Christmas Morning

Merry Christmas from the Thompson Family!  We have had a very good holiday.  It has had it's moments of sadness because Jarrod is no longer with us, but we have enjoyed each other and all of the wonderful activities that we have been able to do  together.

Reading our traditional Christmas Eve story..."Twas the Night Before Christmas"

All of the kids got a Snuggie.  Connor seemed especially happy to get his.

Preston was thrilled to receive his Madden 10 game for Wii.

As you can tell, Emma loved her Cinderella dress up doll.

Emma also got a mermaid Barbie.

 

Connor with his football and Epic Mickey game.

Alex got a snowboard, boots and new shin guards for his soccer games.

Rip, rip, rip!  So much fun unwrapping the surprises from Mom and Dad!

November and December

After I posted Christmas Eve, I realized that I hadn't posted any of the things that we had done in November or the beginning of December.

For Thanksgiving, the kids put on a play, all about the first Thanksgiving.

Emma was an Indian.

Look at those great Pilgrim costumes.  They made everything themselves out of construction paper.

From left to right: Spencer, Connor, Jonah, Hunter, Emma, Hailey, Noah and Tanner.

The girls playing dress-up.

Decorating the tree.  Doesn't Alex look cute wearing the tree skirt?

Our Christmas present...a new kitchen floor.

Emma's birthday was Dec 2nd.  She got a Leapfrog Tag Reader from Mommy & Daddy and a Ariel doll from Grandma & Grandpa.

Visiting Santa at Ogden's Christmas Village. 

Jonah

Connor

Preston

Alex

Emma

Christmas Eve

What a wonderful evening we had tonight.  We went to my sister-in-laws house to have dinner and exchange gifts.

This Christmas has been very difficult knowing that my brother would not be here to share it with us.  I know that he was with us in spirit and watching over us.

Emma got some new jammies.

Kayla got a cute little horsey.

What every teenager wants...MONEY!

Alex got some jammies too.

Lynette gave Grandma and Grandpa some beautiful momentos of Jarrod and his family.  This is a blanket.

Lynette's niece made this beautiful charcoal sketch of Jarrod and our Grandpa (who passed away last year).  To me, it shows Grandpa Dearden greeting Jarrod in heaven.

Six Flags

Friday was our last day in California.  We took the kids to Six Flags.  They loved all the roller coasters.  I spent the first half of the day with Emma and Jonah in Bugs Bunny Land.  They really had fun on the kiddie rides.  Jonah liked to help Emma on the rides and make sure that she was buckled in safely.  It was really cute.

Sylvester's Tour Bus

Elmer Fudd's Hotair Balloons

Pepe Le Pew's Teacups

Foghorn Leghorn's Train

Tweety's Birdcages

Emma and Jonah got to meet Bugs Bunny

Jonah wasn't too happy about going into Thomas Town.  He said that he is too old for Thomas.  But he went on the rides with Emma anyway.  Here they are on Percy the Train.

Jonah as Elmer Fudd

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Connor

Emma

Alex

Preston 

Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck

Batman and The Flash

Emma got a Supergirl cape and Jonah got a Batman cape.

My Superhero's!!

Emma won this Tweety Bird.  While we waited for everyone else to get off the Terminator ride, she kept begging for me to get her a stuffed animal, but the only way to get one is to win the game.  I saw a sign on the game that everyone under 12 will get a prize whether they win or not, so I thought I would give it a shot.  They got a man to play against her because they had to have 2 people to play.  I could tell that he thought it would be an easy win.  But Emma gave him a run for his money and she won the game all by herself.

We had so much fun.  It was hard to see the vacation end.  I can't wait for the time when we can go again.