Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

This year for Christmas Eve we spent the evening with Jay and his family. Jaron helped Mom and Dad make each of the kids a Magnet board for their rooms. They where all excited to get them. My kids have been bugging Jaron for months now to make them one. Well they finally got one. We had a very nice evening. The food was really good too. Too many yummy things to eat and taste.

Also christmas eve, it is tradition we get new Pj's to wait for Santa. Also my parents come and spend the night and spend christmas morning with us. This year Jaron's mom was able to come and join us.

Christmas Morning!!!! Oh the excitement!

Polar Express Night

This year at the Kindergarten, they held a Polar Express day and night. During the day, they wore their PJ'S to school, did activities and talked about trains and recieved their tickets and engineer hats for the polar express ride, that would take place that night. These are some photos from that night. After the trolly ride around town, we went back to the school for Hot Chocolate and cookies and a visit with Santa.

Her is Kenzie and her friend Abby Thornley.

Christmas Traditions

The annual Brower's Christmas party at Mom and Dad's house. It is always good to see everyone and catch up with those you don't see all the time. Mom always fixes a nice dinner, we exchange gifts, and of course Santa has to come and see what all the kids want for christmas.

McKay finally went to tell Santa what he wanted for christmas.... A Cars' Race Track

Kenzie making sure Santa know what Little Pet shops are.....

This year the kids for gifts from one another, they did a candy exchange and the adults did a $5 gift exchange as well.

Later that night we went to the Live Nativity. Every year the different churches around the community put together a family night down at the grove. You get upon a horse drawn wagon and drive through the park. There are different stations, talking about the birth of our Savior. The kids love it and look forward to it every year.

This year we also went to Rexburg, Idaho and saw Jaron's grandma (who will be 100 years old in April). We had such a nice visit. She is still so on the ball with things and remembers things so much better than I ever could. Jaron's mom went with us and it was really nice spending the afternoon with her as well.

McKay of course was on the break down part of the day.... No smiles from him, he wouldn't even look at the camera.

Happy 84th Birthday Dad

This year for my Dad's birthday, the kids and their spouses went out to dinner. It was a night of many laughs and good times.

Kenzie's Christmas Play

Kenzie was a cute little lamb for her Kindergarten Christmas Play. The play centered around the Mother Goose Nursery stories at christmas. Her line said, "Baa Baa, Here I am Mary, Baa Baa"

She did such a good job, and she sang the songs very well. It was cute and fun to watch. One of the most unique things about the play was right in the middle of the play the smoke alarm went off, the kids had to leave and the parents stayed seated. The sad thing was, the computer lab had overheated and set off the smoke alarms... which was right below where the parents were sitting.....

Tis the Season...

Every year it is tradition that the first Monday or Tuesday night(which ever Jaron has off from work), we decorate the tree. The only rule is that everyone has to be in their pj's first. It is so much fun to reminise with each other, while decorating the house. This year we let each of the kids decorate their own tree downstairs, with their own ornaments. They thought that was great. Everytime someone comes to the house they grab them by the hand and haul them downstairs to see (their) tree.... I don't have the bow up on the tree yet in this photo, but it arrived later. I also bought some new ornaments this year, so not only was the kids happy, Mom was happy too.... I just love Traditions...

Hannah Helping with the big tree.
McKay, doing his part...

Cade, helping mom put up the foil garland.....This is the garland Jaron and I bought the first year we were married, so it is a must to be on any tree we decorate....I will always treasure this part of the tree.... We even have ornaments we bought when Jaron and I were on a dance tour to Europe. Oh the memories that this season creates.

Kenzie also helping the the treasured garland...