December 12th-14th: We had an early Christmas with Sam and Jared's families after they traveled from Texas and Utah to visit. It was fun to have them stay with us for a few days. And it's great for the kids to interact with each other and become more comfortable.
Before having our family Christmas dinner and festivities on the 13th, we celebrated Elijah's 5th birthday as soon as all the family arrived. Eli's birthday is actually on Dec 23rd, but we wanted to celebrate with everyone together. Kiley brought a shark piñata for the occasion and filled it with chocolates. All the kids enjoyed hitting the piñata with a baseball bat outside under our RV cover.
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| Side dish of fresh green beans and bacon for our family feast |
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| Eden with big brother Joey |
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| Brandon with cousin Eden |
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| Elise with her shiner |
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| Milo playing Battleship with Grandma |
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| Jacob was in an especially festive mood during our family gathering |
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| Jacob with son Tyler |
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| Sweet Tyler (and look at all those presents behind him!) |
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| Tyler with cousin Mario |
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| All the cousins ready to hit the piñata |
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| The birthday boy is up first |
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| Love this boy! |
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| Poppy loved being outside with everyone |
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| Beautiful Eden is up next |
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| Brandon takes his turn |
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| Cute little man |
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| Hannah was our first aggressive whacker |
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| Next up was Elise |
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| Joey's turn, another aggressive hitter |
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| Beau's turn, and he wanted to kill the shark |
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| Our first blind-folded participant was Tyler |
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| Next up was Milo, another aggressive batter |
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| Barefoot Hudson was next. He knocked the shark's tail off. |
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| Poor shark hanging from the rafters |
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| Finally it's Mario's turn |
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| Back inside to open birthday gifts--what a great Eli smile! |
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