Christmas 2009 Recap

For my loyal followers, I apologize. I haven't fallen of the face of the earth... I just haven't sat down to breath for a few months! So I was totally going to skip Christmas and just do Macee's birthday but for journaling purposes I decided I really needed to do a quick recap... So... this will be a whirlwind but it is worth remembering! So the pictures are going to be in random order because for some reason I am not able to move them around and don't want to take the extra time to figure it out!!! Our friends, the Eyre's, came to Utah this Christmas and we were able to go spend the afternoon with them at a cabin they had stayed at! We hadn't seen these guys (I and the kids anyway) for over 2 years and were so excited to visit.

Poor Willie was the victim of WWE! The thing we shall always remember about that night is the kids waiting and waiting for the go ahead to go downstairs and get in the hot tub. Rachel and I were getting our little guys ready to go down and Mick, Macee and Maddux had headed downstairs. They were not in the hot tub for more than 30 seconds when all power went off... on the ENTIRE mountain! So the kids are freaking out and Rachel and I are trying to calm them down when across the back porch (which was just big glass windows) we see a shadow walking by. For a brief second it was straight out of a horror movie and I'm like, "Rachel, what should we do?" So we yell at the boys and try to tuck the kids behind us or the corner when suddenly..... Dun Dun Dun... the owner knocks on the door. We visited in the dark for awhile longer and then left Willie and Rachel to survive alone in the cabin without heat or light. We did offer our home but fortunately for them, the power did come on a few hours later. Thanks for the memories guys!

This was the ride up to see the Eyre's. Macee sporting her new headphones and playing her new DSi that she got for Christmas.

The boys got their dream cars! Thank goodness we don't have to play with the neighbors pink jeep anymore!!! They were so excited and we did spend much time outside in the cold Christmas morning!

Die Hards!

Happy... yet tired? I actually had to go wake up the kids at 7 am!! What's up with that? I love these kids!

The next few pics are of Christmas Eve with the Madsens. This is Maddux and his cousin Preston putting together their nativities.

And or course, our Macee!

This is Grandma, Mason and Mays doing their nativities.

Little Cameron is twice this size now but I couldn't get over his cute jammies. Look at those feet! He is such a stinking cute little man!

And this is Grandma telling the Nativity Story to the kids. They were very intrigued!!

The next set of pictures are spending the 23rd with my family down in Cleveland. My brother, Clint, had just got this puppy for his little guy Quayd and poor Murphy would not let him go. He was so cute and soft with him but this is honestly how he sat for an hour! He was not happy when Buddy had to leave.

My dad will kill me but oh well.... Family photo in the jammies. So cute huh?

All the kiddos building their gingerbread houses.

Kaitlyn, Mick and Kayden ready to head home after tubing.

Sweet Kaitlyn... It was so great to have her down for the holidays! All the kids were ecstatic and loved spending the short time we had with her! I hope and pray her sister will join us next year!

Another goofy family picture.

I just think this is the cutest pic ever of my Murphy Man!
What is that Grandpa doing? Anyway the kids were hooked up. They would tube down the hill and then Grandpa would come down in the Rhino and pick them up and take them back to the top of the hill!

My brother and Murphy! I was glad he helped us throw this together. The kids had a ball!

My 3 boys! Yes... Murphy is in pink! All these boys and the only size we could find that fit Murphy was pink! He didn't care... he couldn't get back up the hill fast enough. We had such wonderful holidays and feel so blessed to be surrounded by our family! BTW - I loved all the Christmas Cards.... It's my favorite thing ever to get all the cards and see all these cute families!