It's Christmas Day! Hip Hip Hooray!!

Kids on Christmas Eve in their new pajamas.. come on boys, give your sister a kiss!

(Karsen's really not up for this!)

Merry Christmas Eve from all of us!

Cambria.. our little DIVA! Strike a pose!

Boys... you'd think Karsen was older in this picture...

Cambria on Christmas Eve.. thanks Papa Kirk & G'ma Sue!

Karsen on Christmas Eve... thanks Papa Kirk & G'ma Sue!

Colten on Christmas Eve... thanks Papa Kirk & G'ma Sue!

Daddy reading T'was the Night Before Christmas.. and that it is!

Cambria must have totally been on Santa's GOOD list!

Colten too!

Christmas morning and Karsen's just begun.. his favorite gift... GAMES & Race Car Track...(it can be made many different ways!

Colten and Karsen open their Santa gift... Laser Tag!! 

"Game On Brother!!"

Cambria with Zoobs.. she saw these on TV and had to have them!

All we really wanted for Christmas!

Cambria was so excited for these... now she can really be Hannah Montana!

Merry Christmas Karsen... you really were a good kid this year!

Merry Christmas Cambria.. you were good too!

Where's Colten's Pic??? he was too busy playing games in the basement to take one..

Christmas is over... the tree is barren!

Karsen had a rough day today.. I wouldn't normally put this in, but it is too funny!!

" Karsen is stekey = stinky "

Cambria playing with her POP BEADS!! Great gift from her brothers!

Dad & Cambria chillin and playing with her dolly that drinks and pee-pee's.. so cute!

NO, this is not a repeat picture...  it happened again!  I am really getting kind of tired of shoveling!!

G'pa Steve & G'ma Ann made it down for a Christmassy visit.. thanks for coming - wish you could have stayed longer!

Merry Christmas

I just thought I'd write a little note and wish everyone who sees this a very Merry Christmas! For, if you read our blog, you are a true friend or relative. We've had a terrific year and have been very blessed! We hope you are enjoying your Holidays as we are! It's so much fun to stay home and just play and relax with the kids! I think they are more stoked than we are about it! We have been having so much fun with our new Christmas gifts and have been playing video games, feeding a dolly, building Zoobs & Legos, racing cars up walls & ceilings, riding skateboards and G5 Ripsticks, making necklaces and bracelets with Pop beads, putting make-up on, reading story Leap Frog Tag books, racing Darda speedway cars, playing an amazing Lazer Tag game (that really works) and much much more! Did I mention playing video games? Even Cambria is playing an Island Princess game on the Wii now.. I must say it is really a true break from school and we are breaking all the rules! SO, from our family to yours, Have a Happy Holiday Season and Happy New Year!  

P.S. We are sending out cards and wrote our family poem as usual.. sorry, it's late - you should be getting them by New Years Day! It's a poem in rhyme you won't want to miss! Maybe I'll post it on here a little laters - don't want to spoil all the fun!!  Merry Christmas!!

Snow! SNOW! SNow! Maybe we have enough NOW!

So, I had to take a bunch of pictures of today's storm... it was absolutely amazing!

We got so so much snow! at least 10 inches!!! SO, here's Brett out shoveling the back patio ... the banks are so high now.. Even Dash doesn't know what to do with the snow this BIG!

My husband is so thoughtful that be invited me out for a shoveling party - mind you that no other female was out shoveling at this time!! I am tough!!

Our house all LIGHTED UP for the HOLIDAYS!  and...

It's still snowing!!!

Just so pretty and look at all that snow.. no, really really... look again!!

So, Can't get out this way....

and can't get out this way.. I think I'll just stay home today!

More and More shoveling.. way to go honey!!

Maybe this year's snow will get him to move somewhere warmer...

We definitely win the longest driveway on the street award and it's all plowed!

Thanks to Brett's finishing touches and a great neighbor who has a snow blower - that's got to fit in the budget next year!!

We hope you enjoyed seeing our snowy day... hopefully we get a break!!

A "Jingle Bell" Christmas from Cambria!

HO! HO! HO! Merry Christmas!

Cambria & Santa Claus

Uscille, Cambria & Carson (her boyfriend @ Pre-school)  SHHhhh, don't tell him!

Just singing a Santa Clause song.. she did a terrific job!

Cambria wishes you all a Very Merry Christmas...

This was taken at her Pre-School Christmas Sing-a long!

