Catch Up Time

I know I am so slow...but I have been so busy. I wanted to post of few pictures of our Christmas Eve this year. Shad had to work all through Christmas week but it was our turn to have Shad's parents (they rotate through the children each year). We were so excited to have Christmas at our own home and to have Shad's parents with us. We also invited Shad's sister and her family over for the party since they live in Henderson. It was a rough start (my oven broke right before I went to cook the turkey and our heat went out in our house)...but it ended up being a great night!!!

My little nephews thinks it's funny to rub their Utah shirts in my face because you all know I'm a BYU fan....GO COUGARS!! Surprising even with their minds being brainwashed into liking the Utes...they are the cutest kids you'll ever meet! :)

Grandpa and Grandma Rollo...this is such a great picture of them!

Grandma and Cami (Shad's sister). They are both so fun!

Grandpa was such a good sport about reading the Christmas Story for me. My mom always read us the Christmas Story from all of the different scriptural accounts. I got a copy for me because I knew I would not be home this Christmas. He did such a great job and it made me feel like I was back at home. Thanks Grandpa!!!

Then we played games...can you tell we had to improvise on our pinata? The kids still had a lot of fun because Grandma had filled the pinata with a lot of fun treats!!

And of course all Kyson wanted to do was play with his basketball and football he got from his Aunt Natalie and Uncle Olin.

My favorite part of the night (and I didn't get a picture of it) was playing Shad's parents metal pipes with knives to Christmas songs. We had so many pipes that most of us had to have 2 or 3 pipes and it was pretty entertaining trying to keep up and play on beat.

Thanks again to The Higbee's and to Grandma and Grandpa Rollo! You helped make Christmas memories I will never forget!! Love you tons!

XOXO Melanie