Annual Wii Bowling Tournament

Every year we are all together we get to compete in the wii bowling tournament. There is the younger group and the adult group. The kids bowl 4 frames and the adults do an entire game. This is about the only exposure to gaming that my children have and it there is a bit of learning curve. Along with a lot of excitement! Whoever wins first gets to choose the first prize and it goes down the line to the loser that gets to choose from whatever is left. I am usually near the bottom. I stink at bowling in real life and in a game!!

Crew would excitedly jump up and down every time and Sawyer had some fancy moves that he liked to bust out. It's pretty entertaining to watch. 

Christmas

Christmas morning everyone was itching to go! Of course my boys were the last to wake up and everyone was waiting on us. We quickly fed our kids some bananas and oatmeal before the big reveal.  There was dancing, singing, and running around the gift "tree." Everyone took turns and reveled in what the other person was gifted.

Sawyer's gifts: masks, a real pocket tool, bungee cords, play tools, and a bruder toy (from grandparents). 

Crew's gifts: lego book, a huge lego set, and a bruder plow attachment (from grandparents).

All of the kids gifted my parents a digital copy of the vhs tapes we could find. Later we found out that not all of them were out. But they were thrilled and loved the gift. We all enjoyed watching old videos throughout the day!

We had sister missionaries join us for our Christmas lunch. They were hilarious and a good addition to the festivities. 

We had to try and sneak Mackenzie into the cousin picture since she didn't want to be in it.

The boys loved their simple gifts of candy, gum, braclets, and t-shirts that were stuffed into their stocking. Neither were very excited about the movies!?

 It was too cute to see Mackenzie's gift to Jake. She made him a video game just like he used to make when he was small. Adorable!

Idaho Snow

We spent four hours outside playing, piling, licking, shoveling, and loving the snow that Idaho has! My boys were completely smitten with their first real snow experience. 

Christmas Eve

My Mom planned a fun evening with the Nativity story, songs, and bingo. I grew up playing bingo during Christmas parties at my Grandma's. It's good to see the tradition carried on! 

It was adorable to watch Alaura sing the chorus to "Angels We Have Heard On High." She sings with full gusto and in was heart warming!

Liam had some reindeer food that he tossed in the snow, we placed out cookies and carrots, and made sure to dog pile Anne before calling it a night.

Christmas Tree Magic

Tonight the boys slept under the tree. It took awhile to calm down, but they loved it!!