“Because it didn’t snow this year, I left my snow friends here to play with instead.” ~~Santa~~
Christmas morning.
The long-standing tradition of stockings on the bed.
The king size bed we have definitely doesn’t fit everyone anymore! It’s shrinking as the kids get older.
Soon we may have to move this tradition to another room if the big boys keep sticking around.
A funny one about a house key several of the kids got in their stocking.
A house key!????!
Wait, are we moving?
It better be for our house!
The weatherman indicated that we would be having a brown Christmas this year. Well he was mostly right. But when we woke up this morning, EVERYTHING outside was covered in a beautiful thick hoar frost. It was heavenly Father’s way of providing a white Christmas after all!
Cool bicycles.
After we opened stockings, we ate breakfast before going downstairs to see what gifts were waiting good girls and boys.
Sharing Jeff’s canned shrimp from his stocking.
Playing with LEGO from their stocking.
Devin got new flossers. Trying them out.
Brandon checking out the LEGO build.
Lineup on the stairs
(Do you know how many attempts it takes for our family to get one fairly decent picture?? Too many!)
Pictures of the older children before they entered into the family room.
Evan with his Christmas snowman. Everyone could tell whose snowman was whose by the hat on its head.
Rebekka and her snow friend.
Maren was looking all over for her hat this morning. She wanted to wear it around the house but couldn’t find it. She found it on top of her snow friends head!
Devin, yours looks like it’s melting!
Aaren ready for gift opening.
Brandon. Who wore it better?
Cassandra must not have a toque, because her snow friend had a new one on.
Tysyn and his little friend.
Savanna. If only her friend could play with her.
Kim.
Rebekka and her snow friend.
Maren was looking all over for her hat this morning. She wanted to wear it around the house but couldn’t find it. She found it on top of her snow friends head!
Devin, yours looks like it’s melting!
Aaren ready for gift opening.
Brandon. Who wore it better?
Cassandra must not have a toque, because her snow friend had a new one on.
Tysyn and his little friend.
Savanna. If only her friend could play with her.
Kim.
Jeff didn’t think his snowman needed the hat.
A new denim quilt. Almost done.
A doll of her own.
This was the cutest exchange between siblings. Rebekka shopped at Santa’s Gone Loonie and bought gift for her biggest brothers. She saw some candles that she thought Devin would like and picked it out all on her own. Devin really liked her gift. Here he is letting her smell it and then taking a sniff before letting her smell again. They went back and forth several times taking turns to smell its scent.
Cassandra got Little Mermaid tickets from Aunt Heather!
Mom got some awesome Christmas ornaments from Joy and Deborah. Each tin star has a name of the Savior on it.
We decided to decorate Jeff’s beard. Those are the little Christmas ornaments that were on the Christmas tree I gave him the first year he was on his mission.
Christmas Dinner at the Hardy’s. Waiting for dad.
Savanna didn’t want to have her picture taken.
So very blessed.
At the dinner table, we were talking about beards, overgrown eyebrows and long hair. I mentioned to Jeff that Heather F. wants Jeff to wear the beard growth shirt that he got last year for Christmas so she can she if there has been any change.
Kim: “You should wear it to the family Christmas party.”
Cassandra: “It’s a years worth of gross; I mean growth.”
Jeff: “Correction. 2 years.”
Jeff: “I think I’m stuck at Truckerly.”
Brandon: “I think I got stuck at How long is this going to take?”
Aaren: “No, it’s more like Are we there yet?”
Haha.
Aunt Karen went to Utah and asked that we check in on Grandma today. I took a few of the kids to visit her after lunch while the turkey was cooking.
The weather is rather nice and Tysyn was wearing flip flops.
T- “Wait for me, my flip flop is falling off. I got to waddle like amarshmallow!”
Tysyn was concerned about Grandma when she didn’t respond to us right away.
“Why are Grandma Selman’s eyes closed?”
“The gunk in her eyes has glued her eyes shut.”
Once I washed her face with a warm wet washcloth and she opened her eyes, he was put at ease.
I love you Grandma!
Grandma often asks where her dad is. (Oh dad. Where’s my dad? My dad). We don’t know if she is talking about Heavenly Father, her dad Harden Luke West or grandpa Barker Selman whom she often referred to as dad. One time when she asked out loud, I told her dad was in Heaven. I wasn’t wrong. That is one of the first questions I’m going going to ask when I get to heaven. Who was she talking about!?
A few days ago, Grandma Selman fractured one of the small bones in her ankle. Her ankle got caught under her wheelchair as it was pushed forward and that caused the fracture. She doesn’t weight bear so the doctor decided to leave it to heal.
A few days ago, Grandma Selman fractured one of the small bones in her ankle. Her ankle got caught under her wheelchair as it was pushed forward and that caused the fracture. She doesn’t weight bear so the doctor decided to leave it to heal.
Cassandra was visiting with me and decided to name Great Grandma’s wheelchair Rudolph.
So Grandma got run over by a reindeer! Haha.
