New Years Eve

We made a quick trip up to Idaho when we got back from California and went bowling, which the kids loved. Our trip was way too short but so much fun. We had an arm wrestling contest with everyone since it turned out to be a ton of fun when we did it in California. John beat all the brothers on both sides of the family, while I lost to all the sisters on both sides of the family! But I made up for it with my top bowling score;) (My dad did however beat John, but everyone was such a close match it was so funny to watch!) Im sad all of our family time is over, we need more soon.

More Christmas

On Christmas Eve we did a Nativity narrated by Cari for the first time this year, the kids were so cute as mini characters, I have so many memories growing up doing this with my cousins!

We did a pretty low key Christmas this year as far as gifts go, we just really kept it simple, nothing homemade, nothing extravagant, pretty minimal, and it was so nice, no stress:) it was especially fun to watch the kids open their gifts on Christmas morning this year, kids make it so magical.

Phoenix Field

On Christmas Eve we all met at the park, my Dad brought rockets, Josh brought a remote controlled airplane and some slingshot helicopters and Alec brought Bjorn and a frisbee. It was so much fun! We all just hung out and played in the warm winter sun. Vera practiced her walking, the kids chased down the parachutes as they fell from the sky, and the ladies hung out and talked, it was my favorite day.

We had such a fun Christmas!

The day after we arrive in California my parents put us to work on our annual service project. My Dad purchased a portion of an orange orchard's fruit and drove down to Fresno to get the fruit. He brought back 6000 lbs of oranges, tangerines, and lemons that were picked fresh that morning. He had a local company donate boxes and we packaged them all up and delivered them to two local stakes worth of families and people in need, it was super fun. I love citrus this time of year:) We got out my parents juicer and made fresh orange juice and orange rolls on Christmas morning.