{It's Catch-Up Time}

Once again, as usual, I'm playing catch up! Hopefully I can get done fast and keep caught up. One can always hope, right?
Just had to share Kaleb's battle wounds from Thanksgiving Day (which I never blogged about). The kids were playing downstairs at my sisters, after dinner while the girls visited and the guys watched football. They'd been told to stay off the treadmill, and Lis even hid the key, but somehow they got past us with it. We never really got the entire story, but Kaleb ended up with a few really sore looking battle wounds which are now pretty tough scars!
The Saturday after Thanksgiving Carlie and I went to see the Rockettes with Grandma Sheri and Sydney and some of Sheri's family. It was great to have a girls day, and Carlie loved every minute of it and was in heaven spending the entire day with her Syney. In fact, ever since then she's been obsessed with dancing and is pretty sure I'm going to sign her up for dance class any day now.

Carlie and Syd waiting for the show to start!

The next weekend was the Beckstrand Party here in Meadow. I look forward to our get togethers every year. We very rarely are all together anymore, but there were just a few missing this year, and it was nice to spend a few hours together.

We played a few Minute to Win it games and had some good laughs!

The kids wanted to do every game, and most of the adults were content to sit back and watch them.

Brock and Carson with their Great Grandma Beckstrand.
Sweet Miss Carlie

For the last few years my cousin Brian and his family have stayed at our house (Grandma's house tends to get a bit full) the night before the party. The kids all get along really well, and MaryAnn always makes me laugh. We really look forward to their visit and wish they'd come more often. Carlie always talks about her friend Allie for months after they come stay.

A few weeks later it was the Ainge Family party.

After eating and visiting, the kids sang a few songs while they waited for a special visitor.

Santa brings one gift to each of the kids. Brock made sure to tell Santa all about the remote control car he wanted, right down to the 1/10th scale and speed he wanted it to reach.

Carlie surprised us and asked for a Funmaker (Easybake oven that day). Every time before and after that she Santa she asked for Zoobles, but not that day.

Kaleb never wavered, the only thing he was hoping to get? A bearded dragon Lizard.

Carlie wouldn't let me leave until we took a picture with the other Karleigh. She just couldn't believe that they had the same name, and for her that sealed the deal.... they had to be best friends!

The highlight of the family party had to be when Karleigh jumped up on Santa's lap and announced that her dad needed a carburetor! HILARIOUS!