Twas the night before Christmas.....

Last Night....

We had an awesome Holiday Gathering with a majority of our Exchange Students

Who are in the White Mountain area for the school year!

Great kids!!! and TONS of fun!!

Early Christmas

We were lucky enough to have Brittnee and her Little family come this last weekend

to spend an early Christmas with them!

I never get enough of this little granddaughter of ours!

She was super excited to play in all the snow we had

so we bundled her up tight and took her sledding for the first time

They boys built alittle sledding hill right in our yard that was just the right size for her...

but everyone else couldn't help themselves....

it was a great time and A LOT of fun!

After sledding we had Brittne, James and Brynlee open their presents

And then we got ready to go to our ward party

Here is Brynlee modeling her new outfit from YaYa (thats me)

Not sure what this is but it was sooo stinkin cute!

Our baby girls...

The whole little Bowdoin family...

Santa came to the ward Christmas party...she was fine sitting on his lap

But then came out the HUGE boo boo lip...

sooo funny!

Even though their stay was short we were VERY VERY glad they were able to make it!

The North Pole Experience

We had the exciting pleasure to go to the

North Pole Experience

 in Greer

When we got to Greer we had to board the candy cane express and make our way through the "Portal" that would take us to the North Pole....

When we arrived we were taken to the doors of Santa's Workshop

By a very happy Elf...

When we got inside the very first thing we got to see what the

TOY HALL OF FAME

this was fun for me because I got to see lots of toys from my childhood...

We then moved into the "old" small workshop, before it was expanded

We were given a tour of the old workshop and told what to expect in the new workshop by Santa's head elf

After that we went into the actual workshop and were able to help the elves make some toys that would go out to all the good boys and girls (I don't have pictures of that as my camera pretended to be out of batteries)

next we were invited in to sit around the table and have yummy cookies and Santa soup (hot chocolate)

after that we went into Elf University where we learned about manners, being grateful and how to be good boys and girls

finally we moved into Santa's office where we waited our turn to meet Santa

Here is Quade checking out Santa's big office chair

Sawyer had a turn

as did Noah

and then we were finally able to meet The Big Guy and tell him of all our dreams and wishes....

After we spent some time with Santa, we boarded the Candy Cane express and went back through the Portal and stopped in at Molly Bulters for a very very Yummy dinner!

Blue Ridge vs. Show Low Football - A photo gallery

Blue Ridge super fan Austin Jones, a staple at all Yellow Jackets home games, congratulates a leaping Ben Watson following the Yellow Jackets' 35-14 win over the Show Low Cougars, Saturday, Nov. 26 at NAU's Walkup Skydome for the AIA Division IV title.

Blue Ridge vs. Show Low Football - A photo gallery

Blue Ridge super fan Austin Jones rubs the championship trophy hoisted by Blue Ridge player Chans Cox following the Yellow Jackets' 35-14 win over the Show Low Cougars, Saturday, Nov. 26 at NAU's Walkup Skydome for the AIA Division IV title.

Happy Birthday James!!!