Christmas Parties

 We had the Kelley and Hall Christmas parties the weekend before Christmas. All of Branden's brothers and sisters were in town and we had so much fun!! First was the Kelley party. We started the day off bowling(which I totally won),then had lunch at Papa Toms, and then we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house to open presents. Good times!!
Liam loved the arcade games.

Look at that form:)

 Wait for it....

 Presents!! Liam got a sweet race car thing that he absolutely loves. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Kelley!

 Q got some dinosaurs that transform into cars...pretty cool!! He loves them!

Liam chasing after the dogs I'm sure:) This kids LOVES dogs!! 

 Group photo with Great Grandmas.

 After the Kelley party we headed to our house to watch Boise State play in a bowl game. And yes they won!! WooHoo!! Later that night we went to the Hall party at the country club. It is always so fun to see everyone! There is now 104 grand kids and great grand kids on the Hall side. So awesome!! We had a yummy dinner, chatted and played a few games. After that we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa Hall's house to open presents. Liam got a little dog that you walk around and he thinks it is hilarious!! His face says it all:) Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Hall!!

 Q got a batman cave. He's obsessed!

 Branden's dad and siblings.

 All the grand kids

 Family photo

 Yikes....

 The whole clan! I love this family!!

Thanks everyone for the awesome day! We had so much fun!

December

 December was a busy month. We had a blast doing all things Christmas!! I love this time of year. It is so magical especially with little kids around!

Q was the special student for the day at preschool and got to take a treat to share with his class. We decided to make these cute little snowmen. He was so excited to give them to all his friends at school. 

We put up Christmas lights(when I say we, I of course mean Bran.)

We went to our ward Christmas party where Q got to see Santa. 

And again at the Festival of trees. As you can see Q had multiple opportunities to tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas. I sure hope Santa was listening:)

Liam on the other hand was not as excited about the whole ordeal:)

 That's better!!

                                      We sent letters to Santa.....just in case he didn't get the memo.

 We made Chocolate houses at Grandma Garner's house.

 We went to the museum to see all the nativity scenes.

 Eddie the Elf made his big debut via hot air balloon. The kids were so excited!! 

 Here are a few pictures of what Eddie was up to while he was at our house. Sorry there is kind of a lot but my kids seriously loved finding him every morning. Their faces tell it all!!

Eddie got caught eating the kiddo's chocolate house....apparently causing a tummy ache! 

 Sledding

 Making us a reindeer family.(I only had a pink marker so it's really hard to see)

 Fishing

Under attack...Q's superheroes got a little jealous.

 Taking a rest.

 Reading a book to his buddies.

 Zip lining into the tree. Eddie is a bit of a dare devil:)

 Naughty Elf!

 Counting down the days till Christmas.

 Sitting with Baby Jesus.

 and my favorite...trapping the kids upstairs. Look at those faces!! Love it!! We can't wait till Eddie comes back next year!

Salt Lake

 A couple weeks before Christmas Q and I went to Salt Lake with my mom, my little sister Madi and her friend Kami to watch my little brother play in a basketball tournament. While we were there we did a little shopping and went to Temple Square to see the beautiful lights. It was snowing like crazy and freezing cold but so worth it. It was amazing. Q had fun swimming in the pool at the hotel and hanging out with the Skyline basketball team. 

 Catching snowflakes:)

 All these boys were so nice to hang out with Q. He thought he was so cool!!