Christmas 2009

Well, Christmas has come and gone and it was a great time. We started out our Chrimstas celebrations with the Atkinson Christmas Party on the 23rd. We had a good time.




Then on Christmas Eve some of our cousins came to sled with us.


Then that night Andrea and Travis and their family came to our house for Christmas Eve dinner. It was nice. Then we played games.




Then the children all went to bed so quickly and Santa came!! The most exciting time of the year.

Christmas morning was so much fun. Everyone enjoyed what they got. Jacob kept saying, I am going to have to tell Santa thank you. He brought such good stuff.






We have been having a wonderful week, just hanging out and our Dad has been able to only work 1/2 days and play with us as well. It has been a wonderful Christmas.

Piano Recital

This Saturday was our piano recital. It went well. Here is some video of the boys. Here is Jacob playing.
Here is Joshua

Temple Square

Last night we took the kids shopping for Christmas presents for each other. Then we went downtown and ate at Chuck-a-rama and then we went to Temple Square. It was really cool. The kids all really enjoyed it.

Abigail "Star Performer"

Tonight was Abigail's singing performance. SHe did a great job. Here are some pictures and video.

Make a Smilebox greeting

Santa Clause is Coming to Town . . .

Today was our ward's annual Christmas Breakfast and Santa always comes. This year Wyatt could say Santa and new who he was, but when we took him up to Santa he just started to scream. Abigail also was afraid. So Jacob and Joshua were the only ones to sit on his lap.

new Family Picture

So I now have had the worst experience ever taking family pictures. The above picture is the product. The photographer was horrible and didn't know how to work with kids, or glasses (ie., look at Jacob's) and Wyatt was in the worst horrible mood ever!!! All of my kids were super tired and it was a very horrible picture. John has vowed that we will never have another family picture again! (I am sure he will forget and we will get another one next year). So, make sure you get a good photographer when taking your pictures.

Thanksgiving/Relief Society Christmas Party

So last weekend was Thanksgiving and I haven't had a chance to write about it because as soon as we got home, I started working on the Relief Society Christmas Party for our ward.

For Thanksgiving we went up to Kamas to eat with John's parents. It was a lot of fun, and the food was great! We spent the night and then the next morning Vicki, Aunt Pat and I got up at 4:00 a.m. and went over to Park City to the Outlets and Wal-mart for Black Friday. It was fun. I didn't find any great deals though.

Then we left that morning and went to Star Valley to visit my family. It was good food and fun there as well. Then Saturday we came home and got ready for church.

Last night was our Relief Society Christmas Party and we had a dinner and program. It was really neat. Everyone helped and it turned out to be a big success. A big thanks to Bro. Payne who spoke. He did a wonderful job. All the music was wonderful too. It was a really nice night.