Treehouse Museum

Wednesday, December 28

Grandma and Grandpa Hawk gave the kids Treehouse Museum passes again this year!

They all managed to pull out King Arthur's Sword!

Playing giant Chess or Chest as Sarah called it.

Tyler playing with the castle!

Playing in the tree house!

Campfire

Tuesday, December 27

We decided to build a fire and have hot dogs and S'mores for lunch!  We drank hot chocolate and sat around the fire.  It was a lot of fun!

Star Wars Gifts

The boys got Star Wars lunchboxes complete with Tie Fighter and Millennium Falcon sandwich cutters.

Star Wars Pancakes.  Yummy!

More Christmas Day

More Fun!

Grandpa borrowed Braden's magic kit.

The kids with all their presents!

Grandma Madsen made the boys sweaters, and Sarah is wearing her Christmas dress!

We loved that Christmas was on a Sunday!  It was great to go to church on Christmas Day!

Braden got a USA map!

Sarah loves building with her Kids K'nex!

Christmas Day

Presents

Sarah got a remote control car and Phineas and Ferb dominoes from Santa.

Tyler got a digital camera  and Rumikub from Santa.

Braden got a Magic Kit and a Totally Gross Science game from Santa.

3D Star Wars Book!

Sarah got this awesome apron from Curtis!

Of course Braden got books!

Sarah got Princess Walkie Talkies!

We were so glad to have Grandma and Grandpa visit from Arizona.  We had a great time while they were here!

More Christmas Eve

 Grandma and Grandpa Madsen gave the kids Pajamas.  We let them open them on Christmas Eve and wear them to bed!

A toast!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Nativity

Samuel the Lamenite foretelling the birth of Jesus. 

(Isaac)

Mary and Joseph

(Sarah and Isaac)

Shepherds

(Braden, Tyler, Drew and Eli)

The Shepherds visiting the baby Jesus!

This is the best picture I could get of Eli!

The Wise men

(Drew, Tyler & Braden)

The Wise men bringing gifts to the baby Jesus!

Our cast, Mary (Sarah) Shepherds and Wise men (Braden, Drew and Tyler) and Joseph and Samuel the Lamenite (Isaac)

It was fun to have the cousins here.  It made a lot more people to play the parts!  I think all the kids had fun too!

Christmas Eve Fun!

Eli liked all of our singing Christmas decorations!

The kids were building with Legos then they did a show with them!

Slinky nose Sarah!

Temple Square

Wednesday, December 21

Joseph Smith Memorial Building

All bundled up!

We went to the Gateway to get some hot chocolate and warm up!