Christmas Activities - Sorry No Pictures Yet

Christmas has come and gone with a lot of fun activities. Bryant parents came in on Tuesday the 23rd and the party began.

On the 24th - we headed out to the Wolfley's for the Annual Gingerbread house party. Wolfley's. Rockwood's, and Rapiers were there. The Allens got a late start from LA and were not able to make it.

After eating too much at the Wolfley's we went home for a delicious Christmas Eve dinner. Maya fell asleep before dinner and slept all the way until Christmas Morning.

We read Luke 2 and read a story about the Greatest Gift of all that someone had left on our doorstep.

Christmas morning came bright and early at 6am with the usual flurry of activity. Santa was very good to us this year and the kids had a great time playing with their toys.

At 11 am we headed over to the Rapiers and then on to their stake center for a all out Nerf Dart Gun Fight. We decided that we need to be the test group for Nerf and let them know which of their products work and which ones need some work. It was a ton of fun and a grear way to run around. We then went back for a delicious Christmas day dinner with the Rapiers, Allens, and Wolfleys and everyone ate too much as always.

We hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas and now we are looking forward to the New Year and all that it will bring!

Saturday Night Fun with the Halls

On Saturday Night- Drew, Lydia and Timmy came over while their mom and dad had a hot date. They had fun swimming in the hot tub, eating pizza and watched Horton Hears a Who. We had so much fun. You can see by the pictures that everyone loved being in the nice warm hot tub! Let's do it again.

Decorating the Christmas Tree

We decorated the tree last night. I guess it would be better to say that the kids decorated the tree. They were so excited that they did it all by themselves except for a little help from Bryant. As you can see Pepper also got in the mood. If you come over to our home, you will notice that the ornaments are all in one clump. But it doesn't matter - they love it!

One of the reasons why I am a Mom

Yesterday at Church, we were sitting there in sacrament meeting, when all of the sudden Madison got up and went to the front of the Chapel. It was the first time that she was going to bear her testimony in Church. She did a great job and it made my day. Hearing her made me realize how important of a job it is to be a mom and how hearing her bear her sweet simple testimony made everything worth it.

Thanks Madison for setting the example for your parents and brother and sister!!

New Dishwasher

Yesterday we got a new dishwasher! I am so excited of thinking that after the dishwasher runs the dishes will actually be cleaner than when I put them in. Lately if the dishes go in clean, some how they get grit and other stuff one them before they come out.

Bryant was a great plumber with the installation and only had to go to Home Depot once to get a longer water pipe. But it got interesting when he tried to turn back on the water main valve. It was rusted out and so after calling a plumber in our ward, he came over and did a quick fix and got the water turned on. But, the valve rusted out, shot out and hit Bryant in the leg. To make a long story shorter - water came shooting out of the water main valve and as a emergency fix - Bryant tried an as seen on TV product and it actually worked - Mighty Putty - My kids loves this commerical.

The plumber is coming this morning and hopefully everything will be fixed quickly!

Here is a picture of the new dishwasher. Nice and clean!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING from our Turkey Max. We hope that you all have a great turkey day and eat lots of pie. We are so grateful for all of the blessings that we have and hope that you take time today to remember all that you have to be thankful for!

Max and Spin Uno

For Max's Birthday he got Uno Spin. It is a game that our family loves to play. As a matter of fact, each morning Max wakes up and says I'm up for a game of Uno Spin - Anyone else? Most the of the time we all play and have a great time! If anyone is looking for a fun game to play with their family, I would highly recommend this one! We play it every Sunday and amazingly we all win at least one hand!