Our Holidays

Christmas morning and eve at our house was rather exciting and hectic. I'm sure it is with any children who understands that "Santa" will be coming and there will be treasures to be had the next day. We had a fun morning as the kids ran out after we let them.

Alex showing his serious face. (Just like Dad). Brigham was very into receiving a coat for Christmas or his birthday. He needed a new one, so mom and dad obliged him. Look at that smile and he has told everyone he sees about it.

Lissie was ecstatic about anything girlie, princess that she got. This is a princess phone. She got a princess coloring book and a princess piggy bank. We kind of do a present at a time but we all get one and then open it at the same time. Alex and Brigham got helmets and pads for biking and skateboarding.

We then headed down to Salt Lake for Christmas festivities with Mark's family. The roads right by Idaho Falls were BAD, even on the high way. We couldn't stop at a red light and ended up just going through it. But we got down there fine after the first 20 mins. We had a lot of fun with everyone. Unfortunately Mark and I don't carry a camera around constantly so we don't pictures of everything, but I did get these. Becky and Ben like computer games that involve music, and were nice enough to share with the family. This game is called American Idol. You have to sing on key and at the right time, etc. It was fun watching everyone. This picture above is Katelyn Emily and Elisabeth. The girls wanted to sing and Lissie wanted to sing with them since she was a girl. SHe loves music so she tried to sing everything. Her microphone is some tinkertoys and she was happy with it. (THank goodness-no fighting). Below are Mark and the kids singing so they could all have a chance.

Other activities included Mark did extreme sledding with his brothers and hurt his ankle, but had a blast. Then the kids went sledding and Alex found the only jump on the hill and went flying and hit his nose and got a bloody nose, but still had fun. We had birthday parties, baby shower, movie parties, wrestling, Halo for the big boys. So that was our fun. We got many nice things from others. We even received a Yamaha piano keyboard. Yeah!