CHRISTMAS - 2008

Best Friends!!
Christmas Eve at Grandma Shoemakers


Opening 1 present on Christmas eve...


...of course it was new jammies and slippers!


Santa brought us lots of presents!


Lots and lots of presents!


Trevan loved his remote control dinosaur...
his favorite word now is "ROAR!"
(example...Trevan do you want a sandwich?
Trevan answers "Roar"...Trev, you okay? he answers "Roar!")
It is pretty fun to have a dinosaur in the house!


Tanna is happy with anything Tinkerbell...
and boy did she get a ton of Tinkerbell stuff!


Taylee loved her Ariel jammies and all her kitty stuff!
She especially loved her Nintendo DS!


Tia was happy with all her toys!
(and everyone elses too!)


Tanna, Taylee and all the cousins put together a program
of Christmas songs (chimes and piano) and stories at
Grammy's house! They even had us do an opening and
closing prayer! (pretty funny!) It was a special night!


All the cousins!
(except Tabby and Gavin who were stuck
in Cedar City, Landon was sleeping, Ryker and Tayson were
home sick and the bigger boys that were out sledding...
so I guess I shouldn't have said all the cousins...oops!)


Late night sledding in Grammy's backyard!


Tia exausted after all the Christmas Fun!
It was a fun and busy Holiday season...with all the parties,
sledding, snowboarding, skiing, movies, junk food and
late nights... it is actually going to be kind of nice to be
back to school and a schedule...but we will miss our families
and will look forward to the next holiday event!
Merry Christmas!

First Snow Fall!
Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow!

We were so excited to get some snow! We just didn't know
that it wasn't going to stop...storm after storm after storm....
We had an amazing white Christmas!

The Santa Cause

The Santa Cause Night was at the Galavant Center
down town Salt Lake City...
We went ice-skating outside.
It was a blast!
It was neat to be a part of a wonderful cause and donate
money to needy families for food, clothing,
and gifts for Christmas!


Tim was the MC for the whole night and ran the auction...
he ended up bidding and somehow winning this snowboard!
Merry Christmas to Daddy!

TEMPLE SQUARE!

It was a perfect night to see the lights
at Temple Square... cold, but not too cold!


Taylee, Trevan, and Tanna got warm by running back
and forth on that flat grassy area between the
fountain and the reflection pond...
they had so much fun!

you can tell they are loving to be
outside and able to run crazy!

Tanna is Riding a Bike

All summer long, one by one, all the neighbor kids
began to learn to ride their bikes. We asked Tanna
if she wanted to learn and she always said
"nope, not yet!"


With the crazy weather... a warm December 6th, Tanna
said she was ready to try and ride her bike...
and she DID!! Awesome!

SINTERKLAUS!

Sinterklaus came to our house
and filled our Dutch shoes with all sorts
of yummy treats and chocolates...


Tanna loved this Dutch chocolate coin!


Nope, Trevan isn't excited that Sinterklaus came...
he's just smelling his chocolate!


Taylee loved how this chocolate
coin reflected and shined (in our eyes)

By the look on our faces (silly Taylee) you can tell we
love chocolate!!...Thanks Sinterklaus!