Christmas Day

We have a family tradition of praying then lining up to go in and see what Santa brought. The wow impact is shrinking because Santa now only comes to Dallen and Camron and only fills the stockings for the other kids. Dallen received a Wii golf game and remote control helicopter and Camron received a remote control car, lego's and movies. After that we opened up presents. All the children receive three gifts from Jory and I. We thought this might cut down on the presents we forget to give but we still forgot to wrap some presents. I think all of the children were relatively happy with what they received and if they weren't they pretended well and I'm ok with that. Cody received a coat, clothes and bike rack. Devan a stylin business outfit, shoes and snow tube. Jacob clothes and camera for his mission. Bret and BreeAnn received mostly clothes, coat and a game. Dallen was happy with his ipod dock, movie and hoodie and last but not least Camron received art supplies, more lego's and a game. The kids spoiled Jory and I and gave us a hiking GPS and a fabulous red kitchen-aid mixer. Cinnamon rolls here I come (maybe next week when I have energy). Later Christmas day we went to Suzi's for dinner. Nana surprised us by being there. It was wonderful to see her!

Now our days are filled with playing games, watching movies and eating, eating, eating. We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas also. Merry Christmas!

Christmas Parties

The best part of Christmas has been being together with family. The Nunley family party was enjoyable as always. We love hearing Grandma and Grandpa's stories and testimonies. Camron received a magic hat, cape and supplies to keep us all guessing for many days. I especially have enjoyed my electric warming throw! The Howell party brought some surprise visitors and a lot of fun decorating cookies, visiting with family and plenty of good food. Our Christmas eve gathering brought the spirit of Christmas with the Nativity story. BreeAnn was a good sport and played the angel since our kids are all getting too old. Mac said he still would be the wiseman even when he is "30". Way to go Mac! Spear-headed by Bret, our boys put together a band and performed an Elvis Presley song. It was amazing. Cody came home with extra presents, especially a huge one for Camron (It turned out to be a huge stuffed bear for Camron to use as target practice with his HUGE nerf gun that Cody also gave him). I wish these pictures were in order but alas they are not. The last picture is of our ward Christmas party and the primary children acting out the Nativity story. I have felt abundantly blessed this Christmas with good family and friends. I have LOVED having my children home and was very sad Sunday night when Cody and Devan left to go back to work. I wasn't ready for it to end. Jacob and Bret and BreeAnn will be here the rest of the week, so we will continue to enjoy them. Last night the boys set up a huge battle station downstairs with mattresses, tables and blankets and had a nerf gun war for over 3 hours. They had a great time! Jacob and Bret were on one team and Dallen and Camron on the other. Opinions differ on who won. I have loved having BreeAnn around! We still need to get some more shopping in before the end of the week. Family is the greatest gift I have. I love you all!

Camron's Prayer

This morning at family prayer Camron prayed that everyone would do well at school and work and that Mom would be able to find something to do at home. I had to keep from laughing. I was just telling Jory yesterday that he wasn't in the full Christmas spirit if he wasn't multi-tasking 5 things at one time. There are things to get DONE. Well hopefully Camron's prayer will come to pass, I will try to think hard enough to find something to keep me busy. Counting the days till my kids get home!!!!! Good luck with finals Y'all.