Dec 2010

We had a wonderful 2010 Christmas! We were able to host the holiday at our house this year--everyone except Robby's family was there, Along with Lea, Mike & their cute baby.

On Christmas Eve we made & ate a big beautiful dinner, watched the hilarious classic Nat'l Lampoons Christmas Vacation and finished last min. Santa prep.

We had a fun, relaxing Christmas day--opening presents, playing Wii (thank you Grampa Claus!), and even enjoyed the unusually warm day.

(those are Maddox rolls--anyone who's ever had them will know why we got them!)

Santa delivered this year! :) Thanx Nase Claus!

Nase was a big help in the kitchen--made several of the dishes.

"So hang your your stockings & say your prayers cause Santa Claus comes tonight" :) --Those stockings are hilarious--we only had traditional looking stockings for the kiddos, the rest are just tube socks (I'd bought a big pack to make the soda bottle snowmen I gave to friends & neighbors.)

Christmas morning!...just like me & my siblings, the kids are allowed to check out their stockings while waiting for everyone to get up.

Christmas is so fun w/a big group :)

Baby Aki in a bowl :)

Christmas day was almost like a spring day! (had a big storm come through the day After)...but it was fun to go outside & shoot paintballs w/Nase's wrist-rocket. (Going to take a few snow & rain showers to get the side of the shed clean :p )

Santa brought play-doh...here's Tommy's creation under a black light :)

"Sister Suzy Sittin on a Thistle"...Leka lost her two front teeth in Dec :)

Wii'in it up :)

My favorite Christmas picture :)

We had a fun New Year Eve, too!...Robby's family had moved to UT from Kansas & we went sledding up at Hobble Creek...I didn't have my camera, but I got this pic from Jamie--Sammy & Leky going down on saucer sleds--Love it :)

Then NY-Eve night we got together wtih good friends from Hawaii & Tonga & had a fun Party--the dice game was especially fun; it's my favorite party game (it's a white elephant type game...everyone was fighting over the clapper--that's right "clap on, clap off..." :)

The kids & I spent a good chunk of December being sick :p, but the month certainly ended in Great times!