Frontrunner Adventure

The day after Christmas, my Dad and Marnae took the whole family on a fun outing to Gateway Mall to go shopping.

We took the Frontrunner train from Roy to Salt Lake, which was such a fun adventure for all of us. We have never gone on it before.

Dad and Marnae gave us each a bunch of money to go shopping with and set us loose on the mall when we got there.
Once we were done, we met up to have dinner and show each other what we bought! It was so much fun, I wish we were able to spend more time together! Thanks for the fun time guys!

Christmas Day

We spent the afternoon and evening with Doug's family. We opened some great presents from Grandma Caldwell, ate great food and mostly played Guitar Hero with the whole band. It was lots of fun!

I thought it was pretty cute with the kids all lined up like ducklings next to Grandma while she handed out presents. They just love her!

Christmas Morning

We spent the night on Christmas Eve at my Dad's house and woke up Christmas morning to find that Santa had made it with our boys' presents. Carson, Dallin and Drew were up extremely early!

Drew got the red motorcycle he wanted, and Dallin got everything he wanted!

I thought this pic of Drew with his stocking was adorable!

Christmas Eve 2008

Christmas Eve was such an enjoyable time! We spent it at my Mom's house and she always goes the extra mile in making it special. We had some great food, opened some presents, had some of the kids sing, read or play instruments, and even rounded up some costumes to have the kids act out the story of Christ's birth.

Such cute kids....from L to R is: Katie, Matthew, Johnny, Preston, Jackson, Ben, Avery, Drew, Dallin and Aden. Yes, we are male dominated in our family.
Paul, Jared and Lindsey

Doug, Sheldon and Blair messin' around online.

Jared, Michelle and Alisa getting some grub.
The kids had so much fun playing Mary, Joseph, Jesus, the Wise Men, shepherds and angels. They had to take turns with different costumes, it was great!
Looks like they spotted the star....Dallin's face is hilarious! What a fabulous actor he is!
Matthew sharing his musical talents!

Dallin singing us a christmas song.
Drew reading everyone a story.
Grandma had so much fun watching all the kids open their presents and the kids LOVED what they got! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

More Wheelin'

I come home for lunch one day to find Doug playing with Dallin, Drew and some of the neighborhood kids out in the backyard on the four-wheeler. What a great Dad he is!

Banana Bread Anyone?

Here are my cute little delivery boys all bundled up to take our neighbors some hot banana bread. Who wouldn't LOVE opening the door to their sweet little faces? (I guess the sweet bread is a bonus too!)

Our Special Visitor

Before Christmas came, our boys were so excited to find such a special visitor at our front door! This is our new friend, Carl, who works with me. He plays Santa for ward and family parties, so he made an extra little stop one night just for my boys.
Drew was SOOOO serious about telling Santa what he wanted for Christmas as you can see.
Dallin is such a cutie, he loves seeing Santa and enjoys everything about Christmas.....especially all the lights. It was lots of fun and excitement just before bedtime. Thanks Carl!