hour and a half. Armed with popcorn, cell phones, cameras and ipods, it didn't feel like forever! Especially considering the weather was in the high 60s. When we came last year it was 20s and we froze! We went with the Callahan Family again. There was also tons of people from our ward and stake. You would have thought it was put on by the LDS church and not the Baptist Church! Here are a few pics that I got.

*On a side note, we thought that we lost Kassadi for about ten minutes....the worst ten minutes ever. There were so many people there that anything could have happened. Turns out she was in the bathroom with Cheryl. Let's just say that my heart skipped several beats. Really scary! There were people in the line that were concerned too!

No, we are not toasted...just having a great time!

Tammy's Christmas Party Theatrics

Click above link to see video.

*Warning: You may want a set of ear plugs for this one!

Tammy throws a great party every year!! We had incredible food, great company (around 40 entertaining girls), interesting gift exchange and funny karaoke! The video should speak for itself. They even made me karaoke and boy do I stink! Thanks Tammy!

MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL!

Because it is just too sweet not too!

Luminaries & Townsend PARTY!

We went to the Townsend's for desserts and fun the other night. The kids were able to hope in the truck and drive around the neighborhood to see all the lights and the luminaries that were all over. It was really beautiful! The kids had a great time running around. Tammy had some great moves for us too! Thanks for hosting Townsend's! btw-we missed you JEANNIE!!

Ward Christmas Party!

The Ward Christmas Parties are always fun! This year they did the Nativity Story. Kassadi was an angel (along with all of the Sr. Primary Girls), Kyle was one of the Three Kings and Halle was a sheep. It was really cute. Kyle got to sing "We Three Kings" with two other boys. They did a great job. Thanks Nancy for putting on a great show!
Gabe wasn't so sure about Santa!
Olivia was clueless!
And this was impossible! :)


We stayed to help clean up a bit and everyone pitched in!!

MY GIRLS!!

I am so grateful for my calling w/ the Activity Days Girls. They are so much fun to be with. I love teaching my daughter and I love the darling girls and all of their sweet spirits. It has been a pleasure to serve them! ALL 19 of them! (a couple are missing from this group)

We just did a great project. The girls went into a recording studio and sung Christmas music and they made the cutest CD! What a great experience! Thanks Audra! I listen to it and it just makes me feel so good because they have such sweet voices. It is something that I will treasure for many years to come.

Olivia's Got TEETH!!

Yes, she has had them for a few weeks, but I just can't seem to keep up with this blogging thing! So for everyone who was dying to know, Olivia has two teeth! And she is absolutely beautiful.

I love my cute family!!

Thanks Jamie...these are fantasic! More to come!!