New popcorn popper

Grandma and Grandpa Boulter sent us an old fashioned popcorn popper for Christmas. My kids were very amazed by it. Garrett asked me if our microwave was broken and that was why we were making popcorn in this new machine. Microwave popcorn is the only thing that he has ever known and so this was all very new to him and the rest of the kids. It was very fun to watch and since then they want to use the new machine and not the microwaveable kind. It is a lot more time consuming to use a popcorn popper and not the microwave. I have to say I like the microwave method better but it is fun from time to time to do it the old fashioned way. What a fun gift. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa.

Garrett's new tool table

Santa brought Garrett and Blake a new tool table. They spend so much time building things it is amazing. Nice call Santa this was a huge hit.

Jack & Buddy's New Ripsticks

Jack and Buddy got a rip stick for Christmas this year. Buddy was good right away because he rides Faith's all the time. Jack struggled and got a little frustrated at first but after a couple hours of trying over and over again he finally got it down. I think it would take me a lot longer than a couple hours. I would need a couple months. Even then I don't know if I would be able to do it. I would probably break my neck and end up in the hospital in traction.

Josie's New Bike

Josie got a new bike this year from Santa. She is still a little hesitant on it because she isn't used to the hand breaks but she loves it anyway. I thought that she did a great job on it.

Christmas Morning

Santa left everything very neat and organized but by the time six kids got to it it was complete chaos. I guess that means that it was a good Christmas. We have been very blessed this year and are so grateful for everything we have. The magic of Christmas is one of my favorite things about having children. There is nothing better than to see their faces light up when they come down on Christmas morning.

Christmas Breakfast

For the bast 7 or 8 years we have had a big Christmas breakfast for all our family and whomever wants to come. Now that we don't live by family we have the Elders serving in our area and close friends come over. This year we had the Elliott's, the Beckers, Elder McGhan, Elder Kimber, Elder Anderson and Elder Carnahan come for breakfast. We had so much food I thought I was going to die. The kids played games with Steven, Crystal and the Elders and all the adults sat around visiting. It was a very casual and layed back morning. Just the way it should be. Hopefully, we can have family come too sometime in the next couple years.

Garrett's Big Surprise

This is the cutest story ever. So, Wes wanted to buy a jar of pickles for a white elephant gift party we went to. We ended up not getting it and apparently Garrett really thought that Wes wanted a jar of pickles. While we were shopping at Sam's Club Garrett saw the bottle of pickles and HAD to buy them for Daddy. He was so pleased with himself. I think that he was more excited to see Wes open his gift than he was to open his open presents. It was soooo cute.