DECEMBER

I always want a White Christmas and we were fortunate to get a big snowstorm the week before with plenty of cold temps since the first of December.  Two days before Christmas it warmed up to forty-two degrees luckily there was so much snow that we had plenty even with what melted.

The day after our snowstorm we took the grandkids to Thanksgiving point to see the lights and reindeer. It was a noisy but fun time.  We had doughnuts and hot chocolate.

Our Christmas Eve dinner...

 I  made their placemats for coloring and on the back had stickers of the nativity for them to put on.  They really liked that.  I also did it for my primary class.  So I will order those again.

 Megan brought props for our photo shoot...

 I told them we would have a coloring contest and I would give the winner a prize.  So we made 4 different categories and gave them each a dollar bill.

                 Myla, Talon and Ty took part in our Nativity play this year.  Myla is our shepherd.

                                         Ava our angel...

                                            Judson as Joseph...Elsie as Mary

                                    Our three kings - Carter, Talon and Ty...

                                We ended by all singing Silent Night.

 Opening their presents....

                                And on Christmas Eve their new pajamas....

            So they could go home and fall asleep so Santa could come.

 Christmas morning AJ and I got up and went to visit each home so see what they got for Christmas.

                                 Ty is totally into hockey as you can see.

                                  Carter got his Infinity for his xbox.

                                   and Ava got a Barbie dollhouse.

                                Ty ready to be the goalie.

 Now on to Talon and Elsie's.

                                       Elsie's new iPod.

                                               Myla's little kitchen

           Judson also got an iPod but while we were there he was enjoying his dollar store
          stocking stuffer slinky more than anything else.  haha

On Wednesday Christmas day night we went to Temple Square with Court and Krin and then I had Elsie and Ava sleep over and spend the next day here.  Then Thursday night I had Carter and Judson spend the night and stay the next day.

So this ends 2013.  We're excited to see what happens in 2014.....Happy New Year!

NOVEMBER

Krin and I celebrated our birthday's this month. I made a  new recipe called pumpkin pie cake.  I really liked it others not so much. I also make pumpkin chocolate chip cookies for the grandkids.

 Our 35th wedding anniversary fell on a Sunday so we didn't celebrate to much.  We went out to dinner on the Monday after. It has been a wonderful 35 years together.

 It was not our turn for Thanksgiving so when that happens we have everyone over on Wednesday evening for our turkey dinner.

 I always make a coloring placemat for the kids and a favor box.

 We all wrote down things that we were thankful for during 2013 and went around and shared them with everyone.

OCTOBER HAPPENINGS

AJ's HUNT

AJ was able to do something from his bucket list.  He went up to Montana to go bow hunting for an Elk having a guide.  He had a fantastic time, loved every minute and wants to do it again.  Unfortunately, he didn't get anything.  But it still was a most memorable trip.

TY'S BIRTHDAY

Ty turned 3 on Oct. 10th.  We went over to his house to celebrate and see him open his presents.

                                         He loves ice hockey.

TY'S BIRTHDAY FAMILY CELEBRATION 

 Ty is our only October birthday so we celebrated at our house with everyone.

OUR FAMILY PICTURES
We decided it was way beyond time to have a new family picture.  Our last picture taken was eight years ago, when we only had one grandchild and Megan wasn't married yet.  So six more grandchildren and another son-in-law we had a new picture taken this year. And by next year it will be outdated because we will have another grandchild.

                                        AJ and me with all of our grandchildren

HALLOWEEN  

On halloween we went early and visited each family and took pictures of them in their costumes and handed out our candy to them. We started at Cory and Tara's. Here is Ava, Ty and Carter.

 Our next stop was Court and Krins....and we have Elsie and Talon (they look so happy) ha ha

 And last Tyler and Megan's....and we have Judson and Myla. Then we had to hurry home so we could hand out our treats to those that came to our house.