Christmas Events

Gingerbread Men - My mom (Grandma) had bought a bunch of gingerbread man kits for the grandkids to make their own. Then after they were done decorating them Granddad gave each of them an award. Brayden's won coolest shoes because he had focused his decorating on the feet of his gingerbread man and had added about 20 M & M's to them. Logan's won coolest face because he plastered a big clump of frosting on the face and then shoved as many M & M's in that clump as humanly possible. Connor's won coolest hawaiian dude because Camille had decorated his and put hawaiian shorts on it. They had fun with this.

Temple Lights - this is a tradition we have done each year and it was a lot of fun to go with my brothers family and children. But what this involved was a total of 7 children and 6 boys!! So between my brother Ryan, my dad, and me we had a tough time keeping up. This was especially evident when out of the corner of my eye I saw Connor's legs sticking up in the air and the other end of his body was hidden. As I was rushing over to see what had happened some innocent bystander helped pull him out. As he was coming up I noticed that he was drenched and water was flowing from his clothing. Connor had managed to fall into a 2 foot space where water was and got stuck. So needless to say that was the end of the temple lights.

Dylan Baby Blessing - It was great to be able to bless Dylan in AZ with all of my family present.

Family Parties - we had both the Curtis and Stevens family parties. Both were great and included presents, food, chimes, talent shows, etc.

Suns Game - We decided to catch a Suns game since we were in town. I took Brayden and we had a lot of fun. Granddad and Ryan with his kids, were also in attendance. They got killed but it was fun to be together and watch them again.

Puppet Show - One thing my kids had to do when we were in AZ was be in a Christmas puppet show. So they got their chance and had a blast doing it.

Making and Launching Rockets - we decided while in AZ that we were going to go get rockets and build them with our kids. So we got them, put them together, and then headed to the park to shoot them off. It was a lot of fun and the kids really enjoyed it...well except for Logan. That poor boy ran away screaming from the first rocket launch and never recovered through the whole experience.

Christmas Eve / Christmas Morning - we were able to come back to San Diego for Christmas Eve and Christmas morning which was nice and quiet. Christmas eve we let our kids open their one present which is always pajamas, we set out some milk and cookies for santa, and read Luke 2. Then Christmas morning Brayden and Logan came in extremely early. It is fun to have them old enough to get so excited that they come in early. I remember as a kid having a tough time sleeping that Christmas eve night. It was different that Christmas was on Sunday this year. We opened all the presents and then had limited playing time with needing to get ready for Church. Then we were able to come home and play some more. Some of the highlight presents this year included: Adjustable basketball hoop for Brayden, Remote control cars for both of them, Logan's fireman boots, and of course Connor's balls!!


We had a blast visiting family and friends. We enjoyed staying at Ammon and Nikaela's house and the Stevens for the week. Thank you for your hospitality and all the laughter!!