Friday, January 20, 2012

OUR "FIESTA" CHRISTMAS PARTY!

WE ALL LOVE MEXICAN FOOD, SO WE PLANNED A BIG FIESTA. WHEN IT WAS TIME TO START COOKING WE DECIDED GOING OUT WOULD BE A BETTER IDEA. WE HOPPED IN THE CAR AND HAD GREAT MEXICAN FOOD OUT. (GREAT PLAN) WE CAME BACK HOME AND STARTED WITH ALL OF THE FUN GAMES THAT SARAH HAD PLANNED. SHE IS A PARTY GIRL.

WE CONVINCED JUSTIN AND HEATH TO STAND ON CHAIRS AND HOLD THE PINATA ON A BIG ROPE.
MAKINLEY TOOK A GOOD SWING!
THEN KAMDON AND TYDON
TAYLEE TOOK A WILD SWING...

MAELEY TRIED PULLING THE STRINGS TO GET THE CANDY OUT.
BUT KYLER HAD TO KEEP SWINGING. IT EVENTUALLY BROKE OPEN AND THE KIDS LOVED ALL THE TREATS INSIDE.

THE NEXT GAME WAS FOR THE ADULTS. THEY HAD TO DRAW A CHRISTMAS PICTURE WITH THE PLATE ON THEIR HEAD FOLLOWING SARAH'S INSTRUCTIONS. MAKINLEY WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE IDEA OF DRAWING WITHOUT LOOKING.

CAN YOU FEEL THE CONCENTRATION GOING ON.
EVEN MIKE WAS TRYING HIS DRAWING SKILLS.
AMBER AND JUSTIN CONCENTRATING. IT WAS FUN TO SEE HOW WELL THEY ACTUALLY DID WITH THEIR DRAWINGS.
THE NEXT GAME INVOLVED OPENING GIFTS WITH GLOVES ON YOUR HANDS.
KAMDON DOING PRETTY WELL WITH THE GLOVES
AFTER KAMDON GOT THE FIRST PRESENT OPEN THEIR WAS ANOTHER WRAPPED BOX SO TAYLEE WENT TO WORK GETTING IT UNWRAPPED.
NOW MAELEY IS TRYING
KYLER AND KAMDON WORKING TOGETHER
THEY FINALLY GOT ALL THE BOXES OPENED AND THE GIFT INSIDE WAS NONE OTHER THAN A RUDOLPH NOSE FOR EACH OF THEM.
KYLER
MAKINLEY
MAE
TYDON AND MAKINLEY
KAMDON

ALL THE REINDEER TOGETHER AND THE BEST RUDOLPH OF ALL....UNCLE HEATH!

SOMEWHERE PUNCHING BALLOONS BECAME PART OF THE PARTY!
HOPEFULLY CHAD DOESN'T BLOW UP. THOSE BALLOONS WERE TOUGH.

PIN THE NOSE ON RUDOLPH!
AND THEN SHOOTING MARSH MELLOWS


AT THE HOLE IN THE WREATH... OR UNCLE HEATH... WHICH EVER WAS EASIEST.
IT WAS A GREAT PARTY, THE KIDS HAD NEW PAJAMAS TO PUT ON AND THEY WERE UP AND GOING FOR AWHILE. AND OF COURSE WE HAD LOTS OF DIPS AND CHIPS!!

Monday, January 9, 2012

WE BUILT A VILLAGE

ONE AFTERNOON WE BUILT A GINGERBREAD VILLAGE. EACH CHILD HAD THEIR OWN HOUSE TO BUILD. TYDON WORKING HARD ON HIS ROOF.
MAKINLEY AND TAYLEE WORKED HARD TO CREATE SUCH CUTE HOUSES.
SARAH HELPING MAELEY, MAKINLEY AND TAYLEE WITH SOME DETAILS.
EMILY AND KYLER
MAELEY WITH HER HOUSE.
MAKINLEY WITH PART OF HER HOUSE COMPLETED.
TAYLEE'S FINISHED COTTAGE.
TYDON AND HIS HOUSE WITH CANDY CANE ARCHES.
KYLER WITH HIS NAME ON HIS HOUSE.
HANDSOME KAMDON. HE LIKED USING STAR BURSTS. AND HE HAS A K ON HIS HOUSE FOR "KAMDON".
THE KIDS ALL LOVED THEIR HOUSES AND THEY WORKED LONG AND HARD ON THEM. WE HAD QUITE THE VILLAGE!