Saturday, December 31, 2011

New Years Eve 2011

Jeanette came up with the idea to have the kids create and decorate their own New Year's hats.
Here they are showing them off.

This is the group on New Years Eve.
Tara brought a bunch of Minute to Win It games that we competed at.
Hudson wanted to play.
The kids played the first game.  They had to get a cookie from their forehead to their mouth with no hands.
Then came the challenge with cotton balls.
Lastly, they had to knock over cups with a ball on a string tied to their waist.
Corbin had to try on the pedometer used for one of the adult challenges.
After the games, most of the kids played in the office while watching a movie.
They were so excited to celebrate New Years (around 10:30)
Some of the kids had already fallen asleep.
You would think we had some adult beverages based on this picture of Corbin...  
He was giddy and in serious need of sleep.
All of the adult challenges came to a tie between Jeremy and me, and Jason and Jennifer.
It was decided that the winner would be decided by a whipped cream tower building contest.  There wasn't much fluff, so it turned into a whipped cream eating contest.
Jeremy just wasn't able to keep up with Jason in the contest.  It did make for some good pictures though.

St George 2011

After Christmas, we all headed to St. George for some peace and quiet...
With that many of us, there is never any quiet...

Brandon helped the kids create a race track with a jump to go down the drive.  They played out there for hours.
This was an occurrence every day...
Strike a Pose...
Hudson got constant attention... And loved it...
One day we went to a Jumpin Jack's.
(this is what happens when you blog about it four months later.  I had to google it to remember the name)
If only Hudson had cousins that loved him and paid attention to him.
Corbin loved his Razer.
Like I said, there is not a lot of quiet time, but it sure is fun.  We miss St. George.

Monday, December 26, 2011

Family Christmas Party

Every year my parents have family over for dinner on Christmas Day. 
Things definitely get a little loud, so we send the kids downstairs away from our noise...
Look at this bunch of criminals...
More troublemakers... j/k
We spend most of the time at the table talking to family.
Here is the overflow from the table...
Things are always so serious...
We had to take advantage of the moment.  We had everyone together.
Christmas is always a busy day, but we love it...

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Opening Gifts at Grandma's & Grandpa's

Everyone came over so we could open the presents from my parents.



Oh the excitement and anticipation on everyone's faces...
My parents haven't let us down yet.  We were all spoiled.  
Corbin had to show off his RC Jeep.
We had such a great time.  The only problem was that we were given more stuff than we could take back home with us.  We had to leave some with my parents to bring later.

Sunday Best

The boys looked so cute in their Christmas clothes.
They never stay still or happy long enough for good pictures.
I had to get one of Jeremy in his new suit that he got from his amazing wife...


It isn't too often we get pictures of our family all dressed up...

Christmas Morning

Santa found us at my parents' house.
Amazing how presents we loved as a kid are still loved.(Life Saver book)


Hudson decided to join the group a little later.  There was no use waking him up...
Here are my boys on Christmas Morning.

Corbin loves the movie Cars, so he was way excited to get some toys.
He was elated to open this present.  It was even his favorite color...
This gift made him excited to go to St. George where it would be warm enough to use it.
While Hudson isn't old enough to truly get excited, it is so much fun to see the excitement on Corbin's face on holidays like Christmas.  It just makes things so much fun!!!

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Christmas Eve

We all got together for Christmas Eve at my parents' house.
Hudson got to open his PJ's early since he was going to bed before everyone left.
He loved the jammers, but ended up getting stuck under the end table...
Jeremy and Brandon kept the kids in the living room while my dad read a story he had written.
Jeremy had to sport the shirt that he got at Brandon's as part of the White Elephant exchange.  He was so proud... 
Larry had written a good story...

After the story, all of the kids got to open their pajamas from my parents.
Posing in new pajamas...
Then Corbin opened his pajamas from us.
We love the traditions that have been formed and can't wait to create more...