Merry Christmas

Our Christmas was wonderful. Like usual, we had to wake up the children. Every year, Steve and I are the ones awake telling them to get up because Santa has been here and to hurry up and come see. They are not your typical children on Christmas morning I guess, never really have been. We had a magical morning and then we hurried off to Grandpa Dale's house for a Christmas Breakfast. After that, we hurried back down the freeway to Grandma Linda's house and then later on hurried back down to our house to meet Grandma Lois. And then finally, we were able to relax and enjoy the rest of our evening. We wouldn't have it any other way though, but it is always nice to finally get back home and enjoy just our family. We made a Christmas dinner of prime rib and homemade rolls and salads. It was so good. Grandma ate with us and it was so nice.

After everyone had gone home and things were cleaned up and quiet, we made another mess and made some Christmas wreaths. They are so yummy and well worth the mess. Brinley has been wanting to do these all Christmas season so we decided to fill ourselves full of another treat.

What have I done?

I am a little sick to my stomach! I just signed up to run a marathon. The Ogden Marathon. The last race that I ran was the Ogden half and it was a year and a half ago (besides the Wasatch Back) and it was enjoyable until the last mile and for some reason, my body just shut down and my hips did not want to go that last little bit. I am so mental that I haven't ran a race since...because of one terrible mile...can you believe it?! Oh my, I better be committed now and I am going to have to give it my all...that is why I am sick to my stomach.

Christmas Party

This year the Adams Christmas Party was at Ben and Deanne's house. It was festive. We all had a great time eating a yummy dinner, playing guitar hero, playing bingo, visiting, and enjoying each other!

Unsupervised Fun!

Ok...so everyone is busy...not a lot of supervision! Well, I didn't really think that 11 year olds needed so much supervision but I guess I was wrong. Steve and I have been running around all day. Working down in the basement, doing some Christmas shopping, cleaning and other things. Well, we had gotten home from a short errand and Gracie and Brin had been in the paint and instead of painting a nice picture, they decided to paint their faces. Then I guess they went over to Kim's house and had fun with the camera for hours it looks like. Later, I took them to WalMart with me and they decided to wipe off a little bit of it...but these two know how to entertain themselves. They are not new to "getting into trouble"...not these two! Kim and I have plenty of stories.

Birthday Party!

We had a fun time at Sam's party...We went on a scavenger hunt, ate pizza, and then watched a football movie. Everyone was able to come and celebrate with Sam except Taevey, she was sick with the flu! The Scavenger Hunt was the funnest...We divided them into 2 teams and went out and about Syracuse doing different things. Here is the list...

1. Go to Stokers Nursery and buy your favorite pop. (to enjoy with their pizza)

2. Go to the Larsens and make a snow angel in the snow.

3. Go to All A Dollar and buy your favorite candy. (for the movie later on)

4. Go to the school and do the monkey bars.

5. Go to the church parking lot and do 5 jumping jacks.

The boys loved this part and the race was on...

Winners of the Scavenger Hunt...

Dinner...Delicious!