Christmas

Christmas started at 7 am. The twins were up at 6:20, but we made them wait until 7 to open presents. Uncle Charlie tried to stir things up by having the twins yell "Fire!" to wake up everyone else in the house so we could open presents early. Apparently the weren't believable because it did nothing to get Eric and Erin up. Unfortunately, Eric woke up with the same virus Papa had the day before. So he opened a few presents and then went back to bed until we got home from church at 3:30.

It was so much fun to have Grandma, Papa, and Uncle Charlie here for Christmas. Charlie provided much commentary through out the entire day. He keeps me laughing all day long. I am not sure where he got his sense of humor and I don't remember him being this funny when we were kids. But the whole family enjoys having him here. He better come see us next year in Omaha or else our Christmas will be way TOO quiet!

Mount Lemmon Snow

It's nice that within an hour's drive, we have a place to go play in the snow. Papa was sick, but the rest of us, including Uncle Charlie, enjoyed sledding for an hour on Christmas Eve. Then we got too cold and had to head back down the mountain.

Bobcat Badge

Papa's Motorcycle

All the kids, with the exception of Nathan, want to ride on Papa's motorcycle. Unfortunately, there isn't a helmet that fits Zach. But Eric and Erin have each had turns. They loved it.

Manga Bird

Manga is Chinese cartoon with human features like the eyes. Erin drew this Manga bird to look like her real bird, Mikki.

More Baptism Day Pictures

New Scriptures

Brotherly Love

Celebrating at Jason's Deli

Zach being Zach

Decorating Gingerbread House

Zach's wrote his own reverence child talk that he will give today in Sacrament Mtg.

Baptism Day

Yesterday, Nathan and Zachary were baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They have been preparing for this day for 8 years and what a joy it was to see them take that step to follow Jesus Christ and covenant to keep the commandments. I felt the Spirit strongly as it bore witness to me that my boys were making the right decision to be baptized. Grandma and Papa drove all the way from Florida to be here and Grandpa flew from Charlotte, North Carolina. We appreciate their sacrifice to be here with us on this special day. Eric and Erin played the piano while we waited for the boys to change. It was a beautiful day, the best we have had in a couple weeks. So everything was perfect.