BYU Shirts and Dodgeball–Monday & Tuesday, December 19-20

This year, we spent the week before Christmas in Ashland.  We arrived late Sunday, and Camille & Bryce, and Becky & Nate and their kiddos arrived Monday night.  Dave and Liz drove up Christmas day to spend a short but fun 24 hours with us before heading back to work. 

On Monday, Landon, Davis, and James had fun hanging out with Kallie and Ethan while the rest of us helped get things ready for the rest of the week.  Ethan especially liked Landon, and he would follow him all over the house. 

 

Landon and Ethan hanging out, and Kallie, Davis, and Ethan hanging out

 

Ethan and James making faces through the glass, and James playing in Grandma’s car – he loved it and he and Ethan were often fighting over it. They pretty much had a love-hate relationship the entire week. 

 

Kallie and Davis playing with the itouch

Kallie, Davis, and Landon having fun on the slide

On Tuesday, the real festivities began.  My mom had fun activities planned each day, including an activity with a symbol of Christmas, and a treasure hunt with a little gift to open.  Tuesday, the symbol was a bell, so the kids hung a bell on the Christmas tree and decorated bell-shaped cookies. 

A little pre-treasure-hunt wrestling with grandpa

 

Painting bell sugar cookies, and opening the gift at the end of the treasure hunt

   

Matching BYU shirts!  (Made especially by Stacey’s mom!)

All the kiddos in the shirts enjoying a show together (Thanks Stacey for these cute B&W pics)

 

After opening their gifts, the kids headed to ScienceWorks, a fun hands-on science museum in Ashland.  I actually stayed home from that excursion – Nate went with my parents to help chaperone the kids. 

     

It was a little too sunny for a good picture outside!

We also had some fun adult activities.  On Tuesday, we got a babysitter while we all did a session at the temple.  That was a great experience, and we only wish Dave and Liz could have been there too.  When we got home, we hurried and ate dinner, then went over to the church to play some kick ball and dodge ball.  It was a lot of fun, and even the kids had fun playing the games with us!

 

There’s Cam throwing a ball, and in the back of the 2nd picture is me holding James and throwing a ball. 

  

Davis and Camille bringing the balls up to the line for another round, and Landon, Davis, and Bennett getting in on the action

 

Davis getting everything lined up for another round, and another action shot, with Nate, Jake and Bryce in the middle, and Landon and Davis running to get in on the action.

This was just the beginning.  Many more pictures and fun to come!