Christmas day with Nana and Pappy

On Christmas day we had the two missionaries currently serving in our ward, for supper. Nana and Pappy also joined us for ham balls, sweet potato casserole, pineapple casserole, vegetable blend and honey pan rolls, with Nana's chocolate eclair cake for dessert. YUM! Later in the evening, after the Elders left, Pappy shared a box of Nerds with Kaden.




Nana and Pappy with seven of their fourteen grandchildren!

Kaden's new blanket

A couple of years ago Aunt Bonnie made each of the children a blanket with their name on it. This year she made one for Kaden so he could have a blanket just like his six brothers and sisters.

Kaden rolled and played in his new blanket!

Thanks for the warm keepsake Aunt Bonnie!

Aunt Bonnie's search for clues

Aunt Bonnie always has something unique and clever when it comes to gift giving. This year she thought she was out of ideas, and so decided just to give the children money. After some thought, she put a little twist to the monetary gift by making the children search for clues in order to find their tin full of cash. This might have been her most unique and clever gift yet! Brady reads the clue that started his search.

Each child had their own set of colored clues to follow. What amazed me was, Aunt Bonnie knew their favorite colors, and each clue matched their personalities and individual styles.
One of Ashton's clues was in Nan Nan's shoe!
Another one was up a tree!

Avery
Bryson
Aunt Bonnie helps Kenzie read her clue.

This search for clues was so much fun, and gave us a few good laughs! Thanks Aunt Bonnie! We can't wait to see what you come up with for next year!

What was I thinking?

Brady has wanted a sling shot for years now. I finally gave in and purchased one for Nan Nan to give to him for Christmas. (My mother and my mother-in-law, aka Nan Nan, both give me the money and I do the shopping for them.) It makes me nervous every time he goes outside to use it. What if he breaks a neighbor's window? What if he hits one of the horses in the corral behind our house? What if we have another ice cube-in-the-eye incident, only this time with a rock and a sling shot? What was I thinking? Can you imagine if I would have gotten him what he REALLY wanted? His first request to Santa was a BB gun, or at the very least, an air soft gun. NO WAY! This sling shot is causing me enough anxiety!

Christmas morning

A few pictures of our Christmas Day morning 2007.


Kassie made this shirt for Ashton in her Graphic Arts class. She also made one for herself and Kenzie.
Santa adds to Bryson's nutcracker collection.

This wooden school bus came from Sister Reid. Kaden played with this more than any other toy Christmas day.
Santa adds to Brady's camping/Scouting supplies.

Kassie made this wooden pencil holder for Dale in her Wood Shop class at school.
Brady made this half moon with Dale's help.
Kenzie kept telling me not to buy a 2008 calendar. Once Christmas morning came, I knew why!

Too old for Santa

Apparently most of my children now feel as though they are beyond sitting on Santa's lap. I should have known this day would come, I just didn't expect it so soon! Only Avery, Kenzie and Kaden were willing to sit on Santa's lap when he appeared at our ward Christmas party last Friday night. Last year they all took their turn.

Kaden was not a bit afraid to approach "Ho Ho" and sit on his lap.