Holidays.

My family started out the holidays with a battle. Traditionally called a "sock fight" (gathering up all the socks in the house and rolling them up into tight balls), but recently revised to a little "battle of the sexes" with a huge box of light-weight mini soccer, football, and baseballs. We create shields by turning over tables, couches, etc. and divide the teams boys vs. girls. The rest is pretty self explanatory... its a war... and its FUN!

This year, as usual, the girls won :D Here is our victory snapshot.

and a little less humble version...

These are the faces of the L-O-S-E-R-S! haha... sorry, guys!



We took some goofy pictures to send to Taylor on his mission...


and ended the night with a little Chocolate Fondue by Dove. Yum!

We also snuck in a birthday celebration for Rochelle.


and baked LOTS of goodies to share with neighbors...


We spent Christmas Eve at the Glaziers where we enjoyed a surprise visit from Jeff's sister and brother-in-law and their family from St. George.
We had fun painting Ornaments and making Reindeer out of Nutter Butter cookies.

Branden was content just eating the ingredients instead of waiting to see the outcome...

There were lots of presents to be opened. We played the annual "Guess Who This Belongs To" and had a great time.





Branden's favorite gift... A TELEPHONE! "Hewwo?"

not so sure about sharing it with his older cousins though...

and once again, a nice big finish with a fondue dessert by Dove.

Back at the Czirbans on Christmas morning, Branden got a cell phone from Grandma. He wasn't sure if he liked the new one better than the REAL one...

Dad and Shana spent the day watching war movies and reading about soldiers...

while I lost Jeff to a game of World at War: Call of Duty

Annalee was excited about presents, while Branden cared more about the candy...

Xoxo...






in the end they traded gifts and everyone was happy :D

Thank you to both of our families for making this holiday season such a memorable one. We love you!