Day After Christmas 2013

 I played at the park with the boys in the afternoon.  It was cold but they had fun.

 Dalton was resting on the couch.

 We went for bagels for breakfast.

 Allison loved her muffin.

This is Josh Dalton holding Dalton.  Of course, Dalton was named after him.  Josh was in town visiting his family for Christmas.

I was so sad for Casey, Jenna and family to leave.  I really miss them.

Christmas in Vancouver 2013

 I was so excited for Christmas morning!  Benson was the last to wake up and it was after 9 am.  I could hardly wait!  They started by opening stockings.  Jenna was so sweet to make me a stocking - my favorite things - passion fruit juice and a See's walnut bar which I ate right away!

 Benson was helping open the presents for Dalton.

 Dalton got clothes including BYU pajama pants and a bear in BYU colors.

 Allison loved her new pots and pans.

 Benson was pretty excited with his Ninja Turtle dress-up outfit.

 Weston's gift from Paisley was a big hit!

 A Ninja Turtle!

 Allison got BYU pajamas and other goodies in her box.

 She got two Llama Llama books which she loved.

 Casey was thrilled with the BYU ornament.

 Weston got a BYU blanket.

 Weston was excited with his Lego set.

 And a second Lego set....

 Casey seemed happy with his tools.

 Jenna made the best breakfast casserole - Eggnog French Toast!  Yum!

 Allison playing with her new purse and the contents.

 What a cute smile!

 Benson loved his Lego.

 Benson dressed up as a Ninja Turtle.

 Jenna made an awesome Christmas dinner - ham, roasted broccoli/cauliflower, pomegranate/mandarin orange salad with pomegranate dressing, and rolls.

For dessert she made these adorable snowmen out of ice cream and I made some pumpkin creme brulee.  

We had a wonderful Christmas.  

I am so blessed to have such awesome children that gave me wonderful gifts:

Casey and Jenna gave me (in addition to the goodies in the stocking) a black sweater, the Sunday Soup cookbook, black cardstock and a precious ornament with thumb prints from Weston, Benson, Allison and Dalton!

Jason and Ashley gave me a computer case, lace punch, daisy punch, white cardstock, a card ideas book, and an awesome "grandmother" necklace that I just love!

Nate and Misty gave me the Ephraim's Rescue DVD, some dots for card making, and some cute glass bowls with red lids!

I was so excited by all my gifts.  Many were things I wanted and some were real surprises!  I loved everything and had a wonderful Christmas especially because Casey, Jenna and family were here.

Christmas Eve 2013

 We had a wonderful Christmas eve.  Jenna made delicious corn chowder and bread sticks.  It was so good.  Then she put chocolate glaze on the cream pulls and had them for dessert along with hot chocolate.  It was so festive!  After dinner, Casey showed the kids a video from lds.org and talked to them about the real meaning of Christmas.  It was funny that Benson kept talking about Santa coming no matter how much Casey talked about Jesus.  He was pretty cute.

After the kids went to bed we put the stockings together and finished getting ready for Christmas.

The Great Wolf Lodge (continued more)

The Paw Pass gave the kids some free arcade games.  Allison was so cute.  She knew where the ball needed to go on this one and she took it there.

I think this is air hockey.  Weston and Benson played a game.

Allison was so cute in this little ice cream truck.

Casey helping Weston on the motorcycle ride.

This was a cute game and Benson got lots of tickets with Casey's help.

Jenna and Casey had a little competition.  They both got lots of tickets for all the baskets they made.  The kids got candy after redeeming the tickets.

Benson and Weston - so tired!

Cute Allison - she liked to wake up her brothers.

This was swimming the last day.

Casey was teaching Benson how to swim.

Benson coming down the water slide.

And again - it was so fun!

Weston posing.  I think he was a little cold after coming out of the water park.

Weston loved the snowflakes and wanted me to take a picture of him here.

A cute one of all three

The Paw Pass gave the boys a free candy cup so they were filling up their cups.

They also got free ice cream cones which they enjoyed.

I loved the gingerbread house.  It was so cute.

Casey, Jenna and family in front of the Christmas tree.

Our last picture as we left around noon on Christmas eve.  It was a fun time!  I'm glad we could go.

The Great Wolf Lodge (continued)

 

 The kids looked so cute it was hard not to take too many pictures.

 In front of the Christmas tree

 Hamburgers for dinner

 Allison crawling under the table.  She went from one end to the other, over and over.

 Catching snowflakes with his tongue

 Weston posing.  Benson was not comfortable enough to join him.

 Weston holding Dalton

 Weston making snowflakes

 Do you see Benson's cute wolf ears?

 Weston and Benson made these shirts.

 They designed the back of the shirt themselves.

 Having fun.....

                                                         What a handsome baby!     

 So cute!

The boys got free pillow pets with their Paw Pass.