Santa Found Us

We had a Very Merry Christmas at our house! I guess Santa thought the kids were nice because he sure did spoil them!  And the kids spoiled Russell and I by not waking up until 7:30!

The kids with their socks. Santa filled them well. I bought Aiden and Jack pj's with shirts this year, even though they don't wear them, because I was hoping for some Christmas morning pictures with a shirt on this year...Jack went along, but Aiden didn't.

The kids in front of the tree and the presents...

 Jack got what he wanted! An "almost all terrain" vehicle as he calls it. He also loved his new skate board, his trek deck skate boards and his new c.d. player.

Eliza's big dream this year was a secret password journal...Santa heard her and delivered. She spent the whole day making up new passwords and then forgetting them :) She also loved her Selina Gomez cd, light up twinkle toe slippers, and tons of doll cloths.

Another year, another massive lego for Aiden! He was a happy clam down in the basement putting it together all day.  He finished at 10 p.m. that night. Aiden also liked his Harry Potter wizard chess set, another lego and his five new plaid shirts he special ordered.

We also got to party with the Jaussi's over Christmas.  Christmas eve was quite a fun night at the Toponce's. Here is my dad, Megan, Kenny, my mom and Hallie enjoying the festivities. We played bingo, pictionary, had a talent show and ate a lot of delicious food. 

Here are Eliza and Aiden in their new hats they got at Grandma Liston's party.

The best is when my mom dressed up in a Santa outfit for her and my dad's talent of bell ringing.

Here are the cousins in their new pajama's and Grandma in front! 
It is amazing all of the work and preparation it takes to get ready for Christmas and how fast the month flies. We had such a great time being with family and friends that it makes me sad to think we have wait for a whole other year for it to come again!

December

We have had a busy December with shopping, birthday's, parties, and getting ready for Santa.  But we have had some time for playing in the snow as well.

Aiden tried snowboarding for the first time this winter. He got a fifth grade pass from Ski Utah that lets him go to each ski resort in Utah three times and it only cost $25. He went to Sundance with Russell and had a great time.

He looks good with his helmet and goggles! 

 He met up with Kyler, who has a season pass this year, and they did a couple of runs together.

We also went up to the cabin and did some sledding.  Here are Eliza and Paige.

Jack loved racing down the hill!

Aiden and Eliza.

Jack is 5!

Jack had his big FIVE year old birthday on December 8th! I can hardly believe my baby is five. He had a fun day with a big birthday party during the day and Chuck E Cheese at night with the family and Aunt's Jean and Jane.

 Here is the party! What a fun and wild group of monkeys! They had a great time playing games, eating cupcakes and ice cream and running a muck of the house. 

 Jack is showing off one of his cool presents to Jace.

Here is Jack with his remote control helicopter that he had been asking for from his mom and dad for about three months!

Singing happy birthday to Jack.  He was so happy that all of his friends could be there on his big day.

Yep, buddy your five!!

Aiden's Birthday

It was Aiden's 11th birthday on Friday! He had a party at Grandma Liston's cabin last year and wanted to do that again this year.  So we loaded up two vans full of boys and went to party at the cabin.  They played, tag, and hide and seek, and WII, and the sign game.  They ate pizza and candy and drank soda. It was a crazy fun night.

Here is the group Ethan P, Issac, Ethan H, Skyler, Duncan Spencer, Kyler, Aiden, Jack and Adam.

Here they are flashing their signs...

Aiden opened his presents before we headed up to the cabin.  He was so happy and thought his friends picked out the perfect presents for him.  Russell and I got him Skylander's video game which he loved.

And here is Aiden and Skyler after they received their Arrow of Light awards at Pack Meeting.  These boys are now moving on to 11 year old scouts!

Happy Birthday Aiden!