Christmas was a great day. We all enjoyed it. Especially when Dad finally made it home. Jaron called @ 6:30a.m. from work saying, "I'm not going to make it home. They closed the roads due to blowing and drifting snow". I was so sad. At 7:30 a.m. the kids woke up just as Jaron called back saying,"We are going to try to make it through the roads." So we waited and waited for daddy to get home. We ate cinnamon rolls and sticky buns while we waited. He finally made it home about 9 a.m. Thanks to Stoney's Truck.
Jaron and McKay
Well as you can see, we got our Family Pictures done. Needless to say, we didn't get a one that was perfect. This will have to do for our Christmas cards. From our noses running, our bums getting wet, our hands and feet all wet and cold. I must say, "I'm glad it's over". Hope you enjoy.
We tried to keep the little kids entertained with the Fisher Price Nativity Set. As you can see that didn't work out to well. McKenzie and McKay still found their way into their Dad's lap and helping.
Smile Hannah, because your Mom, looks aweful. What a bad hair day. I am so glad I had her help. I still can't believe she is 10.
Look at my baby. He is even putting up his own ornaments. Every year my Mom buys the kids a new ornament. They usually revolve around something they are interested in, or did, or just something they liked. This is so when they leave the house they have ornament to decorate their tree. They just love to put up all of their ornaments and reminise about each one. I guess I shouldn't complain about how cluttered my tree looked this year, because one day it will be bare. 
They are all still smiling. What a successful Family Home Evening. Amazing. Here is some of our other decorations the Kids helped with.
Jaron's Birthday Face...
Jaron turned the big (35) today. We had a great time, with our friends and family who came to celebrate. We are so very blessed to have such great friends and family. I am so very greatful I have such a fun and energetic husband who puts up with me. I love to party, and he loves to stay home ,so as you can see he humors me. We had about 15 kids and 13 adults present for the occasion. We had lots of food and of course cake and ice cream.
t off, DesiRae and I decided we were going to dress up before we went to Hannah, Cade, Trevor and Kelsie's school. Their teachers had called and asked us to come help with the Halloween Parties they were having. So what a better time to show up and embarass our kids. And boy did we ever. We even dressed up the Van. We had a great time posing as Boise State fans. I haven't had that much fun in a long time. We also had McKenzie and McKay be our little cheerleader and Buster the Bronco, to complete the entourage.
What a awesome night. Every year Hannah's dance teacher (Elvis a.k.a. Ms. Amy) throws a huge Halloween Party. The idea is that you dress up and be ready to dance. Hannah dressed up this year as a old lady. We had a lot of fun putting this costume together. Thanks for halloween stores for the wig, D.I. for the lovely house coat, Cane is from Grandma Kremer, glasses from target $1 line, Knee highs, product of mom's drawer. I just love putting together halloween costumes for cheap.
. I had a scrap n' chat last night so Dad was on his own to carve 4 pumpkins while I scrapbooked. Here is the results. As you can see when they started taking photos it was already dark and cold. But they turned out great. The kids drew and dad cut.
Look at the great results.
we had. Our games were always in Pocatello. But that never stopped Grandpa and Grandma Brower from attenting and rooting for their favorite Stallion. He played Safety, Wide Receiver, and Linebacker. His favorite position was all of them. He, "says". We are so proud of how good he was for his first year. We almost had 2 touch downs. 1 Kick caught.(you can't return the ball), and several sacks and tackles. He is sad the season ended this week, but looking forward to next year. We really lucked out as well, we had 2 of the best coaches you could ask for. They were tough, but had the boys respect. We really appreciated all the time and energy they put into our team this year. They did awesome. They ended the year with a 8-2 season. GO STALLIONS.
Here is to our Dinner and a Movie. We had so much fun. We ate dinner at Texas Roadhouse, and of course had to go see High School Musical 3 on opening night. Hannah and Kelsie wouldn't have it any other way. They had this night planned for way to long. I haven't laughed, drooled, and ahhed like that in a long time.(Zac Efron is hot, to bad he is not 13 years older.) Go Wildcats!!!!
