CHRISTMAS!

The kids all woke up at a reasonable hour Christmas morning.

We gathered them together for a quick photo and down we went to see if

Santa had visited our house.

Sure enough, Santa had come. Jonah was totally oblivious to what all the

excitement was about ,but seemed to have fun anyway.
Mollie asked for a "pink" Carebear this year.
(I don't really understand why--we have about 20 already that nobody plays with.)
Lillie asked for books. Now that she is learning to read she is obsessed with it.
Annie with some things for her American Girl doll.


Grandma and Grandpa Tidwell's house!

After opening presents at home we got ready and headed to the Tidwell's.
First we all got to talk to Uncle Judd on the phone!
After the telephone made the rounds we enjoyed our favorite meal of rump roast.
After dinner we all gathered together
to witness the chaos of 19 kids all opening their presents at once.
I wish so bad that I had taken a group picture of all the grandchildren, but
in the chaos of the moment, I only managed to get a picture of my own.

Here is Annie. She is not excited at all!

Lillie and Grandma Jill. Lillie still wasn't feeling quite herself.

Miss Mollie waiting patiently for her presents

And Mr. Jonah. (He still has no clue what is going on!)

Fun was had by all! So sad that it is over. Christmas always happens

to end a little faster than I would like.

Christmas Eve

We spent Christmas Eve at the Clayton's house.
We had a yummy dinner and then the kids opened presents.
Jonah loves his new horse from Alisa and Grandma and
Grandpa!

Lillie and Mollie were excited to open their gifts.

Annie and Lillie posing in their Christmas Pajamas.

Poor Lillie had surgery on the 23rd to have her
tonsils and adenoids removed (nice present from

her parents!). She was so good, even though she

was not feeling well and couldn't eat anything!

Grandma Tyra reading The Night Before Christmas to

Lillie and Mollie.

What a happy baby!!

The Bingham Family Christmas Party in Bear Lake.

Mollie and Jonah wanted nothing to do with Santa this year.

Christmas Programs

This year, Adam and I attended three different
Christmas programs. First was Mollie's at Discovery.

Next was Annie's at Bonneville.

Then, last but not least, Lillie's at Highland Park.

She got to play Rudolph!

Jonah was a trooper as we dragged him along to all
three performances.

He even joined in the fun and played Rudolph for a minute!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree!

I went to Mollie's preschool and helped
make candy Christmas Trees. We had so
much fun! Isn't her tree pretty?

Exhausted!

Sometimes eating is EXHAUSTING!

Sometimes trying to get a cute picture of your

girls in their Christmas dresses is EXHAUSTING!

Oh, well. Maybe next year!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

We went to our cabin in Island Park for Thanksgiving
this year.

Below are pictures of our adventures.

SNOW!

The cousins had tons of fun together in the snow.

Isaac and Lillie were quite a pair on the sled.

We have the perfect hill for sledding right outside

our front door. The kids spent hours sledding
and having snowball fights. There really was not

very much snow, but the kids sure made the best
of what there was!

Cutting Trees

Searching for the perfect Christmas Tree!

The kids all found broken branches and claimed
that they were taking them home to put in their

bedroom for their very own Christmas tree.

Mollie had a Thanksgiving Feast at preschool
today. They made cute headbands and
neclaces. She is finally enjoying school. Yipee!

GO UTES!!
Adam and the kids got all dressed up in their
Red and White for the big game on Saturday!

Warm Weather!

Mollie, Jonah, and I celebrated the last of the nice weather
by going to the park a couple of times the last couple weeks.
One time it was even without coats!

Jonah was SOOO happy to get out of the house.