Christmas Morning!! 2010

Well start out the post with Santa...just for fun. This is a couple of many.

Then Presents and Paper

 We got a huge chair full of treats & drinks for Nephi for Christmas!! So fun.  He saw it in a magazine months before & thought it was cool.  Then he saw it at Big 5 and still liked it.  We will use it for our Birthday chair!   

Tiller loved his Race car track

Kamber had a fun day

                                                                                      with paper an toys.

Brogan just liked it ALL!! Even if it wasn't his :)

Tank checked this book out of the school library and kept it for a couple of weeks,

so when Grandma Merritt gave it to him he was so excited!!

Grandma Merritt came to visit...so she had to try out the chair.

Can you tell how big it is??

Kambers 1st Christmas!!

 Nella was in baby doll heaven.  Vian and her kids made these cute snowman presents for the kids!  So creative!!

Nephi and the kids gave me the beautiful

                                                             locket and earrings that I am wearing!

 

Kids all got cute pajamas too!

What a fun Day!!

Thanks Everyone!

Christmas Eve

We started a new tradition in addition to the Nativity play a few years ago. 

On Christmas Eve, right before bed, we have the kids all bring a "Gift" for Jesus,  (all week long they were supposed to think about their most prized possession/ or something of great value to them, and place it in the cradle for Jesus.)  We have a little family devotional and tell each other why we chose the gift before it is given, whether it be a favorite toy, a service, a picture of the family, starting a new habit (or breaking one),  we have had a wide variety which is fun. Then in the morning...the gifts are gone, and have been "given" to Jesus and we hope that they remember their present through out the year.  

 

Our play was small this year with Arrel and Marcia on their mission, & Joe and Holly had a great ski trip to Targhee...Wish I could have gone.   But we carried on with out them with Vian and her kids came over. Nella was the angel, Reina was Mary,  Kamber baby Jesus, Teancum Joseph, Tillman & Gid Shepard's, Sasha all around help and KI took Grandpa's place as the well needed donkey, and Nephi read the Nativity Story. We had yummy food & sang songs,  Still wonderful every year!

Girls Day In!!

 My friend Amy called one day and thought it would be fun to have a Girl party... She has 3 cute girls, the oldest is Nellas age.  So we had Nella and AJ choose 5 friends each and we went all out as you can see...

 We started with yummy snacks,

Girl Movie! Barbi & The NutcrackerSisters (AJ, Brylee, Mckenna)

Group pictures! Fun and Crazy Girls.Fingernail painting

Christmas decoration for moms.

True colors

Freeze Dance

Even Teancum joined us for the girl party!  Well for snacks.

It was a fun but tiring day! We'll have to through a "Boy" party next!  Thanks for all your help Amy.

Odds 'N' Ends

My cute Kamber

Nella Lost her 1st tooth! 

She was so excited and pulled it out herself on the way to Thanksgiving! Not even a tear. 

Didn't know that could happen (Tank sure cried alot) hehe

 For Tillman's preschool, I taught them about gardening and potatoes when it was my turn, so we went to the Miller Farm in Egan, we were able to see more than potatoes, I think they enjoyed it. 

 Each kid got to take home a bag of potatoes too!!!

Harry

 Hermione

Halloween Night

Teancum's school class with Mrs. Hancock

Brogan & I had a fun time building with the space train set.  We used everything!!! 

 I had to work fast before the BIG blue alien came :)

Nella loves art, and is pretty good at it.  She decided to get out a mirror and draw a self portrate!

Rexburg, Idaho Temple

Love you Nephi!

Got to have one of these every once and a while!  Beautiful night on the Snake River!

Nella was dancing one day and Tillman decided to get dressed in his fancy clothes to match her, they started dancing together twirling and all!  It was cute!

 Grandma Merritt wanted to go to the Disney on Ice in SLC so we went down and went with Salley and Harley.  Teancum decided to stay home with Nephi.  He takes him to fun places like McDonald's for kids
meals!  We missed them, but it was a fun trip.
 
Thanks Grandma!  Love you!



Love to quilt!

I decided that for Christmas, I would finish a quilt that I started when I was prego with Nella, pulled it out, looked at it, and thought of the idea that I started with...didn't seem good enough.  So I thought about a new design...so started the Star. I thought about using the pieces that I had cut out with ruler and scissors (before mom gave me my mat & roller... love it)  but it wasn't coming together so with many consultations, it turned into the last picture.  I even was able to use a friends big quilting machine on the rails!  It was alot of fun to put together and I am glad that it is done!  Now on to the next!

Fits perfect on the middle of our King Size bed!

Merry Christmas Nephi!