Our Awesome Christmas: Part 2

Christmas Eve is so much fun at Grandma Hansen's party.  This year we went down to Grandpa's farm and rode around the field on our sleds.  It was cold, but the fire kept us nice and warm. 

You can't miss out on a ride with Uncle Hans:

 After sledding, we headed down to the Elmo town hall for dinner and of course LEG WRESTLES!

That night after Grandma Hansen's party, we headed to Ferron to go to the Larsen's party.  Here is were the kids get to open their pajamas from Grandma Laurie!

Here are a few of the Larsen cousins waiting patiently to open their pj's

 Christmas Morning:

I just love christmas morning.  I loved seeing my kids light up when they walked down the stairs to see what Santa brought. 

Tyce got plenty of superhero toys, and an I pod.

Both Kade and Tyce got new bows and a way cool deer target

 They also got a real motorcycle! 

Jess loved his train and all his cows and horses.  He also got a fun horse trailer to haul them all in!

Kade got baseball things, and an I pod

Overall we had the best Christmas! We are one lucky family!

Our Awesome Christmas Part 1:

We started our Christmas out this year with a bang.  My mom planned the BEST Christmas party.  We started up in Midway at the Soldier Hollow Tubing hill.  It was a blast!  The kids loved every minute (and so did I).  After tubing, we headed back down to Provo for dinner at Chilies and then last but not least swimming at the motel! 

 Here we are enjoying a GREAT day at Soldier Hollow:

After we spent the night at the hotel, we headed home for a party at Grandma's.  The kids opened their presents and look what they got......these AWESOME Rip Rider 360's!  Grandma Jo ROCKS!

 

The next party that we attended was at my Grandma Reid's house on Christmas Eve morning.  All us cousins met at Grandma's house and then loaded up on the wagon for some caroling around town.  Kade didn't feel good, so we followed in the truck.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was GREAT like always.  We had dinner in Elmo and for the first time ever, we had to rent a place to eat.  We rented out the town hall and each and everyone of the Hansen's were there.  All 60 of us.  Here are a few pictures of my boys before dinner:

 

 

Eating our dinner

 

My fav cousins!

Like every year, we headed to Grandpa Hansen's farm to shoot clay pigieons. 

 Tyce and uncle Hans

 

 We always go and cut our Christmas tree on the Friday after thanksgiving.  We drove up the canyon looking for the perfect tree and there it was way up the mountain.  Kyle told me I had to hike up and make sure it was great before we went with the chain saw.  Well when Kade and I got there, we new it would look perfect in our front room. 

 

 Even though it was HUGE!

 

 It turned out perfect!

Tyce's 5th Birthday

5 years old...it is still hard for me to imagine.  Time has flown by so quickly that I find it hard to keep up.  We celebrated his birthday over in Price at the Wave Pool and it was so much fun.  Of course it had to be a superhero party, like always.

 

Tyce has wanted a dog for a long time, so we finally decided to get him one.  He named her Ruby, and we absolutely loves her!

Life with the BOYS!

The kids had their horse show banquet and looked adorable in their cowboy get up! I love my little buckaroo's!

 Each year my kids ride their horses in a little play day, and at the end of the summer they have dinner and awards.  Here are a few pictures of my kids with the loot they brought home!  They were pretty happy kids!

 

I also have a pretty happy husband because of these babies:  Yep, I finally let him buy some snowmobiles.  He has been on cloud 9.  They ran great and we have had a blast on them so far.  

 

We had to go up pretty high to find some snow but it was worth it.  The kids loved the snowmobiles and they loved sledding behind them. 

 

The best part about having snowmobiles is that you don't have to walk back up the hill after sledding down......dad gives you a ride!