This year all the kids and grandkids were here, so we had lots of peeps, and lots of fun. Lexi got here first from BYU, then came Cass, James and Truman from Hawaii; the next day Holli, John and Rhys came from Georgia; the next day after that Hillari, Keith, Sareny, Isaac and Finley came from Arizona, and last came Jake, Liz, Josh and Charlie from Utah.
One of our Christmas traditions is a hike on Christmas Eve day. This year we went out to Valley of Fire for the hike. This is the Hawaiians, Cass, James and Tru.
Hillari, Me and Lexi.
Our hike was slightly less fun that it would have been, because part of it was under water after the rains we had been having. But it was still fun.
Bampa and Rhys.
Keith got in trouble with Grammy for hiking way too high and dangerous with the kiddos. But he claimed he knew what he was doing, and admittedly, no one got hurt. Guess I am just used to Jeff, who would never let our kids hike higher than 6 ft. (that may be a slight exaggeration, but not much!)
Aren't these two so darn cute! (Rhys and Finley)
The annual sugar cookie decorating extravaganza.
Three cute girls.
There were lots of Ranger Rides.
And lots of trips to the park for some fun.
Josh loved the slides.
A rare picture of Rhys smiling! It's not that he doesn't ever smile, just not for the camera.
Even some of the big kids had fun at the park!
Of course there was lots of good food.
Happy kids
Sad kids
Snuggly kids
Lazy kids - just kidding, nobody was really lazy but you gotta kick back once in awhile.
And the best reinactment of the Christmas story ever! Originally there were not this many adults in the production, but the kids started dropping like flies, so the adults had to fill in. As you can see, we had a busy, fun filled holiday. We love our family and friends so much and were so happy they could all be here with us.
8 comments:
i still need to post about christmas. but i love christmas so i have no problem reliving it in february. you got lots of cute pictures of everyone. im glad i got to come down for so long. it was so fun with everyone there.
I love this post of your family. They all looked like they were having fun--except that one of Truman (he sure is cute even with a big cry on.)We think Charles looks alot like his Grandpa Willaby,but much cuter of course!Well,of course all of the kiddos are as cute as they can be. Love to all of you and yours.
Cute pics! You actually got some cute ones that I didn't. I like that one of Tru crying! We had so much fun at Christmas, so like Doozie said, it's fun to relive it in February!
Love all the cute pictures you have of your family. I especially love the one of Ryse and Finley. Adorable grandkids everywhere you look. I loved that you remembered the Christmas crackers this year finally as evidenced in the photo of you in your fun crown!!
OOpps I meant Rhys. Apparently I can't spell worth a darn...sorry Holly.
Thanks for having us at Christmas - it sure was fun! Why is it Christmas already feels like it never happened?
It was a really fun time. Truman does have the cutest little sad face ever! Too bad Isaac had conked out and missed the nativity.
I love these pictures! We had a lot of fun, didn't we. I miss everyone and wish we could all get together more often. Thanks for posting. (Except for the yucky picture of me in my pajamas.)
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