Catching up on pictures

This was at Ayden's 6th birthday party almost a month ago.

Pretty cool looking cake.

Holiday, Ayden and Grandma Claudia.

Johnny's got a birthday balloon.

Johnny getting a horsey ride from Uncle Chris.

Now it's Holly's turn.

Kids snuggling with the grandparents.

Holiday and Johnny having a 'sleepover' in the hallway.

Too cute.

Now it's 'dump out all the toys so we can climb into the toy box' game.

It's lots of fun.

Yeah...Mommy has gone through the toys since then.

So we're back from our Thanksgiving vacation.  We went to Aunt Kelly and Uncle Wade's house in Spokane.  We had favorable driving weather both ways.  We did have to slow it down a little through Vantage coming home the fog was so thick, but there wasn't much snow driving at all.  Kelly's house is pretty big so we were able to stay there overnight as well as visit.  The house still needs some work, but they've done a lot already and a good job at that.  I tend to be a barefoot walker at home and they had some NICE carpeting and hardwood flooring put in.  We got to meet her friend Ania and her family as well as play some board games with Kelly, Wade and Wade's cousin Olie and her boyfriend.  I think we were making too much noise playing Wits and Wagers because Holly kept coming downstairs wanting to be part of the action.  It took several tries to get her to go to sleep.  I guess Olie sang Twinkle Little Star on a loop till she did.  She's great with kids, but she's one of eighteen kids so she has experience.  Yup...no typo...18.  No multiple births in there either. (Ouch...my uterus!)  She's 23 going to school to be a OB/GYN nurse, I think that's pretty suited for her.  Her oldest sibling is about 40 and the youngest about 10.  It's hard to fathom.  Holiday and Johnny opened Christmas presents from Kelly and Wade so they can see their reaction.  Johnny got an Elephun toy that was a hit and Holly got Backpack, the character backpack from Dora the Explorer.  That was the hit of the century.  Holly was of course excited about it, but Johnny went crazy excited and he kept repeating 'Backpack...backpack...backpack' in a high pitch excited squeal because he recognized it from the show.  It was incredibly funny.  The kids had a great time as did we all but they really didn't want to leave.