Merry Christmas!

Visits with Santa

The boys have had 3 visits to Santa this year. They first got to see him last Saturday at the Big Horn Co-op grand re-opening in Powell. We visited the newly remodeled store, had some chili and cinnamon rolls, visited Grandpa and Grandma Foulger and then finished off the afternoon with watching some wrestling.

That evening, was the Co-op Christmas party in Greybull. They got to see Santa again and we enjoyed yummy food and good music by a band.

 Wednesday was our ward Christmas party. It was a very nice evening with our ward family. The program was really nice this year and dinner was yummy. Santa made an appearance after dinner and the kids got super good treats!

 

Tuesday, grandma Foulger came over and we had our annual Christmas candy baking day. We spent all day baking and delivering as many as we could. We ended up delivering 18 plates of goodies this year. The boys are always so good about taking them around for me after they get home from school. This year it was super cold, but they got it done!

Starting out our baking with making some caramels. Landon helped when he could!

All our baking!

SNow Day!

Today we woke up to snow and it continued to snow ALL day. We got a little more than 8 inches today that we could measure before the wind started blowing. Christian only went into work for a couple of hours and then came home. When the two bigger boys got home from school, Christian started up the 4-wheeler and hooked a sled to it to pull the boys around. It was SUPER cold (7 degrees) so they only stayed outside for about 30 minutes and then came in for hot chocolate and treats.

We measured before the storm was over and we already had over 7 inches of snow.

Travis and his friend, Rocco riding.

Landon was all smiles at first, but then his face got cold and he didn't want to ride on the sled any more.

Landon, Travis and Carson ready for a ride!

Carson's turn.

Christian tearing it up on the 4-wheeler!

Travis getting a ride.

Rocco, Kenadee, Carson and Landon waiting for their turns.

Travis with a sled full of snow.

They got faces full of snow even wearing sunglasses.

Christian, Rocco, Landon, Travis, Carson and Kenadee enjoying some hot chocolate.

It was so cold that our kitties even had frost on the tips of their whiskers and fur.

Preschool Christmas Program

Wednesday was Landon's preschool Christmas program. I LOVE preschool programs. They are so dang cute!  Landon was pretty serious through the whole program...we could hardly get him to crack a smile! He had one speaking part at the beginning to introduce one of their songs and then he introduced himself but wouldn't share what he liked with the audience. He told me later that he was too embarrassed! He did a great job of singing and doing all the actions, though. .

Saying his part.

After the program was over, we got to enjoy some treats and visit with family and friends

Elementary Christmas program

Monday night was Travis' Christmas program for school. This year, grandma Asay was able to save us seats so we didn't have to wait outside in the freezing cold for ever to get a seat. We had great seats right in the middle. Travis did a great job on his songs and really got into the actions for one of the songs. He's got some pretty sweet moves!

All dressed up for his program

He had the opening speaking part for the program.

It's always so fun to listen to the Christmas programs. It was fun this year to have cousins Kandace and Ian to watch in the program also!

School pictures 2016

We got the boys' school pics back. They turned out pretty cute! I'm sure one lucky momma!

We also got a class picture for Landon! His class is full of characters!

A weekend away!

This last weekend, the boys went one direction to have fun and I went another! I had discovered that plane tickets to Salt Lake were only $150, round trip, so my mom and I decided to make a trip down to see my sister and do some shopping. We left Friday morning super early and got to Salt Lake around 8. We got our rental car and then drove to a couple of stores before heading to Logan where Megan was getting off work at 12. We picked her up, grabbed some lunch and then started shopping. We hit a couple of stores and then met up with Jabin for dinner at Texas Roadhouse.

Saturday morning, we left Logan about 10 and shopped at all our favorite stores down around Farmington and other towns. We didn't get back to Megan's until 11:30 that night. We had so much fun shopping and being together...just the girls. Once we were home, we wrapped some presents that were staying at Megan's house and helped her get a Christmas wreath started. We were able to get lots of Christmas shopping done and were a little worried about how we were going to get everything home in our two suitcases. We managed to get everything home though! I got home with just enough time, Sunday, to change into my church clothes and head to church.

Our pre-shopping picture

On the road!

My mom's bed all full of our shopping bags.

While I was away in Utah, the boys had their own fun. Saturday morning, they headed down to Laramie with Michael and Stetson to watch the Cowboys play San Diego State in the Mountain West Championship football game. They got to Laramie a few hours before the game and grabbed luch first at Corona Village, our favorite place to eat in Laramie. After lunch they went and hung out at the tailgate place where they had bouncy houses and other fun things for kids to do. It was a good way for them to get some exercise after sitting all day. The game was at 5:30, so they bundled up with lots of layers (it was in the 20's during the game) and went to watch the game. It was a close game, but the Cowboys didn't come away with a win. They will get to play in the Poinsettia Bowl, though, later in the month. When the game was over, they drove to Casper to stay the night and left around 8 Sunday morning the come home.

Hanging out before the game while they played.

Heading in to the game.

Michael, Landon, Carson, Stetson, Travis and Christian in their nose bleed seats!