Christmas in Idaho

In the midst of all the fun in the snow, we also got to celebrate Christmas again, this time with the whole family! It was the first time since Ashlyn and Joshua were born that we were all able to be together. It was a full house, but that made it all the more fun...

Jasmine and Ashlyn all dressed up for church

Ashlyn learned to "patty-cake" on Christmas Eve. It got so much attention from everyone that she just kept on doing it over and over!

Reading Pilgrim's Progress with Nana and Papa

Micah was excited to open his stocking gifts on Christmas morning

Ashlyn enjoyed her fruit puffs

She can even get it in her mouth on her own

Daddy and Micah had fun with a new remote control airplane

Micah enjoyed helping Nana make spritz cookies

He was proud of his yummy creation

Christmas morning

Ashlyn and Grandma looked so pretty in their red blouses

A fun new book from Jasmine!

Josiah loved his new dinosaurs

And Micah had lots of fun with his new tinkertoys

Jasmine was so excited about her own little chair!

And Joshua had fun just watching everyone else

Matching cousins

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

We were very excited to arrive in Idaho and see snow on the ground! And then it got even better when it snowed and snowed and snowed for several days in a row. Nathan and Micah spent most of our first week here, out in the snow. Ashlyn and I even joined in a few times.

Tubing in the snow...

Checking out the current weather from the upstairs window

As soon as he got bundled up, Micah was eager to get outside and bury his head in the snow

He thought it was so funny!

Tubing around the yard behind Papa's tractor

Taking a break to get someone out of the ditch

The boys spent hours piling up snow to make a slide to go tubing on

But they continued to have fun in the midst of their work

And once they finished, all that work was worth it

They also built an ice cave in one of the snow drifts

Here's Ashlyn all bundled up for some fun in the snow.

Daddy built Ashlyn her own baby slide

She was so bundled that she could hardly move though

Micah and Ashlyn tubing together

Daddy and his little girl

Checking out the ice cave

Biscuit even took his turn in the cave

Micah learned that if you lean just right...

you'll fall off the tube. But that's fun too!!!

Micah had fun tubing with his cousin Zach on Christmas Eve

Having fun in Idaho

Here's a few of the indoor things we've been doing since we've been in Idaho...

Ashlyn and Jasmine playing with the toys at Nana's house

Micah and Nathan went to see Zach's school Christmas play

Zach and Micah

To celebrate Nana's birthday Micah helped to make her cake and it had to be decorated with blue and orange, of course.

Ashlyn all dressed up for church

Micah and Jasmine dressed up to watch the Broncos play in the Poinsettia Bowl

Uncle Nay Nay and Jasmine

Aunt Joy Joy, Jasmine, and Bobby

Christmas in California

Since we were traveling for the holidays, we decided to celebrate Christmas early before leaving California. So here's so pictures of our Christmas in California...

Ashlyn's first Christmas

Micah and Ashlyn on Christmas morning

Micah was very excited to receive his first bicycle!

He was eager to go out and ride it right away.

Ashlyn loved her fruit puffs. What a yummy treat!

Playing with a new toy

Ashlyn looking at her first baby doll

Being loved on by Daddy

Micah was eager to take a bath to play with his new bath toys

Blue and orange tatoos with his new bath crayons

Wrapped up in her new bunny towel

In the evening we drove down to Glendale to visit The Americana. It was so beautiful all decorated for Christmas. We had dinner next to the fountains and then warmed up with some hot chocolate after walking around.

The choreographed light and water show was beautiful!

Ashlyn was all bundled up in the cold, cold air

Micah enjoyed riding on the trolley around The Americana