Colby
Tracen
Colby & Jayden
Jayden, Demi & Karen
Cameron
Karen
My handsome man, Tracen
That would be me!!! Grandma sledding!!!
Vance on his super sled!
Mackenzie
Travis...always in the kitchen!
Kaelynn and Makenna...so beautiful!
Kaelynn
Makenna
Out hunting for our tree
Goof offs!
We found our tree!
Papa playing with Tanner
The girls making Christmas Eve dinner
Colson
Jayden decorating the tree
Best buds...Colby and Braden
Singing carols & feeding reindeer
Waiting for the go ahead on Christmas morning
Jayden made Cameron a cool sword
Dad's new knife display box
Christmas dinner
Game night...highly competitive
Mom's new apron...love it!
Grandpa and Colby
Jayden, Dad and Mom
Papa and his girl...Makenna
Shawnte' and Mom working on ornaments
This year we booked the lodge at Camp Zarahemla near Mt. Rainier. We ended up having a "daughter's Christmas" as the boys were spending the holiday elsewhere. It was a magical time being in the mountains with the snow and the grand kids! Christmas eve we went sledding and hiked in a little to pick out our favorite tree. It was my favorite tree of all time as the girls made the ornaments and it was simply decorated. I think the kids had a blast playing together (although poor Vance was sick nearly the entire time). The girls made a scrumptious Christmas Eve dinner ~ pulled pork with tortilla's...yum! After dark, we took the kids outside to sing Christmas carols and spread reindeer food on the snow ~ our tradition with Jayden. Christmas morning we opened gifts. It's always so fun to see creative minds at work. All of our gifts were homemade! I love the dessert plate and apron Shawnte' made for me, and Grandpa got a knife display box from Cameron that is just beautiful! Owen put together a binder of favorite talks and thoughts for Jayden which was so special, especially now that he's preparing for his mission. (They also bought him luggage for his mission...way cool). Travis worked so hard in the kitchen preparing a prime rib dinner that was out of this world! It was just fun being together and living in the moment, although several of us were fighting being sick! Seasonal illnesses can't be controlled~it's so frustrating. Christmas night, after the kids went to bed, the big kids played games and enjoyed our final night together. I'm so grateful we made time to be together. I mustn't forget to mention that we brought Marlee, our Mourning Dove who was in heaven and pretty much stayed connected to Dad the whole time.
