Family pictures!

On a whim one weekend while my sister was here, I had her take some pictures of us so that we would have some to use on Christmas cards.  I thought they turned out pretty good for not really planning anything! I'm hoping that we can take some while we are in Hawaii next month!

Christmas Day

The two older boys were up and ready to go at 7:00. I'm not sure how early they actually had gotten up, but we had told them we could start at 7 and they were waiting patiently in Carson's room for us to come get them. We had to wake Landon up so we could start since we had church at 9:30. The boys got some fun things from Santa! They will have lots to play with the rest of the Christmas break.

Travis checking out his habitat box that he can put bugs, lizards and fish in. He thought it was super cool because it had a light in it to keep creatures warm.

Landon got a new pair of cowboy boots from mom and dad.

Legos!

All three boys got head phones to use on the airplane when we fly to Hawaii. Landon LOVED his and walked around for 2 days with them on listening to music.

Landon and his magformers.

Carson and Travis both got kindles for our trip. They have had fun picking out books and games to put on them.

Carson has been wanting a science kit for a while and Santa finally listened and got him one.

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After we were done opening presents, we had some cinnamon rolls from Grandma Asay and then hurried to get to church so that we could get a seat. We only had sacrament meeting and it was beautiful! It was just under an hour long and was full of music and the spirit. I loved having Christmas on Sunday!

Ready for church in their matching sweaters from Grandpa and Grandma Asay and matching ties.

Heading to church. It was so fun to have it snow on Christmas too. We ended up getting a few inches!

 After church, we came home and changed our clothes and hung out for a bit before we headed to Grandpa and Grandma Asay's house. We had the traditional ham dinner and it was yummy. When most everyone was there (we were missing Michael and his family), we opened gifts.

Landon got a new bow.

Jared got Christian a really cool canvas gallery of a fish he caught this fall. It's really neat and is pretty much true to life size!

Travis and Carson both got walkie talkies from grandpa and grandma.

 After hanging out for a while, we make our way to Powell to celebrate with Grandpa and Grandma Foulger and Jason and Cassie.

The boys helping hand out gifts.

The boys each got rolling suitcases and bathroom bags for our trip.

Landon and his real bow and arrows. He carried around the quiver full of arrows for a full day after he got them.

An ipod!

Carson got a big surprise when he opened a large box to see if full of star wars lego kits! He definitely has his work cut out for him over the break! All he ever told grandma he wanted was legos, so that's what he got!

Landon with his night vision goggles that Jason and Cassie got each of the boys.

 After opening gifts, we had some left over dinner and sat around talking. Before we knew it, it was 9:00 and we decided to head home. Christian had Monday off, and it was nice to just stay at home and enjoy all our Christmas gifts. We had a wonderful Christmas day spent with all of our family!

Christmas Eve 2016

We had a good Christmas Eve this year. We chilled at home (Travis was recovering from what we think was a mild concussion after hitting his head on some snow) until late afternoon and then made our way out to Grandpa and Grandma Asay's house to make gnocchis. This year, we had lots of good help from the older grandkids, so it all went really fast. We ate and then sat around and visited with everyone.

Ready to start rolling gnocchis.

Everyone enjoying some early dinner/late lunch gnocchis! They were delicious/

After we were done at grandma Asay's, we went back to our house and waited for Grandpa and Grandma Foulger to come hang out with us. We enjoyed some little smokies, veggies, meat and cheese and 7 layer dip. The boys were beyond excited to get to open their traditional Christmas Eve gift which is usually new pajamas. This year though, they were in for a surprise. I, had been so excited, myself, for this night...the boys were finally going to find out that they got to go with us to Hawaii in January. We had been keeping it a secret FOREVER and they thought they were going to be staying with Grandma Asay while we were gone. Their reactions were awesome once they figured out what was going one. It took Landon a little longer to catch on because he couldn't read what they puzzle said (they each got a piece of a puzzle that said they were going to Hawaii). They are beyond excited and can't stop talking about what we are going to do when we get there!

The best reactions!

We're still working on Landon being able to make the hang loose sign...

Grandpa got on-line and showed them where we were going to be staying when we were in Hawaii.

The boys did get some new shorts as their pj's so that we could take our annual pj's picture in front of the tree.

When we were done with opening pj's, we played a game of headbandz before the kids went to bed. Mom and dad made it to bed around 12

Christian helping Landon play.

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Here is what we have been up to as of lately:

Wednesday, we had a party and watched the Wyoming Cowboys take on BYU in the poinsettia bowl with some family. It was a fun night of good food and a good game, even if it didn't end in our favor.

Go Cowboys! We moved an extra couch down stairs so everyone would have a comfy place to sit!

 My mom and dad sent me a beautiful Christmas bouquet.

 We got a Christmas card in the mail from my grandparents that had a bunch of old pictures of me in it. The boys had fun looking through them. Landon had a hard time believing that I was ever a little girl!

Travis and Landon going through the pictures.

Thursday was Grandma Foulger's birthday so we headed over for a few hours to spend the day with her. We celebrated her birthday the weekend before while Megan and Jabin were in town by going out to eat and doing presents. The boys decorated a gingerbread house she had and played outside in the snow while we finished up a wreath we bought the stuff for a month ago.

Friday, Travis woke up sick so we layed low. The boys made some Christmas crafts I had bought while in Utah to occupy the day.