Zoo Lights

We went to Zoo Lights on the Saturday after Christmas with my mom, Brenda and Melinda. It was fun, but pretty cold that night. McKinlee and Ty wore their snow suits and stayed pretty warm. We didn't see too many animals, but the lights were pretty good. The kids rode the carousel and liked it a lot. Ty had to ride on the kangaroo and there just happened to be a black bear right by it for McKinlee to ride. (She just loves bears) They liked it a lot. It wasn't busy at all and the operator let them go around for quite a while.

Ty taking a break on the snowy bench.

Christmas Morning

Here they are on their way to see what Santa left for them.

Santa brought Ty a Lightning McQueen Bike

McKinlee just loves clothes, she got so excited she was

laying on top of them after she opened them.

Ty helping McKinlee open her presents.
Ty and McKinlee got new boots this year.

Christmas Eve Pajamas

McKinlee & Ty got matching pajamas this year. They were excited to open their one present on Christmas Eve, Ty more than McKinlee, but she really liked them when she opened them, of course, they were clothes.

They look cute in their matching PJ's, they probably won't

like that I made them match when they grow up. Oh well!

Christmas Eve at Grandma & Grandpa's

We had the annual Christmas Eve party at Grandma and Grandpa Roach's house. The kids had fun playing with all of their cousins. Ty really likes playing with them all. McKinlee had lots of fun with Cortlynn and Braiden. We had dinner and lots of visiting and the kids did the nativity and traded presents.

Cortlynn & McKinlee
Ty & Braiden
Eric, Ty & McKinlee eating their dinner.

Here are the kids doing the nativity. Ty was a

wiseman this year, he brought a gift to the baby Jesus.

Opening presents.

Kira & Ty

Grandpa always reads The Night

Before Christmas to the kids.

The Gingerbread House

After a failed attempt at the Halloween Gingerbread house this year, we decided to try the Christmas Gingerbread house. We had success this time, thanks to Melinda suggesting that we use hot glue to put the house together instead of frosting. It worked really well and the house actually stands up this time.

Ty was concentrating pretty hard on decorating.

Our house turned out pretty good. Ty did all the

candy on the house. It looks great.

Decorating Sugar Cookies

Decorating sugar cookies at Christmas is always fun at our house. Ty loves to put the sprinkles on the cookies. We had McKinlee help us this year, she really liked the frosting a lot. Ty did a really good job with the cookies this year.

Whitney Christmas Party

Here are some pictures from the Whitney party this year. Every year we get together with all of my dad's family. Santa always comes to our party. It was fun this year. The kids have a great time playing with all of their cousins. The kids were patiently waiting for Santa to get there.
Here are most of the kids on Santa's lap. Ty still wouldn't

sit on Santa's lap this year. Hopefully he will next year!

McKinlee really liked Santa this year.

Everyone's lining up for a chance to hit the pinata.

Ty made a great hit and got some of the candy out.

Decorating Our Christmas Tree

McKinlee & Ty had fun decorating and undecorating the Christmas Tree this year. Ty would put ornaments on and McKinlee would take them off. Most of our ornaments ended up being on the top half of the tree. Our tree turned out good and the kids had a fun time.

Here's the finished product, a half decorated tree. Ty was really proud of it.

I think it turned out great.