Hanging at grandpa's and grandma's

 Oliver, Lily and Henry playing with domino's.

 The hot tub is always fun.

 Sledding with the Hays Family.  Caleb and Lily joined them also.

 Roasting marshmallows.

 Lily and Henry jumping on the trampoline.

Oliver with his robot he made for Christmas.  He also designed a track and the robot would follow the design.  Pretty creative kid.  

Sledding in the backyard

 The grand kids love to be pulled on the sleds in the backyard.  Kinsley, Keagan, Holden and Lily.

 They used the 4-wheeler plus the golf cart this year to pull the kids.  The golf cart actually worked really good.  Not so fast and great for the little ones.

 Being outside always makes the kids happy.

Randy started a fire in the stove in the shop and we cooked  s'mores and stayed warm.  What a fun afternoon.  

Sunday

 Sunday morning getting ready for church.  June and grandpa, Lily

 Raquel made the cousins hats.  Lily with Zip

 The Landon Family exchanging gifts with the cousins.

Oliver and Henry in their hats made by Raquel.  

Yurt Dinner at Grand Targhee

 Paul Martin was our driver and cook for the night that we spent doing the Yurt dinner.  It is a great tradition that we like to do when everyone comes for Christmas.

 Riding the wagon to the yurt to have Paul cook us a dutch oven dinner.

Inside the Yurt for dinner.  The Landon Family, the Barney Family, the Hays Family, and Ashley.

 Putting our coats back on to go out side for the ride back.

 All the grand kids.  What a fun time they all had.

Henry got to drive the horses on the way back.  Lily petting the horses.  The kids playing in the snow. 

Hays's arriving for Christmas

 The Hays's arrived really late on Friday night so we waited until Saturday morning to do their Christmas.  Christmas morning all over again.

Great grandpa Landon  (Ira) gave the grand kids each a t-shirt.  These are 4 of the grand kids in their shirts. Oliver, June, Lily and Henry.   

Barney's arriving for Christmas

The Barney's came 2 days after Christmas.  So it was like Christmas morning again.  We exchanged our gifts from each other.  Grand-kids are the best.  Lily loved dancing around in her light up dress.

Christmas Gits

 From Ben and Melanie-  She made this by carding the wool, etc.

 From Jaxon and Raquel- She made these pictures for Christmas and Halloween.

 From Caleb and Hillary-  An original photo from Roberta Boice

From Ashley- An etching of the Rexburg Temple.  

Cross Country Skiing

Christmas Day in the afternoon; Randy, Ashley and I went to the Teton Lakes Golf Course and did some cross country skiing.  It was a beautiful afternoon to be out in the snow.  

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning was Randy and I and Ashley and Zip.  It was very quite and we did not even get up early.  Just a leisurely morning.  I remember the kids always getting up by 5:00 am to open gifts.  

Christmas Eve

 Ashley and Zip came for the Christmas Holiday.  Zip is quite the cat.

 Turkey Dinner and the annual Nativity Play.  We did puppets this year.  Randy read the story and the rest of us held up the puppets at the right time.

Grand kids opening their presents.  Kinsley got a Karaoke player and the kids were singing with it.  

Wade's Breakfast

 On December 24th the Wade Family puts on the best breakfast ever.  Jaxon, Raquel, Kinlsey, Keagan and Holden came out with us.   We saw Nina and some her family there also.

The Wade Family in their red aprons working hard.  

June- 4 Months

June is really growing.  She smiles, rolls over and is such a fun baby.  Her big sister Lily takes good care of her.  

Christmas with the Wades, and Ricks's

Gary and Lalene took us all (Max and Deanna Wade, Nina Ricks, and Randy and I) out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse in Idaho Falls.  They have started that as a tradition to do for our Christmas gift.  We all rode down to Idaho Falls in Max and Deanna's SUV.  What a fun evening to visit and get caught up.  It is great to have family.  

Live Nativity

 The Landon Family went with us to the Live Nativity put on by the Ritchie Family.  It is always a great tradition.  It was even pretty good weather.  Sister Ritchie always has homemade donuts for everyone.

The Ritchie's 4-H group, neighbors, and friends help put on the program each year.  

Keagan and Holden's 6th Birthday

 Holden and Keagan had a great time opening their presents and eating dinner.  Raquel had planned a party with a Fireman theme.

 Keagan plugging his ears while we sang Happy Birthday!!!!

Holden blowing out his candles!!!!!!!!

Bell Ringing for the Salvation Army

The GFWC Rexburg Civic Club took our turn bell ringing for the Salvation Army donation bucket. These are a few of the ladies that participated.  Linda Flamm, Irene Marlowe,  Deanna Wade, Laurie Parker and Judy Hiendel.  We had a good time.

RS # 2 December Meeting

 The RS # 2 Girls met in the Brooklyn Lounge and decorated Gingerbread Cookies.

Some of the girls gingerbread creations.

RS Presidency Fall 2013-  Lara Law (1st Counselor), Jenna Dykman (President), Katie Howell (2nd Counselor), Marissa Stewart (Secretary).  A great group of girls to work with.  

Visiting SLC, The Barney's and Ashley

 Lily, Bear and June.

 We went swimming at the Cottonwood Recreation Center-  The pool was just  the right size for Lily.

 June liked laying in the water.  We wore her out and she fell asleep.

 We went to Hogle Zoo to see the lights.  It was bitter cold but the lights were beautiful.

 Beautiful lights in animal shapes.

The 'Beastro' served hot chocolate afterwards and they had crafts that Lily could do.