Christmas Celebration x2

We got to celebrate Christmas a little different this year. An early celebration at home, just the 6 of us. No real tree this year cause we weren't gonna be around much. (We are headed to a reunion in Tuscon after Christmas.) Justin got creative this year and made the kids a pvc pipe ropin' dummy. They loved it! He did a great job. Then, with a fully loaded van we headed to Cedaredge on Christmas Eve. Celebrated with Laura's family and Mom and Dad, our first holiday all together in their new home! Cousins had fun being together opening presents, playing inside and out in the snow and with the horses. 
It was a Merry Christmas!! We are blessed and so thankful we can celebrate our Savior's birth.

A play house that you can color! Kept the kids busy, and Dee Dee too! ;)

Kids in order youngest to oldest. (3, 4, 5, 6, 8, & 10)

School Holiday Programs

It was great fun to see the kids perform with their classes. Alayna got to decorate her own Christmas tree for a fun song. They also did the "reindeer pokey", along with an assortment of other fun traditional Christmas songs. Coltin's 4th  grade class performed in "The Big Chill" all appearing very excited for lots of snow.
Everitt's 2nd grade class performed a version of "The Nutcracker Suite". I just enjoy the music from this and how enthusiastic the kids are.


The video are not very good, but it is what I got!

Corbin helped at home singing and decorating for me!

Christmas Time Fun

All dressed up for church. They actually wanted to cooperate.  I forgot that Corbin's hair cut wasn't fixed yet! Oh well last year a black eye, this year a funny bald spot. He's a such a cute and happy kid, just sometimes too busy for his age (and me.)

 Christmas Eve - Hot Cocoa and Story of Christ's Birth

 Christmas Morning



More Family visits us

I love the holidays. I always enjoy spending time with extended family. It seems to always go so fast. After Christmas we got to see some of Justin's family. We had a fun visit with Landon, Melissa and Austin when they were in Colorado. Corbin and Austin were so cute together.

Then on New Years Eve Justin's parents and sis came for the weekend. It was more Christmas and lots of catching up.

One more Birthday and Of Course Christmas!!

This month Coltin turned 8. The celebrations seemed to be spread out all month. I guess that is what happens when your born near Christmas and you see different family members at different times. I believe he enjoyed the special moment each time.

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Laura and her kids came to Colorado before Christmas. So we all got together in Grand Lake for an early Christmas celebration. Guess this one could be our last. :( It was fun having all the kids together. Papa played Santa and handed out gifts. We spent a few hours out sledding and going for snowmobile rides. We also kept with a fairly recent tradition of helping a local rancher feed his cattle via horse drawn sled. It was cold and fun!

I just love the smiles I got for this picture!!

Here we are celebrating our Christmas at home. Since we didn't get a tree this year I put some lights on an artificial tree in the basement so the kids could sleep together under it on Christmas Eve. I think that might be a new tradition. We also decorated a small table top tree to put a few gifts under. It was a fun simple Christmas.

Merry Christmas