Christmas Celebrations

Christmas Eve Party with Houghton's

The kids singing at the top of their lungs "Rudolph the Red nose Reindeer" before opening their Christmas jammies!

Christmas morning... the kids all slept in the basement this year. I'm not sure if they are going to do that again, they didn't sleep so good and were up way to early:)

Santa left a note!

Look what Santa brought!

I made them all new warm fleece blankets! The kids look forward to having Grandpa and Grandma Vigil over to celebrate Christmas morning with us!

It was a LEGO kind of Christmas!

 We had a WHITE Christmas, it was a beautiful day!

The after math mess! I love it!

We spent the afternoon at Vigil's all the boys got Bronco hat's!

The kids couldn't wait to come home to play with all their new stuff! I love this time of year I love having the kids home from school and just doing our own thing!

The big gift for our family this year was Lagoon season passes. We had the kids go on a scavenger hunt to find clues about what we would be doing. Drake keeps asking me when we are going... oh boy! It's going to be a long few months before the snow melts off the mountains. I hope that we can enjoy spending time together this summer! It really is what life is all about!

As I have pondered on my Savior this time of year I have thought about the life he lived the miracles he performed and the atonement and ultimately his life.... He did this all for ME. I am so thankful to be able to reflect on all I have and for the opportunity to repent each day and try better and it is all because of him! We are so blessed EVERYDAY!

December

We started the month out by going to the Farr West Christmas lighting. Adyson sang in the choir.

 Thanks to Pinterest we found a way to make hot chocolate mix dairy free. YEAH!

Drake drew me this picture of Jesus' birth. Love this boy!

We use to do doggy pile on my Dad all the time when we were little, I had to snap a picture of the grandkids doggy piling with Grandpa.

We spent a Saturday with the Vigil's visiting Snitker Claus and Zwarte Pete. Dutch Santa. Then we went to the Spaghetti Factory for dinner and then to Temple Square to see the lights. It was a great day spent we those I love.

Remuda Rewards had a visitor, Santa came to make sure all the kids were being good. Adyson was the only one that would sit on his lap. Adyson sang in the choir in Ogden.

The kids had fun looking through all the villages.

I often find many pictures like this on my phone, she really likes to take crazy selfies. Love this girl of mine!

 Aunt Tammy always gets the kids a little something and Grandpa acts as Santa to give them away. A fun tradition that we all look forward to.

We had our annual Gingerbread house decorating at our house this year. I made each child a house out of graham crackers. They had fun making their own creations.

Ady switched dance studios this year. She is now dancing at Shaw and is preparing for some competitions this Spring. She did amazing. I loved watching her shine she was so confident and carried herself so gracefully. I love watching her do what she loves!!! Her and Emrie have been practicing at our house every Wednesday. They are pretty serious about it:)

Bryon celebrated his 38th birthday. We are so grateful for him in our lives. He is so much fun to be around they kids love to tackle and tease him. I love how supportive he is of me and how he loves me unconditionally. We are so blessed to have him! Happy Birthday Babe!! We love you!

All of November

I love watching this kid do his thing! He is getting pretty good at archery.

We look forward to Wednesdays so we can play with Boston!

Bryon and Auston spent every chance they could trying to get Auston his deer this year.

We slaughter these poor things...

Broc lost his front tooth!

 Grandma and Grandpa Vigil have the BEST leaves to play in!

Bryon and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary. We spent it in the Ogden Temple, then spent the weekend in Midway and then did our annual shopping! I love him more than ever!

Sunday's have become our nail painting day! Watch out we mean business!

I love it when the kids come home with fun things. Broc brought home his thankful turkey, it was awesome to read all the things that he is thankful for. I sure am thankful for him!

 Rienie is always so good to go downstairs and play with the kids, we are so blessed to have her!

Ady and Emrie sang in the Farr West Choir at the Festival of Trees in Ogden.

The night before Thanksgiving we eat our annual shop for your own food meal. This year was better than last... Auston chose popcorn chicken, Ady- pineapple in a can, Broc- pizza, Drake-ice cream sandwiches.

I am so Thankful for these people, they mean the whole world to me. When I look at them I thank my Heavenly Father for families and for the amazing one that I have been blessed with. Nothing else matters to me.

We spent Thanksgiving day in Idaho, it's always fun to carpool with cousins. Broc and Tyson just realized that they their middle names are their Great Grandpa Phillips name.... Broc "William" and Tyson "Poll". I am also so  thankful for my Grandma and Grandpa Phillips and the legacy of faith and love they left for me.  I was so blessed to be able to spend so much time with them in their home during the summers.  They are moments in my life that I will never forget.