It's a SnoWy ChriStmas for Us!

What it looks like at our house!

The snow is permanenlty here!... This is today's fall - Dec 22nd! 

The storm began at 8am this morning and is still falling... It's been a blizzardy day!

Brett's out shovelin right now...I think I'll keep updating! (ha ha)

But, it is ever so pretty!! And to think of what the ski resorts are gettting!!

YaaaHoooooO!

This was a picture of  last weeks storm...

and last but not least, Rigby is still putting up with Cambria.. He was a Princess today!       I have to admit.. it is pretty funny!

Cambria's singing again!

Our girl just loves to sing... now, it's time to play too!

GIngerBread House & SnOw much FuN!

Colten playing in the snow....

Karsen and Cambria enjoying a snowy day...

Karsen is a great Big brother to Cambria... well, sometimes!

and this was one of the 'sometimes'

Our first Gingerbread house attempt... here we go!!

and We Did It!  Way to go kids... they helped put all the candy on!

Christmas Quick Photo Shoot!!!

Christmas pictures...A busy time of year.. so a quick shoot with AUnt Nancy is all you get this year!!

Cambria or should we say "Rudoph's sister" It was a very COLD day!

Brett and his boys... looking good!

Kirstin and Brett... still working it after 11 years!!

the Family shot... it's what we got!

It's snowy & cold... beautiful & white.. but take the picture before we get FROSTBITE!

cute one.....

Mom & Cambria.... Nah... really, does she look like me??

Kids love to ParTy!!

We have really been trying show our kids how important reading is... so, for fun, Brett has been reading the Harry Potter books to the kids every night. They just finished Book Two: Chamber of Secrets! After they finish a book, they get a "party night" with fun, food, and of course the movie! This was their night of fun..... it was great!! and oh so yummy!!

Bet you wish you could have been here too!!

Our little musical diva and singer, Cambria! She loves to sing and now plays the guitar while she sings... (I'm trying to post a video..hopefully it works soon)

Our 2008 oh so tall... Christmas Tree!

Christmas, Christmas time is here! The kids are revved up and ready for a great delivery by Santa Claus.. I just hope he can pull through this year! The kids lists last year were 5-6 things, but this year's were very long - Colten's especially! Does he have it figured out?? We don't think so , but what 7 year old asks for an iPhone for Christmas, 5 Wii and PS3 games, ski stuff, Webkins,.. the list goes on and on?

It's Beginning to look a lot like CHriStmAs!

Again, we had our annual Christmas tree hunt & found the tallest one we could bring home on top of the car! I never knew our mini-van would come in ever so handy. I still have no clue why up to this day people make fun of mini-vans... they are just so cool!

Cambria always wanting to climb to the top of the tree.... she did this over and over! She has no fear! -  I get scared standing on the top of the ladder putting on my angel ornaments; maybe the fear just comes with age!

"Our stockings are hung by the chimney with care.." My mom made all these of course (after I picked them out). I grew up with these stockings and am absolutely happy to have them for our family! Thanks mom!! They look amazing!! (these took a few years to complete)

A home voted "the Griswalds' of our neighborhood. Brett & I were in charge of a movie for our ward party and I have to say that "we rocked"! It took a lot of time videoing, editing and producing, but it was absolutely hysterical!

Thanksgiving in Cali

It was finally time to go spend Thanksgiving with my family in California!  It seemed like forever since we had been there. We had a great time and saw lots of family! The cousins love playing together and it gets harder and harder to leave each time we go because they have such an amazing time! Here is my brother, Kasey & his family with our grandparents, G'pa Bill & Charlotte.

Girls taking it easy after the big Thanksgiving dinner! Aunt Sarah, Cambria, cousin Sierra and Aunt Teresa! Just so cozy!

Our family with my grandparents, G'pa Bill (my mom's dad) & Charlotte - And my Uncle Bryan!

Our family with my grandparents, G'pa Cal (my dad's dad) and Lorene!

Cousins.. growing up! Wish we lived closer! Can't wait to see you again soon!

Colten, Kaden, Sierra, Karsen, Cambria & Blake

The whole gang.... thanks for an awesome Thanksgiving!

Colten's final PG League Basketball game

Colten and basketball buddy, Conner enjoying their last game of Pleasant Grove Basketball. They are excited to play in the Cedar Hills Basketball league starting soon.... Good Luck boyz!