Leading up to Christmas

December has been a busy, busy month.  Here’s a little sum up of all that we did before Christmas…

First came our favorite tradition of “The Forgotten Carols”.  It was excellent, as always.

And then we were off to the Family Christmas Party/Grandpa John & Uncle Steve’s Birthday PartyThe sisters with Grandpa JohnAunt Nancy getting in on the action

Then Ace and I, the boys, and Brad headed to Richfield to visit Ace’s Grandpa Roberts.

We did some farming…Grandpa Roberts kept us safe with his door locking mechanism

The highlight of the trip was, of course, the mechanical chair…

After the Richfield trip, it was time for a wedding.  Jessica and Chase tied the knot!  Woot woot!They were trying to get a family shot, and apparently Easton felt left out so he ran up before the picture could be taken without himNot really sure what’s going on here, but she’s the bride, she can do what she wants.

Congrats guys!

Easter 2011

We had a real great Easter with family, egg hunting, and so much chocolate.  

First up, a Egg Hunt with my extended family.

The little ones were given a head start...

 But, it wasn't long before the big kids came to attack.

We finished up with some great Easter games.

Right after that, we went Easter party #2 with the Casper's 

Easton and Corbin showing off the muscles

Coloring eggs

Miraculously, the Easter Bunny found us again, and the kids were on the hunt.

All their baskets were overflowing.

But, believe it or not, Sunday morning we woke to more goodies.

Uncle Jesse showing Ty how to use his new helicopter toy...

Who looks more in awe here?

Our attempt at the family shot.  

We took a bunch, and well, Easton's face was pretty much the same in all of them.

Grandma Leelee and the boys

And now I present the

"just look over here and be happy for two seconds"

photo series

Say "CANDY!"

Getting along...so nice

Tighter squeeze.

This can only end in tears...

Yep.

And my favorite...

Happy Easter!