Christmas Day

Christmas this year was great, as you can see in the look on Gilbert's face! Gilbert wanted a mini RC helicopter which Santa happened to find. Only Santa did not seem to find a very sturdy one because it broke on its very first flight. Bummer!


This was Luke's very first Christmas! Although did not understand the concept, it was just another day to him, we are super excited for Christmas' to come!



This was a picture of Luke and me first thing Christmas morning, good thing Luke is a morning baby!


Christmas morning is always much more entertaining when there are little kids around. This year we were lucky enough to have my brother and his family visiting. It's been a long time since we have seen the excitement in a child's eyes on Christmas morning.



We were able to get a grandchild moment! My parents now have 5 grandchildren thanks to my sister and I contributing to the list this year. Before that my brother was taking care of giving my parents grandchildren single handedly.






We have a fabulous Christmas dinner put on by my mom, with all the traditional things which include turkey and cranberries. My personal favorite holiday dinner has always been ham and funeral potatoes.





Then in the evening on Christmas day we headed over to Gilbert's sisters' house to open presents with the Worle family. Gilbert's dad wanted to do a nativity. It was a given on who Luke, Gilbert and I would play. Gilbert was the only one who dressed up in his dad's robe to be Joseph. Mostly we all just sang Christmas songs and read the story. Gilbert was the only one who acted out their part as well.

Christmas Eve Festivities

We have a family tradition of going bowling on Christmas Eve. This year we started out by having lunch at Cafe Rio, a personal favorite! Then we followed by a serious competitive game of bowling.




















My mom used to be on a bowling league when she attended BYU. My parents can be competitive when it comes to who has the highest score. Then Gilbert usually just throws the ball as hard as he can and beats them both. The first time he beat my mom, it was great. Now it is just funny to watch Gilbert beat everyone!






We played 2 games, and Gilbert won the first game. Apparently his magic of throwing the ball as hard as you can only works for the first game. On the second game I beat him by quite a considerable amount!









Whenever I bowl, it is always pure luck! That's why it was great that I beat Gilbert by so much on the second game we played!






This year was another fun year of bowling! Bowling alleys are great for babies because its so loud in there you can't hear a baby crying very much. Then you won't disturb others around you when your baby is crying. It's difficult to get out and do much with a new born, but this years bowling festivities were great!












This is a picture of Luke and cousin Bella! They are 7 weeks apart. Bella looks just like her daddy and Luke looks just like me. They don't know it yet, but they will be best of friends when they grow up!

Fight The Power

We often find Luke sleeping like this.

He holds his arm up and makes a fist while he is sleeping, and sometimes he does it while he is eating.

Luke has a thing with his hands. He does not like anyone touching them. He often holds his hands up by his face. He holds his binki sometimes too. He doesn't like you moving his fingers or his arms. He was born with one hand up by his face, so I can only assume he held his hands up by his face in the womb as well.

It's just funny to see what little babies do. Whenever Gilbert sees Luke doing this, or making a fist he says "FIGHT THE POWER, FIGHT THE POWER!"

What a funny personality he is already shaping out to have.