Christmas time is here

It's Christmas Eve and we are ready for bed!

Christmas morning before the chaos starts.

The first gift of Christmas!
Daddy needs help with that wrapping paper.

He's so excited before he even sees what's inside.

Jayden loves her puppy.

And Carter was shocked his parents got him what he wanted!

Thanks dad!

Out with the old and in with the new.

No way!

A PS5 game...but we don't have a PS5....

Huh?
Mom:  "Oops!  I should have been more careful!  I'm sorry boys!"

Wait!  A controller charger...and a controller?

A PS5!!!

Carter is skilled at his new dart game.

Time for a Christmas hike.

No hike is complete without some goofballs.

Two goofballs.

It looks like a long way down.
Let's lean a little further...

Ahh!  Help!

Can't...hold...on...much...longer!

"Have a piece of pie!
You have a piece of pie, you have a piece of pie, and you have a piece of pie!"

Caleb was a little nervous to go in this cave, so he let the big kids go.

Cool!

Oh no.  We have a tiny gamer.

Nothing says holidays like putting furniture together with the people you love.

Carter gave his first talk in sacrament meeting on the last day of the year.
We've noticed his bag is getting holes in the bottom.
He has brought this bag and his scriptures to church with him every Sunday for about 3 years.

Cousin time!!

Being goofy.

Matchy!
Headed to a local play.

It was a small cast, but they did great!

Stair slide!!

Caleb scratched up under his chin pretty good.
He only felt better when mom was squeezing his head.

Cousins

Cousins

Cousins!
(somehow we missed getting a picture of the two youngest together.)

'Tis the Season

It's time to trim the tree

Found a new buddy.

Made a new buddy.

We are enjoying this escape room advent calendar!

'Tis the season for viral infections.

Caleb wasn't happy about having to stay away from his friends.

Jayden won't wear a coat, or long pants for that matter.
But she always makes sure her fox is nice and warm.

Bounce me higher dad!

Took a Sunday walk near a horse field for this cowgirl.

Caleb was happy to get a free ride.

The rest of us waiting around while the horse whisperer tried to get the horses to come near the fence.

She was successful!
She stood at the fence and sang a song, and they came trotting over to her.

Ew!  Horse breath.

Even Carter enjoyed visiting the horses.

Time to say goodbye.
The horses followed her all the way along the fence until we reached the corner of the field.

Giddy up Daddy!

Got a kick out of this puzzle.
It has 15 missing pieces and 9 duplicate pieces.

The kids found some bike hills at a nearby park.

This boy LOVES taking his bike here.

Even Caleb joined in with his little strider bike.

It's always bad when the kids get bored and there are markers around.

We did a service project with some friends cleaning up a public space.
These kiddos decided it was time for a break.

Cheese!

We got out the old Game Boys at Grammy's house.
Carter loved them.
Caleb was concerned about why the screen was so small.

Proud of his creation.

Ta-da!  We got this stump out of the ground!
(Ok, it was just Grumpy and Daddy.  And the truck)

Took this girl to ride the ponies at the farm.
She only got to ride them 5 times.

Caleb loved his pony.
Two rides were enough for him.

Making a new friend.

Carter thought this goat hanging out in the trough was awesome!

"Look Mom, it still fits!"

Here is is 7 years ago.  He spent a lot of time in this coat.

Primary with Grammy's ward.

They got to be shepherds.

PS--Here are a few pics from Craig's phone from the last few months that we forgot to include in earlier posts.

Learning to waltz in the backyard.
Jayden loved it!
Carter was a good sport :)

Trail riding with Dad.

A fun walk home from church.