Christmas

On Christmas Eve we all picked our favorite finger food. This was a fun tradition we did when I was a kid for Christmas Eve.
The kids opened new pajamas and there presents from the Grandparents. I was fun for them to open and appreciate the gifts from Grandparents and not have them lost in the pile of gifts the next day.
On Christmas Morning Jay came in at 5:00 and said, "Mom, Santa came but he forgot to eat his Brownie and drink his milk" Another tradition at our house is the kids can look in there stocking and play with the toys in there until the rest of the family wakes up. I didn't want everyone up at 5:00 so this kept Jay semi calm until the everyone trickled there way down the stairs.
Santa spoiled the kids at our house. Jay was SOOOOOO excited about the Kinect. James loved his leap pad and Jakub my sweet boy was just happy Santa remembered to bring him an umbrella. Much to my excitement there came some gifts with cute girl stuff. OH THE JOY OF HAVING A DAUGHTER.
As we ate our Breakfast Cake (our tradition for breakfast on Christmas) I thought about the wonderful blessing it is to have Christmas on the Sabbath Day. It was so nice to dress up my family, attend our church meeting and reflect on our Savior Jesus Christ.
After Church had the Watsons over for Brisket and (Idaho Spud) Cheesy Potatoes.
To work off our big meal we played fruit ninja and wipe out on the xbox.
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. May we all keep the sweet spirit that comes this time of year in our hearts over the coming months.

Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot Chocolate!

We had so much fun on the Christmas train. There was cookies, hot chocolate, elves and even Santa. I keep looking out the window thinking there should be SNOW!

Happy Monday

And Santa Whispered. "Teach the children the true meaning of Christmas."
The Star: A heavenly sign of prophecy fulfilled long, long, ago. The shining hope of mankind.
Red: The first color of Christmas symbolizing the Savior's sacrifice for all.
Fir Tree: Evergreen - The 2nd color of Christmas shows everlasting life. The needles point heaven ward.
The Bell: Rings out to guide lost sheep back to the fold signifying that all are precious in the eyes of the Lord
The Candle: A mirror of starlight reflecting our thanks for the star of Bethlehem.
Gift Bow: Tied as we should all be tied together in bonds of good will forever.
Candy Cane: The shepherd's crook used to bring lambs back into the fold. A reminder that we are all our brother's keeper.
The Wreath: A symbol of the never ending eternal nature of love-having no beginning and no end.
I love when we have a productive and fun FHE. Everyone participated, there was minimal distractions, and yummy hot chocolate.

If John lifts Jess in the air above his head she freaks out. That is not a smile. She is mad.
But she loves to be upside down. I can't believe she is a few days shy of 10 months old.

Aquarium

WE Loved having Grandma and Grandpa visit us!!!!! We took a day trip to Monterey Bay Aquarium on Monday. Before driving back home we stopped at Bubba Gumps some yummy food.

















Now we are fighting the "I miss Grandma and Grandpa" blues. PLEASE COME BACK SOON!!

Disneyland

We drove down to So. Cal on Wednesday. When we got there the rest of our group was in SeaWorld, so we checked in and swam in the pool.

After dinner we had.......
Our favorite treat. ICE CREAM
Aunt Paige made these awesome shirts and water bottles.
What a sweet baby girl.
Me and my boys.
Walking to Disneyland from the motel.
The True Family standing inside Disneyland for the first time. We hope to make many trips back as a family. I actually got tears in my eyes when we walked in to park. What an amazing place to take a family vacation.
Emy was so cute with Jessi.

Uncle Scott had the tea cup flying.
Jay really thought he was going to pull it out.
Grandma and Grandpa with the grandkids. We sure did miss my baby brother and his family. There were 2 grandkids that were not in Disneyland with us.
Taylor and James plan where they want to go next.
Wyatt and Jessi take a bottle break while the rest of us eat lunch.
Jay and Mason enjoyed every minute they had together.
Jess takes a ride in the backpack.


We all went to a Character Breakfast on Friday. Here is the gang with Chef Goofy.



Building your own light-savor was a must for these guys. I'm sure our neighbors at the motel loved the sounds coming from our room.
The boys all loved the Lego store.
And ended up all leaving with a lego set. Toy Story for the twins and star wars for the Johns.