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Merry Christmas!

 Merry Christmas! Can you tell Bracken is excited? A wonderful day filled with presents, Christmas breakfast, cousins playing, acting out the nativity and just being together as a family. 

 Rob and Sue

 Kira, Kinsey, Bracken, Brian, Steve, Melissa, Zedek, Chandra, Spencer, Kristi and Rick.

 We did our nativity on Christmas day this year.  Such a special tradition!  The wisemen always have so much fun with their costumes.

5K Jingle Jog

  We just finished our Bi-Annual family and neighborhood 5K Jingle Jog! What a fun tradition.There was a lot of smack talk at the beginning of the race...but in the end Steven beat Brian by 13 seconds. Although they both had a great time at around 24 minutes. Merry Christmas Eve everyone!

 Our turnout grows every year.  Pretty awesome!

We laughed so hard when Brian's cousin Steven and his wife Francis showed up wearing "Beat Brian" t-shirts. :) It made for an extra fun run.

Ski Trip with my Family

I had the best day! I went skiing for the first time ever with my family. The easier hills were all closed so I learned how to ski on a blue run...it was a high mountain with a lot of steep slopes! Definitely an adventure. My dad was a great teacher and as always, so patient.  It took me a long time to get down the mountain on that first run.  By the end of the day I made a lot of progress and really enjoyed skiing. I   am SO glad I was able to go with my family. Thanks mom and dad! As soon as I got home I got ready and went on a date with Brian to see the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Christmas Concert. Lots of beautiful music, but the organ soloist was absolutely incredible. A full, fun day!

Reindeer/Snowman Pancakes

This is a December tradition the kids love!

Dress Up!

 Chandra loves to dress up.

Brian and Bracken spent an hour pulling all the ivy off our tree. Chandra spent that much time finding the perfect ivy strands and making a fairy outfit.  A skirt and a headdress. She wore it off and on for days until the leaves started falling off.  

Chandra took the arm rests off her car seat because she insisted they were perfect for elf shoes.  They are getting lots of use.