I was a little worried about Christmas morning, having 24 kids and all the gifts from Santa screamed chaos to me! But it was anything but that! The kids were so excited to see what Santa brought them and Santa was smart and put each family's presents in separate areas of the large game room! As the kids opened their presents they would run and show their cousins to get their approval, they were all excited for each other! It was so fun to be together and to create memories that we will have forever!
The kids lined up in the hallway waiting to check out the presents that Santa brought!
Apparently Santa got the memo that Aubrey can't have nail polish, so her overloaded her with lip gloss!
Carson and his new Cars Geotrax!
Madelyn excited about her new Littlest Pet Shop animals!
Jon's gift from us, I think it made up for the fact that Jon wasn't able to go to the "BYU Bowl" game! A football signed by the BYU Football team! Thanks for helping me pull it off Pierre!
Papa and Grandma opening their presents! This is the only picture I have of my parents from the whole 4 days because they were so busy cooking and doing crafts and keeping everyone happy! Thanks you so much for an amazing Christmas adventure!
After the kids had finished opening presents and eating, some of us decided to go and try ice skating at the city park. I was pretty excited to go, since I have never been before, and Madelyn decided to go with me. I kept telling Madelyn that it was like roller skating, but then I remembered she has never been roller skating! (I think I need to get her a pair of roller skates!) I think I picked it up and managed not to fall, but seeing Madelyn fall made me hurt a little!
There were a few times when Madelyn would get going ok and then loose her balance and fall really hard and want to quit! I kept telling her to keep trying and when I would leave her alone to do her thing, she seemed to do pretty good! I think she started to actually like ice skating and even stayed out there with her cousins longer than me! I had a good time and I think she did too, minus the marks the ice skates left on Madelyn's legs!
All the gear on and ready to go!
Uncle Jared helped Madelyn when she decided I didn't know what I was talking about (which was true, since this was my first time too!), but I guess she was willing to listen to him!
I was freezing! I should have put on more layers!
It was so cute to see Madelyn and Katie skating together!
Madelyn's first time ice skating!
At the end of the day I couldn't stop laughing when I found Natalie on the counter showing me her hidden talent! I really think she is a 25 year old girl in a tiny body! She cracks me up!
2 comments:
That video is funny! Did Haylee hit the ice right after you pushed stop?
I can't remember if Haylee fell or not, so many of them were falling I couldn't keep track!
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