Christmas Season 2020

We went to see the Christmas lights in Caldwell. I didn't take a picture of it, but everyone's favorite was the fire-breathing Loch Ness Monster.

The boys collaborated on a gingerbread house. It immediately collapsed, but they had a fun time making it.

We celebrated "Christmas Part 1" on December 22nd.

Silas & Gideon waiting for Ambrose to re-wake up so that they could open their stockings. (Ambrose was awake at 4am and then woke me up at 5am and then climbed into bed with me and fell back asleep.)

I told Silas that he couldn't touch any of the presents until Grandma & Grandpa arrived...so he camped out about two feet from the tree & stared at the presents & waited. 😀

On the 23rd, I drove the boys to Smith & Edwards where they were picked up by Peter and taken to Provo to enjoy "Christmas Part 2."

Christmas 2019

Christmas 2015 Pictures

A pirate on roller skates opening a bow and arrow set.  Does life get any better?

Gideon practicing on his roller skates.

Ambrose on his new scooter.

Silas with a nerf slingshot that Ambrose got him.

Gideon spent hours working on this lego creation.

Be Careful What You Ask For

My Poor Little Deprived Ragamuffins

Ambrose wasn't so sure about sitting on Santa's lap at first, but when he did he asked Santa for "his own bag of cranberries."

The idea of asking for his own bag of something came from Silas who surprised me one day when I asked him what he wanted for Christmas and he told me that he wanted "his own bag of carrots." You'd think that my children never got fruits and vegetables, but at the time Silas asked for his own bag of carrots, we had about six pounds of carrots in the fridge. He doesn't even like carrots that much, but he has clung to the idea with tenacity. Silas' teacher told the class to draw a picture of what they wanted for Christmas and Silas drew three adorable little carrots.

Thankfully Silas just told Santa that he didn't know what he wanted; it would have been embarrassing if Ambrose's bag of cranberries had been followed up with Silas' bag of carrots.

Christmas 2014

Ambrose was trying to get the stuffed dog to open up his candy for him...until he discovered that I had a camera and felt the need to do a photo opp.

Gideon asked for building materials for Christmas, so Peter came up with the idea of making interlocking wood planks for the boys to build things with.  He spent hours on the project, but it turned out really nice.