Christmas 2022 with Mom and Dad here!

Charlie's activity days making sugar cookies for some people in the ward.

A happy recipient!

Oranges.

Mom and Dad brought their nativity for Christmas:)

Reading Paul's old Christmas poems/stories he writes every year.

A little boy in Santa socks watching a Christmas cartoon.

Helping make sweet and sour chicken earlier in the week.

Sunday brothers.

Making cupcakes.

Buddies.

Layton City park lights.

Getting a cavity fixed before eating candy for days.

These are the kind of baby bananas we had in the Philippines. We bought some at our Asian grocery store.

Zoo Lights!

Toby wasn't scared of Santa at all. 

Candy cane brownie cookies and gingerbread/cream cheese frosting/crystalized sugar cookies from Cutler's.

Sister love!

Working on his reading.

Danny made a graham cracker house at his primary class party. 

Cozy.

I did initiatories one afternoon.

Lego fun!

Making homemade facial scrub.

It was edible. Technically...

Grace made a different scrub for Alice's face. Toby added the cucumbers.

Charlie loves cooking eggs.

Grace made wassail. The orange juice spit all over her.

Paul and I went on a date to frozen Farmington Bay.

Kestrel.

Sleepy guy.

Personal Pan pizza from Book It!

These boys love Dwayne The Rock Johnson, and have a photo of him in their room now!

Grace painting a ceramic Santa.

Toby LOVED the Christmas cards we got, and counted them every day!

Happy Santa!

Mom and Dad came!

Dad showed us the map to explain where each family lives and why St. Louis makes sense to move to:( Then he quizzed Toby on all the states. He passed with flying colors!

Ham dinner for Dec. 23.

Best Daddy horse!

Danny terrified of Grandpa's toes!

Kissing under the mistletoe.

The girls made Hallmark bingo for our movie. Alice's.

Grace's.

A kiss from Toby!

Playing "Awkward Hugs" game.

Scrabble with the boys. 

Viola at our family concert.

Lip sync number. 

Christmas Eve tradition.

Mom and Dad also brought their menorah for the candlelit part of the nativity.

Charlie's gift to Danny!!

Family yearbook from Justin.

Argentina trip from Joel and Justin!

Mom cried when she got this cousins temple photo from Sarah.

Family reunion photo from Sarah.

I scoured eBay for our favorite game as teenagers!

New computer from the kids.

Main gifts: art set, legos, and wooden screwdriver model set.

Grace got teary when she got her new guitar!

The aftermath.

Dad gave me a copy of the Book of Mormon he had marked up - I love it!

I got Paul a jig saw. 

From Grace:)

Lego frog with moveable tongue.

Grace found these awesome earrings for me! I do love pho!

Alice made me these earrings - she coiled the wires herself!

Games and legos on Christmas Day.

Muscles!

Lego alligator.

Riverton the day after Christmas. More games!

And cocoa:)

And presents, of course:)

New soft blanket!

And silly animal socks.

Dad Gabe teaching Paul his ways, making hot mustard.

New sweatshirt.

Wendy's for dinner.

Tech support.

These kids got a lot of wonderful grandparent time this week!

And sibling time.

Paul's pics. The boys had bells parts in the primary song at church.

Zoo carousel.

Deep cleaning the boys' room, including under the bed.

Legos!

Facials on the countertop.

Monster.

Kestrel.

Bald eagle.

Freezing cold at Farmington Bay.

Kestrel eating a mouse.

Bed party!

Christmas puzzle.

Ham dinner.

Visiting.

Christmas Eve concert.

By the light of the menorah.

Nativity. Very nostalgic with Mom and Dad's nativity set and menorah.

Christmas morning!

Paul got me an outdoor heron:)

Danny asked for a screwdriver for Christmas.

I couldn't believe I found a set with a screwdriver AND a war plane!

Toby got lots of playdough for Christmas:)

Charlie and Paul had a date making a charcuterie board, since Paul got fancy cheese in his stocking, and Charlie got summer sausage.

Bolo tie made by Great-grandpa Cox.

Games in Riverton.

Pie. Check out their cool window well!

Wendy's.

Goodbye, friends! Thanks for spending Christmas with us!