Bowling in the Basement

Charlie got a bowling set for Christmas and it's pretty entertaining.

Christmas Pictures

On Christmas Eve we usually open a present from Mom and Dad and it's usually pajamas. Here's our cool crew modeling their new pjs.

Christmas morning was filled with excitment but we never got a group picture. So, here they are with some of their favorite presents.
Adrian got a BYU football uniform and he was so excited. The good news is he could wear it with pride after the Las Vegas bowl!

Charlie didn't even know what this was when he opened it but it turns out he really loves it. It's a glow-in-the dark, laser-guided, zero-gravity, remote control car. It is way cool and the best thing is that it actually works. It can drive up our walls and it really does follow that little laser pointer.

The girls got cabbage patch dolls with pretty hair that they can style. I think they're adorable and I guess I'm a little sentimental because I know I won't be able to get them dolls for Christmas very much longer. They do love them and Donald has played with them a little himself. It'll be good practice for him with the new baby on the way. We'll have to work on his technique a little since he likes to throw them across the room and slam their noses on the wall for time outs. He's very strict.

Donald mostly got books. In fact every picture we have of him, besides this one, is with books. He really is a book worm but it turns out he is also a TV bug and his favorite movie is Cars. We have had it recorded on our DVR for a long time but now he has his own copy so we can watch it all the way to Virginia. Rebecca got Monsters VS. Aliens and it turns out Donald really likes that movie too.

Dan and I had a great Christmas. We agreed to keep our gifts for each other small because our real Christmas gift is our new van. Dan got me some terrific microfiber socks and they're really warm. He also gave me a couple of kitchen gadgets that will come in very handy. I gave him some headphones for his Ipod and it turns out that the headphones you get when you buy an Ipod really stink. The ones I bought him are awesome. I was listening to them while I was doing the dishes the other night and I could completely tune out my entire family even if they were standing right next to me talking to me. It was awesome. I could never wear them unless there's another adult in the house because I would have no idea what anyone was doing.

I hope everyone else had a Merry Christmas too!

Thanks Uncle Wii

Here's the kids' reaction to their present from Uncle Wii (Craig) and Aunt Rebekah. The actual video is longer, but we had to edit it to fit here, so we picked the best part of the reaction.

There are more pictures that we'll post later, but we wanted to put this up.

Merry Christmas Eve

10 fingers, 1 toe!

She's eleven!! I told her to hold up eleven fingers and this is what she came up with.

Shari picked out a sweater for her birthday and Rebecca liked it so much we went back and got her one for her birthday. They were so cute going to school in matching sweaters!

She also got a bathrobe and she wants to wear it all the time like I wear mine all the time.

Here she is with her 11 candles on her cake. I can't believe it. Did I mention she's 11!!

New Addition

Here is a new addition to our family in preparation for our new addition coming June 24 or thereabouts. We bought it last Friday and it's really great to drive. Most importantly it has 8 seats.

If you're wondering why I didn't take a picture of our actual van let me just tell you it is too cold to stand outside long enough to take a picture.

Santa's Elves

Charlie had a Polar Express day at school where they got to do Christmas stuff all day. This is what he had to show for it.

I love his kindergarten teacher!