Ice Skating

So once again we were invited back to the Olympic Oval for their Hollywood movie night. We all got to dress in Star Wars gear and hang out in the lobby visiting with people as they came in to ice skate. After words they invited us to skate. We had an awesome time. They treated us so well and everyone was soooo excited to see us as they walked in.

Helmets in the locker room

Trooper Down!!!

Peace!

I just thought this was sooo funny!

I don't make the rules...I just enforce them.

Ed was a good target to aim at.

Just imagine airport security

It was so hard to see the buttons!

Ready to go skate

Ed learning how to skate

Not to bad!

Logan and his girlfriend

Me and Logan

Twirling

I think James twirls better than I do!

NERF!!!

We had a very Nerf Christmas, my parents gave all the boys these Nerf snipers that are taller than most 5 year olds, and they are awesome the boys love them.

Cannon got a sniper, a sword, and a crossbow for Christmas

Hunter got the big bad Gatling gun and the sniper.

Logan got the sniper for his birthday, but a cool glow in the dark one and a little hand gun

Ready for an all out Nerf war!!!

Christmas Day

Christmas day was crazy but so much fun. We told the boys they could not wake us up before 6 A.M. so at 6 they came and got us. We opened our gifts and had a really good morning, then we went to my grandparents for breakfast and visited and opened gifts. After that we went to Ed's parents and exchanged gifts, and then we went to Ed's brothers to exchange gifts and visited there. Finally we got home and Ed and I took a nap while the boys played with their new toys.

I had to get a picture before the bomb exploaded

The boys in the new pj's waiting to see what Santa brought.

Hunter went straight for the biggest gift, which was a Nerf gun yay for nerf!!!

Cannon opening the gift Hunter and Logan got him, which was Nerf.

The biggest baddest Nerf gun ever!!!

A Star Wars Lego watch.

Steven was not happy it was too early.

Bakugan, bakugan and more Bakugan.

Ed opening his gifts.

I love these things, toy companies make it so easy for you to get the toy out of the box.

Me and Ed at my grandparents, cute!

Hunter and Aiden playing with new Bakugan, and Ashtyn wanting to play but its a 2 player game.

Aiden and Logan with big Christmas smiles.

Grandma opening her gifts.

All the kids waiting for the go ahead to open.

Mmm Christmas scones.

At Ed's parents, after we opened gifts there.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was incredible. We started out our wonderful day by finding a really good Chinese restaurant to take the boys for lunch and that was great. Later on I took Logan to my parents early to open his gifts from them and then I took him to his Aunt Laura's to have a good Christmas Eve with his dad.

Then Ed, Cannon, Hunter, and me went to my parents to have great food with so many wonderful people. Besides my immediate family, Winton and Addie, and the Richards came over. After we ate my brother played a really neat Nativity story on his computer for us, narrated by this little girl, it was so cute. Then we all got to open gifts and it was insane with how many people were there but it was great.

Cannon sporting his new sweater.

Camryn and Vala posing for Bethany and her new camera

I dressed up to, thanks to Jeri I wore this cute dress with heals and all.

Opening gifts

So many kids, so many gifts.

A lunchbox with candy, a Nerf gun, and gift cards. I think Hunter was happy.

Snuggie time, in cool Byu and Utah colors

After my parents the boys came home and opened a gift from me and Ed, which was yes pj's but also a Lego car too.

Birthday

Sunday the 20th was my husbands Birthday and we went to my parents and had a birthday party for him and for Cannon. We had alot of fun and really good cake. Ed got a really nice food processer from my parents, a blue ray dvd, and a new keyboard from me and the boys. Cannon got a target gift card and a dart board, he doesn't get his gift from me and Ed until his actual birthday though.

Mmm German Chocolate cake.

1,2,3 blow out the candles!

Gingerbread House

This year my Grandma and Grandpa Curtis bought us a gingerbread house to do as a family. It was so much fun. We started out the night by having some tasty eggnog and began building our wonderful house. The boys were very inventive on how they wanted the house to look and I think they did a great job working together to make their design work!

The poor Gingerbread man did not run as fast as he can!

My attempts to keep the house standing.

Let it begin

Decorations and silly faces,

and Cannon is smiling on the inside!!!

Final touches.

The finished product

And the grinches who Stole Christmas!

Since last year when we did gingerbread houses we left them on the counter and our dog ate them in the middle of the night, I told the boys they could eat whatever they wanted. I had never heard so many laughs as they sang the grinch song and tore apart the cute little house. Then Logan asked if this means he will be put on the naughty list. Well this was a fun family activity and the boys worked hard to get a good treat in the end. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!