Christmas and winter events...

The following pictures are of some events that took place over the holidays and the winter season we have been experiencing. Lots of snow, cold weather and spending time with family that we've been blessed to enjoy.

Of course we must start out with Brielle and Taeya and their visit to see Santa Clause :) Tayea's daddy had a work party where they played games, frosted cookies, made little crafts and of course got to see SANTA!!

Mrs. Clause was there too :) The girls got to tell Santa what they want for Christmas and they got toothbrushes for a little treat. What a great gift!!

OFF TO GET A CHRISTMAS TREE...

Probably the first week into December, we went and got a Christmas tree. Our very first tree ever (besides the dwarf, fake one in our window each year)!!! This was our first year to spend Christmas at our house so we most definitely had to get a real tree :)

It was a very cold night so we bundled up Bryce really good

This tree was the winner!!

I believe it was the next day that we went to grandma and grandpa's to make X-mas sugar cookies. A tradition that we absolutely love cause grandmas recipe is the absolute BEST!!

Daddy and Brielle and their adorable snow man they made together. Gotta love the snow!!

Probably a week later we got some more snow and Brielle and I played in it together without dad this time.

Oh ya know, just Brielle wanted to be buried in the snow like a little munchkin. She actually stayed like this for a while :)

And after all that snow activity, we came into a warm home to drink some yummy hot chocolate... Of course Bryce (below) came with us outside. Love to bundle that guy up and take him into the this cold weather. He liked it!! :)

CHRISTMAS EVE, EVE DINNER...

So my Aunt Jody does a Christmas Eve, EVE dinner that's on the evening before Christmas Eve. I think that's the 23rd :) So yeah, we all get together and EAT, sing Xmas songs, visit and the kids do a little reenactment of the nativity. It's pretty cute and its always good to see family that we don't see often

Um, we absolutely did leave Bryce out of all our pictures on this night. Mean huh!!! :)

CHRISTMAS EVE!!
So we spent Christmas Eve at grandma Sue's where we ate a big feast, opened presents from grandma and grandpa, stayed up late and played games. We had a wonderful time.

Brielle by our tree before heading to grandma's house. Oh how I love her home cooked meals!!!!!! Especially during the holidays!!

All, well most, of the grandkids by the tree. Oh and Sparky the dog too :)

About to open presents. Always an exciting moment :)

Emily and Steven trying to get serious with this game we were playing. I believe it's called "Word on the Street" and it's pretty fun.

The game got pretty intense and we laughed a lot that night while trying to get through it.

Bryce and Brielle in their Christmas jammies... SUPER ready for bed..

Of course the kids fell asleep on the drive home :) We quickly put them in their beds and off Scotty went to work on getting Brielle's BIG SANTA gift ready for Christmas morning...

Christmas Day!! Finally!!

Brielle on Christmas morning so happy to be sitting in her new BARBIE POWER-WHEEL!!!! She has been talking about this thing forever!!!!

Cute little Bryce Man!! His very first Christmas!! So, on Christmas morning we all slept in till about 9:30 and FINALLY Brielle woke up coming into our room not so sure how to start the morning off.... So we excitedly told her "Merry Christmas" and headed downstairs closing her eyes. We rushed into the family room where she found her beautiful PINK power-wheel!!

Yeah, driving it the house didn't really work out...

...So we dressed in warm clothes and hurried outside to drive the power-wheel in the street. Or should I say, Brielle's new Pink Barbie Jeep!!

Worked pretty good in the snow too...

After a morning of driving her new jeep and opening presents with the family, Brielle happily sits down with her new FUR REAL kitty that grandma and grandpa Hoyal got her.

And of course there's little Bryce Mobile who really has no idea what's going on :) He just acts like a baby the whole time being cute and fun!! He did get some fun little toys that he really likes to play with. Over all, we had a great Christmas season and enjoyed spending time with family!!! Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season as well!!

THANKSGIVING....

Finally, some Thanksgiving pic's :) This year we went to my mom and dad's for turkey day and it was so much fun. We always have such a great time when we go, I so wish we loved closer. We are very lucky though to visit as often as we do. The following are some random pic's of our 2 week stay..

Brayden (cousin) and Brielle wrapped up like burritos together. They were imitating Bryce and his burrito wrap that we always have him in..

Brielle not feeling so hot... she got sick one day and threw up a few times... no fun!!! There was definitely a bug going around while we were there... We all seemed to have our share of some sickness during our stay!!

Brielle and me on Thanksgiving day. Luckily Brielle was all better by the big turkey day and was able to eat delicious food!! My sister hosted Thanksgiving at her house and it was super fun and relaxing. Food was great and wow, did I eat a lot!!!!!

Brielle and cousins at one of the kid tables.

Quick shot of everyone digging in!! Hmmmm, I'm getting hungry!!

Scott and baby Bryce. Bryce is about 4 months old here... P.S. Now he's 6 months...

Bryce being silly in grandpa's glasses

Scotty and me after our long day of eating so much food. I think I gained atleast 5 pounds on this trip :) ..atleast

So this is where Brielle's love for the "power-wheel" came from. Here's Brielle riding my mom's power-wheel she has for the grand kids. She absolutely loved it and had the biggest smile on her face every time she'd ride it. It was darling!!

Bryce being cute and silly on his tummy...

Brielle being Dad's little Cheerleader. They love to do this, it's like their thing..

Brielle and Savanah (cousin) riding grandma's horse. Brielle loved this!! She rides just about everytime we go to my mom's, but this time she really enjoyed it!!! I guess 3 years old is a good time to start riding lessons?? :)

My sister "going fast" with the kids. Brielle insisted on going "faster!"

So one night Brielle wanted me to draw on her face and this is what we came up with. A cat-rat-mustache looking thing :)

I believe this was one of our last nights at grandmas house.... We had a great time and just love being with family, especially cousins!!!! Brielle is the only cousin that lives far away on my side of the family, so being with them is always a special treat!! We had a very Happy Thanksgiving and thank you family for having us!!!!!!!

Twilight Party for the ladies!!!

Sooooooo, my friend Kelly (above left) got some info on a Twilight Party through some "Mom and Me" kids club thing, and was able to snatch some tickets. I have always wanted to go to a Twilight party so I was definitely in on this one!! It was more of an all girls boutique with food, desserts, pampering and advertising with a Twilight theme. It was a LATE night and such a blast!!

Soooo we were pampered for FREE!! Free massages, eye lash tinting, manicures, make-up, hair, and Cafe Rio!!! Who wouldn't love that!! Of course there was an initial entrance fee of $25, but the $25 was well worth it for what we got in return!!

And yes, that's me getting my eyelashes tinted. I kept debating it, but it was really cool, I want to do it again!

Some yummy Cafe Rio for dinner! While watching Twlight on the big screen of course ;)

Rebecka (above) and me getting pampered!! We got our hair and make-up done together. I actually learned a lot about how to do my make-up. Really interesting some of the tricks I learned :)

This guy really knows his stuff!! He was nice and did a good job. I just had to pull a face... Too bad I just went to bed after all this primping! lol!

And of course whats a night without a picture of Edward!!! Rebecka, Kelly, EDWARD, Melissa, Tiffany and me!! Those are fangs in our mouths by the way. What a fun night! Thanks girls for a good time!!!