We were very fortunate again this year to be able to spend an amazing week in Big Bear for Thanksgiving all because of Scott, Tera, and their family wanting to share it with all of us...Thanks for another great year!
So I am obviously posting this very late seeing how it was Christmas this last week, but I had so many awesome pictures. The task of narrowing them down was overwhelming. I decided the only logical way to get the most amount of pictures would be "collages" and even doing a lot of them I still left out tons and tons of cute pictures.
The first day we got in the kids were already to go sledding. It is really nice because they have a magic carpet which is a lot like an escalator, so you don't have to climb back up the hill. Of course that meant the kids wanted to go over and over again which they loved.
The Alpine Slide is always our kids favorite thing while we are up there. This year was no exception...we even got Papa to join in the fun he is such a big kid. Tyler was finally old enough to go on his own so his last trip down he went solo and the guy at the top had to keep telling Tyler to sit on his butt. I saw him coming down the mountain on his sled on his knees. That was the only way he had enough strength to push the lever down. He was very cute doing that, but I'm sure that was not very safe.
Every year my Mom wants a group picture of all of her grand kids which all of us parents dread, but this year the kids were great and we got some awesome pictures of everyone.
As we were taking group pictures of the cousins I needed to snap a couple shots of my kids. They were so happy to be in Big Bear, but I think they would have been happier if I had forgotten my camera :)
Dinner was very yummy! Everyone pitched in and dinner tasted excellent. The house that we were staying in was perfect and had enough room to sit all of us for dinner. Bree and her friend Nia also joined us for dinner it was a lot of fun having them. It still amazes me that all day of preparation can be done with and consumed within a matter of minutes, but they are some pretty tasty minutes.
I am so blessed to have such a great family. All of the kids had so much fun hanging out and playing together. They built forts outside, had laser gun wars with the Dads, played boardgames and of course video games, practiced their parts for the talent show, watched movies, and just couldn't get enough of each other.
I had this crazy idea at dinner that we should try to get all of the kids to do a human pyramid. We attempted it with a lot of laughter and got some very funny shots. Of course us adults couldn't sit back and let the kids have all of the fun. We all decided to try to do one ourselves it was hysterical! If only you could hear a picture you would all be laughing out loud right now.
How amazing is this picture...We actually got an entire family picture with everyone in it!
Thanks again Scott and Tera!
We have a lot of traditions around Christmas time. Usually every Christmas Eve we go out to and have a nice dinner at the Chart House. This year we decided to have the same nice dinner only at home this time. Our good friends Todd and Jen always join us which has been a lot of fun over the years. Also my Mom, Dad, Ben, and Esther were all able to come over and enjoy a fun night. Part of the fun was the Wii...it's always fun to watch the adults try to keep up with the kids.
Another fun tradition is that we always let the kids open one present on Christmas Eve. They have now all caught on that every year it's pajamas. Hey they need to look cute for pictures in the morning :)
