Grandpa Chris' Birthday!

Happy Birthday Grandpa Chris! We celebrated Chris' Birthday Saturday night at Sandy and Chris'. It was quite the celebration. Our immediate family has grown to 20 people, it is a party whenever we are all together! Thanksgiving is usually the only time when we're ALL together. It was quite a night of fun and chaos. Now that the kids are getting older, it is much more fun for everyone. I was pleasantly surprised at how well everyone played together. We have eight kids ranging in age from 10 months to 6 years. Grandpa Chris, Hunter, Ally, Noah and Kent.

Keegan and Brayden

Grandpa Chris, Hunter and Great-Grandpa

Ellie and Ally

Noah

Owen and Uncle Pete

Uncle Kelly and Uncle Scott

Grandma Phillips (Sandy), Auntie Shelby and Great-Grandma

Auntie Sarah

Cousin Sarah and Noah

Pirate Ellie

Cowgirl Dani

Cousin Sarah reading books to Brayden and Keegan

Kent, with his brother, Kelly, sister, Shelby and sis-in-law Sarah.

Grandma Phillips (in the background) and Uncle Pete playing with ALL the kids.

First Snow!

We had our first snow Saturday morning! That is, enough where we got to shovel. The kids thought it was the best thing ever! Brayden LOVES to help shovel the driveway. Danielle quickly learned that it is not a good idea to run in the snow, especially with tennis shoes on. Ellie was right there with Dad and Brayden shoveling away and scurrying about. It was pretty dang cute. Now I can't wait until we can actually go sledding. More snow to come...????

My camera blurred most of the pics. because they were moving so fast... little worker bees.

Turkey Day

What a wonderful Turkey day! We were so fortunate to have Uncle Pete and "Cousin Sarah" (B has to call her cousin because he has an Auntie Sarah too) here for the special day. The day started with Kent getting up and taking down the stuffing for the turkey, to Kelly's at 7 a.m. Kelly and Sarah graciously agreed to host Thanksgiving again. (They do have two ovens). :) We figure it will be at their house every year.... since they had alot to do we asked if Keegan could come spend the day with us. The boys were so excited! Keegan waited patiently for Brayden to wake up and then they decided they needed to take a shower. I know this is probably very evil, but I couldn't resist their cute bums...... After Kent made all of us a yummy french toast breakfast we decided to decorate for X-mas. The kids were thrilled! A little too excited, there was a lot of running and screaming. Everyone participated and only TWO glass ornaments were broken! Danielle squeezed a ball in her hand and shattered it, but she didn't cut herself, amazingly enough.

Ellie checking out all the ornaments.

The boys insisted on putting the tree skirt under the tree, they did a great job. It was quite a success!

Ellie getting loves from Cousin Sarah.

YAY for turkey and pumpkin pie!

Dani having so much fun playing with her cousin's toys.


I didn't get any pics. of the adults, or the wonderful dinner. We had a great time and at the end of the night we took shifts playing the wii. I think Kent was the reigning champ, with me being the biggest loser, I didn't win any rounds. As we were going home we finally let Brayden play :) he boxed Kent and did a pretty good job! Notice Kent's glistening skin, he was soaked with sweat. The whole room smelled like B.O. thanks to him and Kelly. :)

Hunter, Ally, Ellie, Brayden and Dani, only 5 of the 8 kids. We were lucky no one got knocked out with all the swinging that was going on!

Too much fun! We are so thankful for our wonderful family and friends!