Sunday, December 21, 2008

It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

We love this time of year! We have had such a mild and wonderful fall, that we are ready for winter, and we haven't been disappointed. We have about 10 inches of snow outside and are loving it! There's football on tv, yummy treats to no end, hot chocolate, a fire in the fireplace, presents wrapped under the tree and the constant gentle reminder to be more like Christ. How could we not love this season?! Merry Christmas to everyone! Hope it is filled with faith, family, friends and food.


Our ward party had Santa attend. Kyle was the last kid on Santa's lap. It took him that long to stop crying and understand the fact that Santa would give him a treat if he sat on his lap.



Jason asked for Legos.

Sean asked for a 'grippy' football

The boys talked us into a flocked Christmas tree. Jason calls it "plucked". We thought it was a good idea since it doesn't need water, but we've vacuumed up an enormous amount of white stuff and had to change fleece pj's just before bed a few times after playing in the tree. It looks pretty though:) And Riley seems to like it.



Enjoying a last nice fall day on the 4 wheeler and pit bike. (Kyle's on the front of the 4 wheeler, but you can't see him)




Sean and Ben going for a duck hunt.





Jason and Ben going for a duck hunt. (They walked so long and it was cold and snowing. When they stopped for a few minutes, Jason fell asleep sitting up)




Family Home Evening gingerbread house (thanks to Rudy; aka Grandma Heers). The candy lasted until the next day after school.



You can tell Riley has a 2 year old brother. He wakes up from a nap with cars and trucks. He is loved!



6 comments:

Kristin said...

Love the new posts. You have the cutest 4 boys of any Mom I know!!!

What's Cookin?? said...

Don't tell me you let the boys climp the christmas tree too! You are a rockin mom!
Love the last picture of Riley with his sweet little gifts from Kyle!

Don and Amy Bennion said...

Wow, reading this post makes me miss Christmas already! It's a whole year away now! At least we can still have fires and hot chocolate though, right?

I like the plucked tree--very pretty! Riley is looking so big and so cute.

Amy

Kristy said...

Your kids are so stinkin cute! Man, I know that Kyle and Tanner are the same age it's just hard to imagine him so big! I just remeber him being a little boy. He looks like he keeps up with his big bros well! They all look so great. We miss you guys so much! I hope primary is going well. I got called to be Sunbeam teacher...haha. Gotta love it!:)

carlee said...

Thanks for the Christmas card! yea, for getting reunited, I am the worst friend. Love your family and boys, so fun! YOu look great and I love your maternity pics. Darling! we are expecting Aug. 6th!
hopefully another boy. I sent you an invite to my blog so now we can really see what the heck is up with eachother. :)

Lisa said...

I love that you let your kids pick out a tree. I remember growing up I always wanted a flocked tree too!