A Little of Christmas

My family came up to our house for Christmas, and we all went sledding. Here's me and Kate in the air. She's a pretty fearless sledder, but we weren't really aiming for that jump. I wasn't in control so much, as you can see.


Here's our nativity the Monday before Christmas. Olivia was Mary, Katelyn was an angel/sheep, John was Joseph and a shepherd, Jackson was a wiseman, and I got to be the donkey.
And also a camel, bringing the wiseman from far away in the kitchen.

Here they are ready to come out on Christmas morning to see what they got. Jackson couldn't contain his excitement to sit for a picture. He had just plopped down after running in circles on Olivia's bed.

Thanksgiving

My girls and baby Riley at Grandpa's house.


Mesa temple lights

Katelyn working on turkey craft from Nana.

Olivia said we needed a cornucopia, and no one else signed up to bring it, so it was up to me to provide. (I saw this on someone else's blog once, so I tried it). It looked pretty yummy, but we just looked at it and didn't eat it!

Running on Thanksgiving means you get to eat more.

And now Merry Christmas Eve!

Football Game Party

We had some friends over to watch a BYU game.

Here are some of the fans. They were secretly working on something in Olivia's room, and came out with this sign.

No, the guy in the drawing is not jumproping (as John guessed) - that's his helmet. And they don't always win like they wrote, but they happened to this time, making for some happier dads at the party.