Christmas

The kids were up by 6:15 a.m. to see what Santa Claus had brought, although poor Megan still didn't feel very well.

Getting ready to head downstairs.



Emily's stash



Megan's stash



Tyler's stash



Megan



Tyler



Emily



Our traditional monkey bread for breakfast with hot chocolate





Getting ready to open all the presents from under the tree



Megan decked out from head to toe with unicorn stuff



We woke up to a white Christmas so Darrell and the kids went sledding


Megan, Tyler, Emily, Darrell









Our neighbor came out and played also so they made a train



Megan



Emily



Tyler



Emily using her EZ Bake oven





Tyler went out and rode his bike (that he got for Christmas a couple years ago.)



Megan tries out her new ice cone machine

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve fell on a Sunday this year, so we attended Sacrament Meeting in the morning.

Megan, Tyler, Emily



We put together some of our traditional winter break snowman puzzle.



We made sugar cookies in the nick of time.  (Tyler, Megan, Emily and Darrell)







We had participated with 3 other families in our family to do the 12 days of Christmas for an elderly couple in our neighborhood.  We all went over to do some caroling Christmas Eve afternoon.



Decorating sugar cookies





Our traditional Christmas Eve dinner by candlelight



A Santa-hat version of the Christmas story

Tyler as Joseph and Megan as Mary



Emily with her camel being a "wiseperson" presenting gifts to Baby Jesus





The kids got to open new jammies before "hanging" their stockings and leaving a treat for Santa.  Megan got unicorn pajamas.  Tyler got Chewbacca jammies and Emily got owl jammies.

No picture--but poor Megan got sick and threw up after going to bed.  

Thanksgiving

We went to Montana for Thanksgiving.

Cousins enjoying the beautiful weather.

Laser Tag





Of course, there was a show or two.  (Emily, Megan and Tyler)







Emily, Olivia and Megan



Free-style dancing for all.



Tyler with a magnetic dart "stuck" to his braces.



Four wheeler ride with Grandpa



Emily, Olivia and Megan



Tyler



Emily



We had a delicious Thanksgiving meal



The place settings



The fam

















Tyler, Emily, Jax, Megan and Chase



We worked off a few calories hiking on Greg and Brooke's property.





Megan and Agnes, Brooke's Persian kitty



We celebrated Hadley's first birthday





We had family pictures taken.  Kimbo and her family (Aubrey, Kyle, Olivia, Kimberly and Sage)



Tansy brought mugs for all of the kids to decorate.



Emily and Megan





Cousins playing together (Emily, Megan, Silas and Samuel)



Megan watching Hadley (with Derek)



Swimming at the Y

Emily, Oliva and Megan



Tyler and Daniel



Acting out a Studio C skit



Cousins having breakfast before church



It was Jonathan's missionary farewell the Sunday after Thanksgiving.  Here are some of his cousins from both sides of the family practicing before church.



Tyler, Megan and Emily with the soon-to-be Elder Leonardson.  He was called to serve in the Florida, Tallahassee Mission.



The luncheon after church.