Riding around...

Excuse the mess in the pictures...were were cleaning and making memories!

Jenna LOVES to play with baby Owen.  This is their new favorite way to play.  She puts him in this box, with a toy and pushes her around.  She thinks it is fantastic and so does Owen.  This year for all of their presents, they are getting storage boxes :).  They have played with it nonstop since I got it emptied out. 

So tired...

 This picture is so funny to me because if you knew Owen there is just no way he would stop eating to fall asleep.  This kid LOVES to eat, but he just couldn't handle the crazy night anymore, he had to take a quick nap!  Love him!

More St. Charles pictures...

 When we got home from sledding, we ate our yummy meal of mini hot dogs and fish sticks :)...healthy right?  We broke out the new movie Tangled that Jenna got for Christmas and enjoyed being together as a family with no interruptions!

 The next morning, we played in the snow some more.  A snow-dinosaur was built, more sledding was enjoyed and even a little nest for dinosaur eggs was created.  Lots of memories were made and we cannot wait to go back again!!

In search of snow...

 After our time in Logan, we decided to go over to Bear Lake and enjoy some snow.  We had none in Idaho Falls and the kids wanted to sled and make snowmen, so off to Bear Lake we went.  We had such a great time!  We got there, ate lunch, napped and then went and found a sledding hill. I really don't like the snow much because you do all this work to get ready for it and the kids last for about 10 minutes in it.  Not this time!  We were out there for over an hour, sledding, making snow angels and just having a great time!  Even Owen got to take a ride with Dad!  We tried to get Chiga to go on the sled, but he wasn't into that as much.  Lydia, Jenna and Anthony just loved going down and especially when Dad would push them back up on the sled too!  We certainly got a work out, but it was so much fun!

Christmas at the Guymons...

After church my parents took Lydia with them and we packed up all our stuff and drove down to Logan.  What a FUN time was had by all these little cousins.  The weather was wonderful so the kids got to play outside, including the big kids (parents).  They played football (pictures to come) and had a great time.  We enjoyed acting out the nativity and just talking and laughing together.  I love getting together with family! 

Christmas Dresses...

 We all got ready for church and I had to snap a picture of my cute little girls in their new dresses.  The Christmas program was beautiful!  My parents drove up to hear me sing, Jake's parents came over as well and it ended up being a very spiritual musical filled sacrament meeting!  Love those ones!

Christmas Morning....

The kids had so much fun opening their presents this year.  I just love the magic of Christmas.  After we played with the Santa gifts for awhile, the kids got to open the 3 gifts from us and then one from Grammie and Grandpa Williams.  It was fun to see if I had done well enough to get them excited :).

Anthony got:

To read: Legos book

To wear: A wrestling sweatshirt

To play with: Lego Star Wars for the Wii

Jenna got:

To read: My Little Pony books

To wear: A new dress

To play with: Pink legos

Lydia got:

To read: Strawberry Shortcake books

To wear: A new dress

To play with: Tinkerbell stufted animal

Owen got:

To read: Elmo books

To wear: A cute little outfit

To play with: Tonka truck

Jake got me some slippers since I wore mine out when I had foot surgery, a Book of Mormon study guide and Mario Cart for the Wii.  Jake got to get the badger that he shot earlier this year put into a rug.  

We had such a Merry Christmas and loved every part of it!  After we opened presents, we had our usual breakfast casserole, got ready for church and got to enjoy the Spirit of Christmas at church.  My parents came up, Jake's parents came and I sang in the choir. It was a wonderful Sunday.  After church we packed up and went down to party with the Guymons...more pictures to come from that!!

Christmas Eve....

 Once again, the party was at the Williams.  It is always fun with lots going on.  The kids obviously had a great time playing together...they even made some reindeer food!  The adults had fun playing some games and laughing!  We came home after the party, put out Santa's cookies, reindeer food and some milk and sent the kids to bed. They had played so much they wore themselves right out and went right to sleep!