Everyone arrived Saturday night. We just ate dinner and chilled that evening. On Sunday morning we went off to church. Nicole and Andrew sang for our Ward. They sounded great. Joshua was ordained after church. It was neat to have so many there to support him.
We got our exercise by using the dance pads.
The kids played outside with the nerf and laser guns as well.
Michael made me this awesome table and two large benches. He is amazing.
We played at the park.
It is so fun to have so many cousins around.
On Christmas Eve we did the Nativity.
The kids looked great and it is great remembering why we are all here.
We played a game where they had to open up a gift that Michael wrapped up really good. They had to open it up with oven mitts. In the end they had to use their hands. I guess Michael is just that good at wrapping.
The kids opened up their new pajamas.
My kids with their cute pjs on.
The whole crew with their pjs on.
Presents for 23 people. 15 of them are kids.
Christmas chaos.
We made them wait until everyone was awake.
Michael handed out the presents and they opened them one by one. It took quite awhile to get to all of them.
We played with the new presents. Pogo sticks are fun.
Leah and Joshua both bot new bikes. The kids played at the creek quite a bit as well. I didn't head down there with them so I don't have pictures, but Grandpa seemed to enjoy exploring with the kids down at the creek. Every day some kid came back wet from falling in.
We played with the all of our gifts and put things together.
The next day a group went downtown and rode the trolley.
They played at the park.
They also visited the art museum.
Later we took the kids to an indoor playground. It was raining outside so it was nice to get them to run around.
They had a great time, but it was little scary driving home in the rain.
Thomas got baptized. We had fun at the church afterwards playing nerf gun war.
No real injuries this time. We shared germs with each other. I feel bad that so many got sick. We just couldn't quite kick the colds before Christmas.
Leah loves hanging with her girl cousins. She is surrounded by so many boys she loves the chances she gets when she hangs with girls.
We love that everyone came. We had a great time! Everyone is welcome anytime!
