Handsome Paul working up in our bedroom.
Double-yoked egg!
Charlie was a good little chef helping Paul make dinner one night.
We got the telescope out a couple of nights this week. Alice and me (and that's just a street light in the background).
Little Toby cheese nose.
Playing with fake snow.
Mommy story time with the kids.
Cool hawk on the sign at the bird refuge. He was eating a mouse or something!
Christmas Eve night, getting ready to watch Arthur Christmas. No kids allowed to eat on the couch;)
All lined up for Christmas morning!
Showing off their new clothes from Grandma Terisa: yoga pants and pajamas.
Our new Philippines ornament.
Sunday before Christmas.
This kid, reading his scriptures on the patio couch so he can keep an eye on Toby outside.
Frozen Bountiful Pond.
We didn't write that "POOP" on the ice!
There was a tiny area of thawed water that the ducks were all heading toward.
Through the telescope: Jupiter and 2 moons.
Saturn and Jupiter and a moon.
Saturn.
Flowers from my boyfriend.
Handheld microscope surely looking at something gross.
Best buds.
Danny and I played Chutes and Ladders one day.
My guys!
The kids finished their 12 days of kindness charts from their primary presidency.
Lego party!
Great blue heron.
Potpourri from a neighbor.
Christmas Eve morning exercise at West Bountiful Park.
More Chutes and Ladders.
Playing Set.
Scrabble.
Fancy for Christmas Eve dinner.
Filipino ingredients.
The centerpieces.
Pancit (noodles), pork BBQ, lumpia (egg rolls), and fresh pineapple.
Christmas Eve feast!
The nativity play. Alice as the angel, Charlie as Joseph, Grace as Mary, Paul as Nephi, Danny as a shepherd and wise man, and introducing Simon the Sloth as Baby Jesus. I was the narrator, and Toby was the heckler who cried and screamed all through it.
Twas the Night Before Christmas book.
Christmas morning breakfast by the tree.
Manageable amount of gifts to open.
The marble run was a favorite.
Paul got me this pretty jewelry tree:)
I got him some sugar free treats for his stocking. He loves summer sausage.
Charlie's lunchable.
Marble run.
Grandma and Grandpa Gabe came over in the afternoon, bearing giant sacks of gifts!
And some boxes.
Toby warmed up to Grandpa, who he hasn't seen in a while.
New sleeping bags for Charlie and Danny.
We love our new kinetic sand.
Cozy guy.
New clothes for all the kids from Grandma Terisa.
I love my fancy wooden tray from Paul.
Taking down the tree today. Hurray!
Angel guy.
Fake snow.
A hug with me and my four cozy kids:)
