Summer Finally Gets A Cell Phone

Summer had NO idea she was getting a cell phone. She had been asking for years. She thought she was getting a PSP. As you can tell she was way excited. I don't think I have ever seen her so excited.

Summer's Christmas Hip Hop Christmas Recital

Summer and Samantha!

Wow They look so old here. They are going to be heart breakers when they get older.

Summer is doing Hip Hop with one of her best friends she has grown up with Sam. They did great and looked so cute.

All Aboard tje Polar Express

This is Santas reindeer. The train picked him up to see all the children.

Ringing the bells that Santa gave them.

Santa giving them the bells

This trip was so much fun. We went sledding all day and then got on the Polar Express Train. The replicated the movie. We boarded the train and starting heading toward the North Pole. On the way to the North Pole they served hot chocolate and cookies that Mrs. Claus made. They read the Polar Express book. It was amazing and very magical. Once we got to the North Pole, Santa and Bernard his head Elf were outside waiting. Bernard was checking the naughty and nice list. Santa boarded the train to see all the children. He called out Jake in fromt of everyone and said that he was on the naughty list this year but would give him one more chance to redeem himself. LOL! The kids could not believe it. Santa took time to talk to every child and handed them his magical bell. On the way back to the train station we sang Christmas carols and had a lot of fun. The kids got to sit and Santa lap and talk to Mrs Claus. This was one of the best trips. The kids were so amazing to watch as all the excitement unfolded.

Pit Stop between sledding and Polar Express

All of us!

My beautiful Summer.
Jake and I!

Heather and Mark!

Dalton and Kaylee!! Cute kids.

After sledding we stopped at this little restaraunt to get fueled back up and warmed up with some hot chocolate.

Sledding in Flagstaff!!!

Jake thinking of who he is going to throw the snowball at.

Summer and Dalton having a sibling competition.

Dalton, Mark and Jake! Cute Hats guys!!!

Me!

Jake giving Heather and Kaylee a push!

Dalton, Kaylee and Summer at the end of the sledding. They were tired and cold as you can see! But they had fun!

Summer

The Story of Jesus!

Summer and Dalton were in a play at our church. It was called the story of Jesus. They practiced every Tuesday starting in September. They did really well. The play turned out great and the kids were sooo cute. A big Thanks to Pastor Dan for putting this all together.

O' Christmas Tree O' Christmas Tree

I took some branches from the tree and made a little swag to put our stockings under. (Unfortuantely we don't have a fire place.)

This is the tree with a story. LOL!

Christmas Tree Cutting!!!

Whoo Hoo we found a tree.

I took this picture because soon as we got out of the truck Dalton said this is the one he wanted to cut down for our house. LOL!!! If I had to guess this tree was probably like 40 feet tall.

We decided this year to go up North and cut down a tree. We needed a big one because we have high ceilings. (Thought this would be the cheaper way to do it considering the tags were only $15 and not to mention a good family adventure) We were having a blast hiking thru the forest looking for a perfect tree and also stopping for a couple family photos. After hiking a while we decided to drive further in the woods to see if we could find bigger and better ones. As we are driving we come to a point in the road where a big tree had fallen. Off to the side was basically a quad trail going around the tree. Jake being the adventurist he is says "I can make it". I chickened out and the kids and I got out and stood on the road to watch. Make a long story short Jake got the truck stuck in the snow and almost rolled it. It was on 3 wheels and teetering back and forth. We were stuck and stuck good. We had no service on the cell phones and no one near by. Jake walked down aways to see if we could find help. Of course there wasn't. We ended up getting out after 3 hours of loading the back of the truck with wood to try to balance it and a lot of prayers. On the way home he also got a speeding ticket. So the tree ended up costing us alot more in the end. But hey this is one trip we will never forget. Ahh the memories!!

Tempe Christmas Parade

Summer, Kaylee, and Dalton

Mark and Heather

Heather and I. With Jake making bunny ears. Cute!

This was the kids favorite float!!! They had a live band on it and the kids danced a little.