Christmas '16

We had Charlie's kids over for a cousin sleep over on Christmas eve eve. We had quite the party wagon Christmas eve headed to the bowling alley.

Bowling was better this year since the minis are old enough to bowl. James, Lynnlee, and Kaden were completely independent and that was helpful.

My uncle Ken gives out quarters to all the kids. James bought all of his bling from the quarter machines. He thought he looked pretty cool!

I was the highest bowler out of the females and won this cute little snowman.

The minis love Marshall and prefer him over me. At first they were both resting their heads on his shoulder but I didn't get the picture in time.

We are still working on our dinner tradition for Christmas Eve night. This year we went to Cafe Rio. Kaden was really tired and sitting at the opposite end as us. The minis were very energetic. It was an exciting dinner.

We went to the Lowry family party after dinner. Kaden and Sienna sat by all of the other little cousins.

Marshall took these cute pictures of each of them going up to get their present.

The kids opened their Christmas jammies when we got home. They were so excited that they didn't want to hold still. This picture took many takes to get. They wanted our elf, Buddy, to be in the picture too.

I read a book to them while they were in their beds and they said they weren't tired and would have a hard time falling asleep. Luckily they were all asleep minutes later.



 James and Kaden woke up at 7:00 Christmas morning. We always tell them they have to wait until everyone else wakes up. Everyone else woke up at 8:00. I know it won't always be like this so I'm enjoying it for now.
It was so fun to see how excited everyone was when they opened their presents. It was a fun morning. We had cinnamon french toast, bacon, and orange juice for breakfast. Then we had to rush to get ready for church. The kids were all fast getting ready so Marshall took some pictures while I was getting ready.

 Sacrament meeting was nuts. The minis had so much candy before that they were up and down emotionally. Kaden is in a difficult phase for sacrament meeting. Lynnlee had a melt down on the way to church so she was very grumpy. James was the peace maker. I felt crazy after but we took this picture after and miraculously everyone still looks put together.

We went to Heber that afternoon. We had the most delicious smorgasbord. The kids played while the adults visited. It was a nice relaxing holiday. This is the only picture I took that afternoon.