V had two things on her to do list while on our Christmas vacation: Play in the snow and build a snowman.
Cousin snow sledding day happened in a bit of a blizzard. Grandma and Aunt Shannon watched the babies at Grandma's house which was such a blessing. They would have been so miserable.
Despite the freezing wet snow the kids had fun.
We took them for hot cocoa and fries to warm up after.
This year we did things a big different. Having R in our house has changed lots of things. Well how we do things. I used to wrap presents and put them under the tree as they came home. Well R, he likes to get into everything. So present sunder the tree was not an option this year. So way up high they went.
Christmas morning I handed the presents to the three big kids to put under the tree. They really liked doing that. I might just start doing it this way every year.
Presents for 7 kinda spills out everywhere.
To keep R from ripping into everyone else's gifts we had him in his high chair. It worked out perfectly.
Monkey slept through most everything. Snug as a bug in the sling.
Regan made me this awesome macaroni star at preschool.
Monkey just wanted to be held and I was busy doing something with one of the other four so Jon attempted to wear her. And he did dishes.
Emily took my bike to get tuned up! Such a lovely surprise. No more squeaking. YEA!
We had Jack'ee, Jason, and his brother over for Christmas dinner. It was super nice to see them.
Right after dinner we loaded the kiddos up and headed to Utah. It was a long night.
Fun shenanigans at the ward party this year. Santa, photo booth, "snowball" fight, nativity story, yummy food….
Waiting in line for Santa.
"Snowball" fight fun.
R and his pal Jade. He loves her.
These two.
The kids got to choose between an angel or stable animal for the primary's Nativity performance. Kaylee was an angel, Regan was a cow, and V was a zebra. The Primary President needed to know what the kids picked, and when I said the V wanted to be a zebra she was more than fine with it. Because why can't there be a zebra at the stable?
All the parents filming the kiddos.
Kaylee singing her lungs out.
Regan flipped out because he wanted to stand by his buddy Gillian and someone beat him to it. So he left the performance to pout about it for a while.
He got over it and joined everyone when they went on stage.
Her closing bow center stage at the end cracked us up.
It was a really fun night out with the kids.