Merry Christmas 2013!

 We had such a good Christmas!  On Christmas Eve we opened one present, an addition to the race track we set up last year on Christmas Eve.  It was fun setting it up again and adding on so it was huge!  The kids had fun playing games together and wrestling until we made them all go to bed.  I thought Corbett would not be able to sleep but he was out cold in less than 10 minutes. 

Santa Claus came...

On Christmas morning Cody and I were way more anxious than the kids.  We had to wake them up at 8:45 and even then Corbett wanted to go back to sleep.  He was sure excited when we finally got him out of bed though!

Kennedy and Konrad were excited for their bikes!

Sledding Off the Deck!

 We promised the kids we would take them sledding on Christmas Eve, however the roads were terrible to we  (I) thought up this idea to pile some snow on the steps of the deck and make our own sledding hill.  It worked pretty well and the kids had a fun time!  (Except for Konrad who was cold as soon as he stepped outside and went back inside.  He did join in the fun eventually, after everyone else had called it quits!)  It was AWESOME to have so much snow for Christmas!

Thorson Family Christmas Party

We had our Thorson Family Christmas Party at a church this year.  We had Maddox cater the dinner!  It was delicious!  Sandra was in charge of the party and she arranged some games in the gym for the kids.  They had a "snowball fight" and played Minute To Win It games.  It was a lot of fun.  We also played some basketball in the gym and the grandkids exchanged gifts.

Snowball fight...

Minute To Win It game...

I love this picture below because we are so blessed to have all these cousins surround our kids.  They take such good care of our kids and show so much interest in them.

Corbett opening his gift...

We had Nathan's name this year.  I asked his mom for ideas and she said he had a Reese's candy bar on his Christmas list.  We bought him several kinds of Reese's candy bars and wrapped them all separately.  It was a lot of fun and he appreciated the gift!

We also had Brandon's name and so we made him something to hang his medals on...

This was Taylor's gift but Kennedy loved wearing it around.  She also loved making sure NO ONE else touched her gift.

After the party Grant and Erica came to stay overnight.  We had to get pictures in the matching P.J.'s that all the grandkids got! 

Suns Basketball

Corbett has been playing on a basketball team in the Jr. Mustang league.  Their team is called the Suns.  They had their last game yesterday.  It was fun for him!

Early Christmas!

Since Kim and Susan won't be around for Christmas they made a quick trip to our house to exchange Christmas gifts with us.  The kids were SUPER excited about their gifts.  I loved Kennedy's gift which was an adorable Strawberry Shortcake dress.  I was even more excited about Cody's and my gift which was a WHEAT GRINDER!  YEAH!

Kennedy did several twirls for us in her new dress...

Konrad was so excited.  First thing he yelled was "MAN!"  That means Spiderman or Superman...or Batman, or any other kind of superhero in Konrad language.

Corbett also got a Spiderman mask along with a water (web) shooter...

Such a little princess when she wants to be!

Christmas Time...

We are having a really fun Christmas!  We have an Elf that moves around our house and keeps track of the kids, we have another elf doing the 12 days of Christmas for us.  We have a chain (that we're not very good at keeping up on) and we have been doing all kinds of Christmas activities...like decorating, visiting Santa, and going to parties etc.!  This should be a really fun Christmas!

Corbett and Konrad both sat on Santa's lap, Kennedy refused...

Grandma Thorson's Christmas Party

I took the boys to my grandma's Christmas party.  Too bad Kennedy was sick and Cody stayed home with her.  I was assigned to provide a craft for the kids to do.  I had them make these reindeer hats.  They turned out pretty cute and we got a picture of some of the great grandkids with Grandma in them.  (there were really about twice this many kids running around in them).  It was a fun party though.  It's always good to see my cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandma!