Christmas 2012

 I got to help in Hannah's classroom the last day of school. It was really fun to see their excitement. They had a great time with the games and snacks. Chloe loved being their also.

 Hannah had a Christmas recital at a retirement home. She played Silent Night. It was beautiful and she did a great job. We love how brave she is becoming.

 The Huls family spent the weekend with us and it is always fun to have them around. We had a Christmas party at Grandma's. Aunt Laura provided great music to go with the program.

 
 The kids are always so excited to get their treasures from Grandpa Thornton. Hannah got a jewerly box. Chloe got a frog pull and Hayden got a catapult. We spent Christmas Eve at Laura's with dinner and games. Then we came home to open our Christmas jammies. They left Santa a note, cookie and diet coke and were off to bed.

On Christmas morning - Hayden with his stash.

 Chloe so excited to get her dollhouse. She wouldn't leave it all morning.

 Hannah with her fun stuff. Lots of projects to do.

 She was so excited to get her ipod.

 Hayden couldn't believe he got a BB gun. If only it would warm up so he could try it out.

 The rest of the vacation was relatively quiet. We spent a lot of time at home working on projects like painting, making volcanoes and model cars. We played a lot of games and didn't leave the house much.

 We did go sledding at a park. Hannah and Hayden loved it. Chloe just wanted to swing and slide on the park playground.  They really loved going to Cody's house for sledding behind the four-wheelers. They spent a lot of time out their and loved it. I couldn't believe they could spend so much time without freezing. We had the Jackson Christmas party that weekend which I apparently didn't get out the camera for. It was a really yummy dinner, gifts and then sledding.

 We finished out the vacation rolling in the new year. It was a quiet one this year with just our little family. We had fun with lots of snacks, games, air hockey tournament, dancing, a movie, and pots and pans at midnight.  Here's to a great 2013.