Christmas Vacation

We had a good week last week with all of the kids home. It was an exhausting week for me, but it was fun and I didn't hear any complaints from the kids. The first few days of the week after Christmas were spent playing on our new wii and watching shows and movies on our new tv.

On Wednesday, we went to the church for Activity Days where the kids painted t-shirts


and they played. We brought lots of snacks to munch on

and our family stayed most of the day to play in the gym. It was great to get our wiggles out and to get out of the house.

We have a new membership to the Lura Hoit pool, so we went there on Thursday. They have one big slide for the older kids and one purple dinosaur slide for the younger kids. Because of this dinosaur slide, the pool is now the purple dinosaur pool. Kate is always asking to go swimming, so I know she will enjoy this gift the most.

On Friday, we went to the Children's Museum. The kids always have tons of fun there! It was a great start to our New Year's Eve fun.








We all stayed up late to watch "The Karate Kid" (the original version), munch, and play on the wii. Eleanor and Kate fell asleep around 11:00, but the rest of us made it to midnight. We are hoping for a great 2011!

Zoe and Emily spent the day on Saturday with their friends, Caitlin and Cassidy. The younger kids enjoyed the wii to themselves and went outside to play for a bit in the afternoon. It was in the 40's, so a beautiful day to be outside! They have a new sled, so they went to try it out on the sledding path that Matt made in our backyard.

Kate had her first Sunbeam class on Sunday. I taught her class and we had a great time. She learned about being a child of God...which makes her a princess. :-)


My little princess is sick this afternoon. :-(