Christmas 2010

Christmas card 2010

It is so rare for us to all be together these days

since Kelsie's in St George, and we (and the other

kids) are going a million other directions.

It was so nice to be together!!

Christmas Eve Day

It seems like the holidays get so crazy and commercialized

that we forget what Christmas is about. So Terry just wanted

to get out and go for a ride to spend some time together

without all the distractions. So we loaded up the kids and

went for a ride out to the sand dunes.

Terry took the kids for a hike. It was a beautiful day!

A nice day between rain storm and snowstorm...

Kennedie & Mason built some sand castles.

Coco even had a fun time getting out.

Beautiful view!

Kelsie & Delaney had some friends over. Josh

looked great sporting my belt - it's a good look for him.

Matt is a great addition to our nativity - a

real inspiration. They should just add his picture

to the set, don't you think?

We opened the surprise package from Santa -

pajamas! Imagine that!?

Then we had a delicious dinner of smoked turkey

and all the trimmings and sparkling apple cider.

Kalin & Mason enjoyed their turkey legs -

they should just be pirates.

Of course the night would not be complete without

Kalin & Delaney getting in a food fight. I think

Kalin always ends up on the losing end of the deal.

Kennedie, Kierra, and Mason spent a lot of time

watching the Santa Tracker. We even got out the

globe to follow him along...

Christmas Morning

Even though we slept in till 8 am, our teens still

had a hard time getting up. The little kids were

pretty excited though!! And so were we!!

Delaney was pretty excited about the duct tape she

got from her Aunt Tiffany. ha ha They're always

playing tricks on each other like that.

I realize now that I didn't take very many pictures

of Christmas morning. I guess I was too busy

taking videos... I didn't take pics of Kelsie getting her

iTouch, or Delaney getting the picture of her iTouch

(since hers didn't come in time - bummer).

Or Kalin getting the $$ for his new truck. I also

didn't get pics of the kids opening their gifts that came

in a maze that they had to do to unlock it. he he

Kennedie with some new DS games and her new

chair for her room.

Kierra with her stocking, new Flip camera,

and new chair for her room.

Mason's new bike! It's been so snowy he's hardly

been able to ride it, I guess it's December,

so what did Santa expect?? ha ha

Grandpa & Grandma Blake

That afternoon we drove to St George to visit Terry's

family. We went to church the next day, took family

pics since everyone was there, had a nice dinner, and

played some games.

It was really nice to see everyone!

Mason and cousin Josh (Jackie's son) from Alaska.

They both had glow-in-the-dark shirts on, which of

course is pretty cool when your 7 & 8!

The kids had a fun time.

Jayden, the family princess, was always dressed up

for her public. She is such a doll! And she's always

ready with a smile for pictures.

The whole Blake crew.

Terry with his parents and sisters.

Grandpa & Grandma with the grandkids.

Delaney and Kelsie demonstrating their

"Circle of Love" hug.

I told them to do it again for another pic, and of

course grandpa couldn't resist giving them both

bunny ears! ha ha

When we got back home the girls ventured into

laptop world... they were probably Skyping each other. ha ha

This is how you Skype with two sisters at the same time.

Christmas was a fun day!!

I love spending time with my family - they're the best!