Christmas Morning 2012

We had a very early, quiet Christmas morning at home this year.  The kids were overly spoiled, thanks mostly to Aaron.  They were all surprised with gifts they didn't expect.  Ashton recieved a new compound bow, Colten got a new bike (that was overdue since we owed him one for his birthday) and RJ got a box full of Disney Princess dress ups.

School Program

Ashton's annual school Christmas program.  They are singing about peace and liberty in our world.  Yes that is his sister singing ee i ee i o to their song.

He's Home!

My little brother Chris came home from his mission yesterday!  He served 2 years in the philippines.  We're so proud of him and so excited to have him home.

Rudolph Party

My mom threw a darling Rudolph party for the grandkids. They decorated gingerbread houses, had a hot cocoa bar, played musical chairs and best of all a visit from Santa! We had dinner after and cupcakes. The kids had so much fun. Thanks Gram!

 

Pictures

I received a coupon for free pictures at Kiddie Kandids so I decided to take the kids in to get their annual pictures taken.  We are planning on a family session with our friend soon...

The Nutcracker

Reagan has been really into "ballet" lately, so we decided to go to the local ballet school's performance of The Nutcracker at the Egyptian Theater.  She has been talking about it non-stop all week.  My mom and niece CC joined us for a night of fancy fun!

This is the "I hate this cape and I never want to wear it again" face.

 Dancing during intermission - the whole intermission.

Captain America

We're so proud of Aaron!  Ogden Fire Department held their captain testing which included a written test, map test, inbox test (prioritizing 10 different scenarios a captain would deal with in a given day), presentation on a particular problem the fire department needs resolved, and a panel interview with all the chiefs.  They rank the applicants by score and Aaron came out number 1!  There are currently 2 captain positions open so Aaron will be promoted in the new year.  We are so excited for him.

Halloween

We celebrated Halloween at Scott and Carly's this year. Everyone looked so great in all their costumes!

Grammi and Gramps Visit

Grammi and Gramps came for a visit on their way back to California. We had a fun visit, catching up.

 

Grammi brought wonderful surprises for us all.  We listen to our antique wind chimes all day and love them! Ashton's surprise was a new handmade quilt for his bed, great-grammi (to him) quilted the whole thing herself.  It is lovely and warm!

 

You can see his newly decorated room here, complete with his new quilt on his bed.

We were so glad to see Grammi and Gramps and can't wait till next time!

Wheeler Farm Pumpkin Patch

We took the kids to pick pumpkins at Wheeler Farm this year, I've never been there so it was fun to see what it was all about. The kids loved the animals. Rj went crazy over the bunny rabbits.