Chuckie Cheese

We had the opportunity to go to Chuckie Cheese with my Aunt and Uncle and their family and Ryan's friend Aaron and his family came too!  I think we were there for about three and half hours total so that says enough right there.  

McDonalds

I have to say I have never had this much fun getting ice cream cones.  While in Arizona we had the opportunity to go to Pita Jungle for lunch and brought my two cousins Jace and Halle with us.  I had never been to Pita Jungle, but it was soo yummy!  Afterwards we stopped at McDonalds for and ice cream cone.  They had an awesome play area and the kids including Ryan played for about and hour and a half.  They had so much fun they didn't want to leave and everyone was asking us if all of the kids were ours.  I would gladly claim Jace and Halle, they are truly the sweetest kids!

Zoolights

We had a great time going to the Zoolights at the Phoenix Zoo with my side of the family.  We spent the whole day with my Dad, Heather and Johnathan playing at the park and bowling and then even had lunch with my grandparents.  Afterward we met up with Grandma Debbie and Aunt Jessica for a blast at the Zoolights.  The kids loved the camels and the stingrays!

Merry Christmas!

Just wanted to say Hi and wish everyone a Merry Christmas.  We had a great Christmas and I will post pictures when I get back from our trip to Arizona this week.  Also, have a Happy New Year!

Christmas Day

Here is some picture from Christmas Day.  We started out the day at home and then went to Grammy and Papa's for some family time and played lots of games.  We got Disney Bingo and Hullabaloo for Christmas.

Christmas Festivities

Herer are some pictures from our festivities Chritmas Eve.  We all went caroling as a family and then opened one present each.  All the grandkids got matching Christmas jammies!

Mema and the kids made gingerbread cookies for Santa!

Alissa's School Christmas Party

Here are a few pictures from Alissa's school Christmas Party.  It snowed that day so they got to go out and play in the snow.  The top picture is Alissa's very good friend Sky and her Mom.  Alissa wanted to dress up for her special day in the dress her Grandma Debbie gave her in Vegas.

Our Christmas Tree

You can not see the lights very well due to my camera but they are on! The top picture is our Christmas countdown with little ornaments to hang, the kids love this new tradition.  My mom's friend Cindy gave it to us which was so sweet of her because they sure appreciate it.   As, for the Christmas tree I LOVE that the ornaments change places about ten times a day and that even Taft loves to play under the tree.  The kids have even started wrapping pretend presents for each other and then they open them up.  This is also where we play the story of Christ's birth several times a day and use the Christmas Tree Star as the star of Bethlehem.  I am so glad that Christmas is here and that we can celebrate the wonderful season of our Savior's birth.  If you are interested in a great Christmas program check out this website, it is LDS but the teaching are for all Christians alike, http://www.lds.org/library/display/0,4945,8450-1-4729-1,00.html.  MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

It Snowed!

We got about four inches of snow yesterday and the kids all had the opportunity to go out play in the snow.  The sun is out today and it has almost all melted but they sure had a blast.  If they were not getting sick I would have let them play longer.  Taft as you can see does not like to get wet or cold and as the cold started sinking in he was so upset.  I am so glad we had the chance to see snow this year and hopefully it will come again so we can make a snow man with healthy kids.