Christmas...

Our day started at 5:00 am with boys giggling very excited. Cam was still asleep so we let him for about 20 minutes while these two took it all in. They soon realized that Santa had visited our house and Zack was so excited that he ate the cookies and even drank the milk we had left out for him. Santa left this fun race track for the boys. Their faces tell it all. Now that excitement is what Christmas is all about, I think.

Santa brought Cam a little 4-wheeler. Man he loves that thing. He only wanted to ride that all morning. He had no interest in the rest of his gifts. Poor Zack kept trying to persuade him to open his others and could hardly stand it that he wouldn't. I thinks Zack ended up opening about four or five of them for him.
So Shon got a very fun gift a few weeks before Christmas. This 4-wheeler has been a hit. He has wanted one for so long and so I had been looking for a good used one for quite a while to get him for Christmas. But I found that the kind he wanted and that was in good shape, the used ones were almost as much as buying a new one. So he actually found this one one day and it was such a good buy that I convinced him to get it. So it wasn't a surprise but he sure loves it. On Christmas day, we took it out to his mom and dad's to pull the kids behind. They had a great time, but there just wasn't quite enough snow.

I love this picture. Cam doesn't really love to ride in the sled behind, but he sure loves this position. He gets really made if Shon goes out without him.
The day after Christmas we headed out on the long drive to Ekelaka, MT to see my family. My two brothers were there and my sister, Whitney. A few days later, Natali and Bryce got there so everyone was there but Emily and her family. We sure missed her but had a great time. The house got a little crazy with 8 loud grandboys, but they loved being together. After chuch, the boys played connect four for quite a while.
There was so much snow in Ekalaka when we got there. We actually got stuck driving there. (We were only about a mile and a half out so it wasn't too bad). My dad and my brothers were behind us in my dad's truck and they got stuck also. Shon unloaded his 4-wheeler from the back and dad headed to get his heavy duty pickup, while the big boys started shoveling. It was about 6:30 pm so it was pretty darn cold. The little boys were a little rattled at first, but they were patient playing DS and watching a movie. Dad come back and after a while, we were back on the road headed into town. Shon had a great time, because his 4- wheeler really saved the day.

We went sledding on Monday on some really good hills. Shon took his toy out and hauled people up the hills. The snow was so deep down at the bottom. In most places it was up to my waste. ut we sure had fun.
Shon was loving it!!
Bryan tried to get a long run at one hill so he could get down and blaze a trail. But the snow was so deep at the top that he just got stuck.
The brave sledders minus mom and Ben's three youngest, who lost interest after about 10 minutes. (The boys that is. Mom took them back to the house because they were way upset.)
These three had a blast.

The boys all lined up to play darts with Ben. I think they did this for about an hour. Ben was done long before the boys wanted to be.
Cute little Austin with Cam's Hulk Hands. These things are almost as big as him. Zack got a pair of these for his birthday last year and the kids love them so much that we got a pair for Cam for Christmas so they could box. There was a lot of that with all the cousins. And there were a few tears also from some rough punches.
So after our fun few days in Montana, we came back to see Shon's brother Brian and his fam. They live in Texas so we don't see them too often. It was so great to hang out with them. Shon's sister Janae and here fam came the day after we got back, so it was a great time with everyone. We have gotten quite a lot of snow these last few days, so we took the 4-wheeler up to Rexburg and did a lot of this. All the kids just loved it. Grandpa has a 4-wheeler too, so both were going. Some of the cousins have never done this before so it was a new fun experience for them. We even got Grandma to get on the sled.

We sure had a great Christmas this year. Being with our families was so wonderful. Now I guess we have to get back to real life. Hope all of you had a very merry christmas!!!