New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve we stayed home and had a nice night as a family.  Brianna had some friends over that kept us entertained with their fireworks in the backyard!  Jon was on call so he was in and out all night in between all the babies that were being delivered.  We had the traditional sparkling cider and at midnight we all got pans and banged them outside.  We even got Brianna's friends to go out with us with a lid and a wooden spoon to bang with.  (I think they thought we were weird but if you are here at midnight you have to participate in our traditions!)

Surgery For Jack

Jack had been having some problems with his tonsils and ears so we decided to go ahead and have him get ear tubes and have his tonsils removed during the Christmas break.  He did pretty good with the surgery and recovery.  We had a few days that he was pretty miserable with pain but for the most part he did well.

Christmas 2011

We were so excited to have December come so that Brianna could come home and spend a few weeks with us.  We have missed her each day that she has been away to BYU.  We saved some of our Christmas activities so she could do them with us.  Jack had fun having her help him with his gingerbread house.  The kids are never too old to go visit Santa at the mall.  We couldn't get any of them to sit on his lap for the picture!

Grandma Robison came and spent Christmas with us this year.  It was fun to have her here and have her be with our family for the holidays. 

Three of the kids got this toy called "perplexus".  It is a ball that has a maze in it that you have to get a little ball to go thru to the end.  This is pretty much what everyone was doing all day on Christmas with their head down concentrating really hard to try and finish it first!

Jack is our last child to make us the hand poem for our Christmas present.  Of course it couldn't be read without tears from Jon or I.  It is so sad to see our kids growing up so fast!

Another Christmas has come and gone with me being sad to see the season end.  My kids make fun of me each year because I cry when it is all over!  I love the season and having all my kids around me.  We had a wonderful holiday and are so grateful for our Savior, this time of year we have to reflect on his birth and for the many blessings we receive each day.