Christmas

Christmas will be explained as a plethora of pictures!

It starts with a visit from Santa Clause in his fire truck! Daniel's face tells you what he thought of Santa.

We went to Explora! on Christmas Eve. It's a children's museum but I think we grown ups like it more. Last time we went Ashley (my sis-in-law) and I were both prego and couldn't go on this air bike. We both got to go this time!

Also, on Christmas eve, we went to the natural history museum and looked and some dinosaur bones.

I made the boys Superman shirts

I helped the kids make a ginger bread train. They did awesome! Joey is also showing off the drill he got!

Joey and AJ dressed the same one day!

Daniel helped Aubrey eat her food. They are both big eaters.

Ashley, Mom, and I made cards and both went home with a boxful! Expect birthday cards this year made with homemade love!

Nate and Julian read to kids at quiet time.

My two cute nieces were just cute.

 Believe it or not, the one on the right is a year younger

Daniel played with the early 1900s Italian nativity scene that my Dad inherited from his Mom who passed away this year.

My new nephew was given a baby blessing.

This is most of the grandkids, minus 3.

Daniel Asa with Papa Asa.

Joey playing Lincoln logs with Papa. More like, Joey watching while Papa plays Lincoln logs.

Papa took the kids to the merry-go-round at the mall. We went on the spinning cup the second round and my niece and nephew almost got me to puke.

Bragging Rights

I quickly want to brag about my husband ... although I should have done it last month.

In one of his business classes they did the Business Strategy Game. You start a mock business and compete against everyone else in the world and in your own little groups. Nate won in his class, then, he got an email from the BSG that his business we 67th in the world! He would make a brilliant business analyst.

The other thing is that he won the Baker-Friedman award. It's actually a joke, but it means that he got the highest points in his upper level Economics class. His prize was a beautiful framed picture of his professor (Baker) with Milton Freidman (a famous economist).

http://www.suu.edu/faculty/baker_j/econ3010/baker%20freid/bakfried.html

Isn't he brilliant!?