I declare December 28th FAMILY DAY!

Since we are so rushed around the holidays I declared today Family Day! I made chicken enchiladas, Steve made fudge (the food thing again!) and we played Wii and watched movies! It was nice to just hang out and relax!

I also have proof of our first Wii accident. Zac hit my hand during tennis the first day and boy do I have the bruise to prove it!! Brat!!

December 27th Christmas with Grandma & Grandpa

Today we all met over at Grandma & Grandpa's for Christmas! We had oh so yummy food (again!! do you see a pattern here!) and opened presents! We had a good time hanging out with everyone and seeing each others gifts. Laura and the girls got a Wii also so they brought it and we brought our Guitar Hero and everybody took turns jamming! Fun! Fun! Fun! and after all that wonderful food it was good that we got to work some of it off!

CHRISTMAS DAY!! Santa Came!!

SANTA CAME!! SANTA CAME!!

Was the joyous tune I woke up to. There were gifts and they were so cool looking!! Of course! Zac got some cool new clothes and a warm new sweatshirt he asked for! He got a BSU blanket he wanted and......drum role please...... Santa brought us a Wii!! It was THE gift this year! He was sooooo excited!! We played and played!! He loves tennis (my arm was a burnin'!!) and now we don't have to return the Guitar Hero World Tour!! We have put in quite a few hours....yes I said hours on that too!! In case you didn't know.....SANTA ROCKS!!

Christmas Eve!!

On Christmas Eve we had our usual (if at a different time) Christmas with all the kids. They all 3 get to open their gifts from Mom and Dad and to each other.
I was too involved (and tired) to remember to take a lot of pictures but it we had a great time. Zac got a Chargers jersey he hasn't taken off and everyone got some fun stuff. Kelly got the family a Guitar Hero World Tour! We were soooo excited but he accidentally bought the one for Wii not Playstation so we will have to exchange it after Christmas. But as the pictures show there were 2 big hits to play with!!
Dad bought Zac a new nerf machine gun (cause he doesn't have enough nerf guns!!) and it was flippin' AWESOME!! You should have seen the bullets come flying out! Everyone was ducking and dodging!! But I can't remember did the tag say Zac or Steve?!!?
The other big hit was Cory's gift to Dad. He got him a shocking game. I am sure some of you remember Steve's shocking marker.......this one you both held the handles and the shocks start out soft and get more and more voltage as you go. The first one to let go loses. My family loves this game!! Crazy people!! But it was fun to watch their faces and we all had a great laugh! Hopefully no permenant damage was done!!

After we all played (napped he!he!) and got ready we went to Grandma and Grandpa's for dinner and more fun.
Dinner was wonderful as usual!! How can you go wrong with homemade chili and chicken noodle soup! Yum Yum!! Grandma always has a great spread and we love her for it! It makes it extra special that she goes to so much trouble for us every year! We love you!!
Steve had to bring his new game and everyone thought it was pretty funny.

Grandma got the kids good. She didn't get lists this year so she gave them all coal and told them to do better next year. They were all good sports and apologized (and blamed it on we parents!!) so she brought out the real gifts! Fun was had by all before we headed off for home and getting ready for Santa!

Well everyone else did. My troops and I went to see Christopher and all the rest of the Jewell's for their traditional Christmas Eve party. It was nice to get to see everyone!

December 19th Cory's game!

Cory had his last game before Christmas break!! He is doing great this year! Unfortunately with about 4 minutes left Cory stole the ball and went up for a layup. When he came down he landed on another player. He hurt his ankle and was in so much pain Dustin had to shoot his foul shots for him. He was out a few seconds it seemed (in my mother's perspective!!) and then wanted to go back in. The crowd went crazy!! Yeah Cory!! He went up for a rebound and came down on the other ankle and hurt it even worse!! He had to be helped off the court and it was horribly swollen and did not look pretty!! Since I am so far behind I can tell you that he is off crutches now (probably shouldn't be) and it is still swollen but not as bad and yucky bruises!! He is anxious to get back out there and of course you can't tell Cory anything so I hope it heals soon!!

December 19th School Christmas Party

Zac had his school Christmas party today!! Holy cow!! I was supposed to organize it but talk about dropping the ball! I was not in an organized mood I guess so things were a little crazy! The kids didn't seem to notice (enough chaos and sugar and they have fun!!) so I guess it is all good! Thanks to my dear friends Koli and Debbie and my wonderful husband for being so helpful!!

December 13th Basketball is at an end

Today was Zac's last game of the season!! I am so proud of him and all the boys!! It was great to watch them learn and improve and meet new friends!! I would like to admit that I took the pictures so Steve could have a break and as you will see they are not up to par!! Steve makes it look much easier than it is!
Thanks to everyone who came out to watch. Zac loved knowing you were there for him. It meant a lot!
We also had an end of year party and I took a few shots of the boys with their trophies and Coach Ben!! What a great guy and a fun season!!

December 7th Christmas Tree!!

Well we finally got the Christmas tree up!! For any of you who truly know me you will know that this is late for me. We got it all decorated and the fireplace and all the little knick knacks out.
Cory, Steve and Zac helped me do the outside this year and I just love it. Didn't go over the top this year but it looks great and we have 2 new small balloons to add to my collection!! Yeah!! My husband just shakes his head at me but he says it makes me smile so it is worth the work!! Oh what a good husband!! Gold star for that!! I don't have an outside picture I can find but check back and I will add one soon I hope!!

Zac's Basketball!! December 6th

We had another game!! The boys were just amazing and it was so much fun to watch!! Zac really missed not having a game last week!! Goooo Broncos!!