St. George Christmas/New Years Break

St. George for Christmas. 

At Grandma Fox's

 Fun Turley Shirts.

 Kade was given weights by Grandma Fox

 Darcy got a mini sewing machine. I think she likes it.

 The oh so coveted micro machines.

 COUSINS.  

Skate park in Santa Clara

Worth the wait.

        The torture is brutal.  The tradition in our family is to come down to the tree together.  This is the time that kills the kids.  That means that mom and dad have to get up, which they say takes forever and that it is a form of child abuse.

Ben is just plain mean isn't he. 

 I think that it is killing Porter,  I love his face.

 Santa scored, with Porter. Porter got a Rip Stick

 With Kade also.Kade got a Pro Scooter

 This is defiantly the face of a happy kid.  He got a laptop bag.

This captures the day perfect.  The headlight was wore most of the morning.  

 The family got a Basketball Hoop.  Building it was half the fun.

Here is the other half of the fun.

Porter also got a SD card for his phone.  Finally he can take pictures with his phone.  

Twas the night before Christmas

Twas the day before Christmas and all that long day mom was on errands

             while the kids and dad stayed home and did nothing all day.  

When she got home she wanted to play, so to the table she gathered them so, 

they played till time to get ready for bed and watch the nativity show. 

With smiles on their faces and love in their hearts, we all settled in for the movie to start.  

The cartoon is a tradition and is our favorite, 

it is narrated by Andy Grifith and is illustrated just right.

With the love of our savior and the meaning and reason

 the kids opened up the first gift of the season.

Now off to bed

 to try to sleep but stay awake instead.

Ward Christmas Party

This is the only pictures i took of the ward Christmas party that the Primary organized.  Sister Vargas' mother donated the white picket fences which added the perfect touch.  I was not the photographer just the decorator so the pictures are real basic.  But for those who wanted to see what I was doing here it is.  Sister Davis was the real photographer.  See here for the good pictures.  

This was the stage where the bishop read the book "The Mansion"

 This is the Primary first counselors daughter running past the entrance to the party.  

These are the carolers who welcomed our guests as the came through the doors.  

This is the view from the back of the room looking toward the stage. Aren't the light poles perfect.  You can't see them but each of the doors looks like a pop out store front.  It was fun.  Thanks to all those who helped set up, prepared the food, served the food and for cleanup. It turned out amazing.  

 This little cutie stood and watched the carolers sing for a good 5 minutes.  Just like that. She was so cute.  It made the carolers smile.