A house full of fun!!!

Christmas morning came with all 14 of us unwrapping gifts, grandkids all in matching jammies and a super fun day.

Jon loves scrabble and got the Russian edition.

Cali even got some cool gifts!

The boys got into some riding and Julia has decided she wants a dirt bike.  My kid loves to tear it up...scares me silly.

A little Christmas Eve beer pong.

Leaving the reindeer food out.  Mason wanted a trail to his bedroom so they could come lick his face.

Wonder where the finger mustache idea came from???  Finger puppets too!

3rd visit to the emergency room in 2 weeks.  First Ty, then Will with what they thought was strep coming back then on my watch on Thursday (all the visitors went to the street fair in Palm Springs and Eric and I kept the 5 boys at home) Nate ran into our coffee table with his face (actually he and Luke were fighting over a pillow and Nate lost.....) One tooth thru the lip, a very torn up inner lip and one stitch on the outside and he was all better!!! At least I'm up on the other sister in law....she had to take Will for 11 stitches when Jake & Kari were in Italy!!!

Last day of Soccer and visitors

Luke and Mace finished out their first season of soccer a success.  They loved it and had so much fun!!

Ty also had a great time and a great team.  

The boys cousins are here from Minnesota and we have been having fun playing games and I have been corrupting them with annoying orange on youtube. 

Our friend Jon and his girlfriend Melissa came to visit for a few days and Jon gave Lukey some soccer tips.

Having dinner on the first night with all 14 of us.

Eric took the big boys on a hike in a break from the rainy weather we had been having. 

We (successfully I hope) took family pics with all 14 of us out at Indian Canyons Golf Course. 

Last night we got to ride an old school fire truck down Candy Cane lane.  I think everyone really enjoyed it, the adults as much as the kids!

Another break from the rain, some basketball.  I think it is safe to say we are all pretty happy the rain has stopped!!!

Ty's Skatepark 8th Birthday Party

This year Ty chose the Palm Springs skatepark as the location of his party.  It turned out to be a beautiful day and the kids had to much fun.  It was nice spending the outside.

Even the parents got in on the fun trying out their moves.

Some moves a little different than others...

I got some Christmas crafts at Michael's for the smaller kids.

Zoe & Mace

Drew finding a good spot to eat her cake.

Lukey learned how to tic tac and kept wanting to show off his new skills.

I used all of my crafty skills and made a skateboard cake complete with chocolate donut wheels and lots of candy decorations.

Ty and ZachyZolt got Ty a really cool knife at Big 5, Ty has been asking for one and after 5 boundary waters trips we thought it was ok for him to have his own.  Unfortunately, a few hours later Ty and Eric were in the emergency room with 4 stitches for Ty.  He was a brave one, no tears but super upset with himself for not being more careful.  All in all, a super fun birthday!!!

The week....

Ty got math student of the month on Friday, so excited for him.  He's doing so well this year and we are so proud!

Roman had a super cool Star Wars birthday party complete with Jedi training.

I attempted Christmas photos, just ended up using ones from the year...

Our neighborhood had a surprise birthday party for Shirley.

They boys helped me decorate the tree.

We got a gingerbread house from a woman I work with and they had so much fun decorating it (and eating the decorations along the way!)

The complete project.

My parents came over to celebrate Christmas and Ty's birthday and we had a great time opening gifts and had a great dinner!!

Ty and Dean, together at 8 years old.  Today I am having a skateboarding party for them at the skate park.  I have a photo of them at 2 days and 12 days old sitting next to each other...I'll have to put that one up too!

November

Ty had his team pictures and is continuing to enjoy soccer.  He has a great group of kids on his team and he is really getting into it this year. 

Daddy took his 3 boys up to the tram one more time before the snow hit, they always love the tram!

We went camping in the Chocolate Mountains with about 40 people mid November and had so much fun.  It's the middle of no where and the kids love exploring, staying up late and getting dirty!

Emily and Iven came to visit for Thanksgiving and Luke right away assumed his position of being Iven's scotch tape.  He loves Iven!!

We went to my parent's for the day and had some great food and better company.  The desert is so pretty this time of year.

Eric's main job during camping is giving the kids jeep rides, again and again and again!!