The days after Christmas

Here is the Terrible two-year olds.  Emma and Holdyn.... need I say more?
Here Is Grandma Cluff, with "the Girls"  Emma, Holdyn (in Kimber's shirt) and Shayla.
Grandpa Cluff made this nut cracker and the girls loved helping him crack pecans.
We had a very fun date with some other couples in the family.  We played some great games and had some of the greatest cheeseburgers ever!
Here is Kandice and I..... don't ask!

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

We Had a GREAT Christmas!  A lot of my family got together Christmas Eve for dinner and the infamous re-enactment of the Nativity.  My dad reads the story from Luke 2, in the New Testament and the kids show off their sweet skills by acting out the parts.  

Here is My sister Mindy, and her husband, Spencer and their baby Sophee.
Here are Kimber and Sophee, with Holdyn jumping in the picture.  
Holdyn got another visit from Santa on Christmas Eve.  Notice how she is naked.  Her new thing is taking off all of her clothes and running around naked.  At least she kept her diaper on this time.
Here are Sophee and Kimber again.  They are just 3 months apart. 
Holdyn got to open her Present from Grandma and Grandpa Baker on Christmas eve before we left for home.  She was SOOO Excited to get a bus like her Grandpa drives.
I think these girls are like most kids.... they had a BLAST playing in the paper and boxes and with the bows.


We did have a GREAT Christmas.  We even got to relax some.  Holdyn also LOVES this wagon and she is into dressing herself.... she sometimes does a pretty good job LOL.

The Sunday before Christmas

Here we are, just home from church.  Holdyn and Kimber are sporting their new Christmas dresses.... which they looked adorable in :)

Here is Holdyn trying not to fall on the ice

We had a delicious dinner last night at Josh and Tiff's house.  Here is Holdyn and Emma chowing down.  They are two of a kind.

Here is the newest addition to Santa's reindeer.... KIMBER!

Santa Clause is coming to town

We were lucky enough to have a special visit from Santa at Grandma and Grandpa Carr's house today.  He brought presents for all of the kids.  Here is Kimber on Santa's knee.  You can see her reaching for the present.  She's already got the hang of it :)

Holdyn was a little nervous at first but quickly caught on after she saw Santa handing out candy and presents.

Holdyn and Kimber showing Santa how good they are.

Thanks for the special Pre-Christmas Visit SANTA!!!!

A touch of snow.....

We've had some crazy snowstorms the last few days.  Even school was cancelled!!!

Isn't it purdy?

Bella LOVES the snow!  She runs and rolls in it like crazy!  She also likes to make yellow snow, hee hee!

Here is Holdyn with her cousin Emma... check out those snowballs Holdyn has in front of her.  You'd think they were for throwing, but no, these girls just eat it like it's candy :)  Good thing they know not to eat the "yellow snow."

Isn't she cute in her snow clothes... minus the gloves... she doesn't like to wear them.  She'd rather her fingers freeze.

Christmas is in the air

Here is Holdyn... eating the candy faster than I can put it on the gingerbread house :)

Here is Kimber.... this is where she sits/plays while Holdyn and I decorate.

Holdyn loving on her dog Bella. 

Holdyn has recently discovered all of the riding toys in front of stores.  We can't seem to go passed them without her getting a ride :)  Her cousin Nolan is in the background.  

Cluff family Pictures

Well, I'm not going to lie..... Holdyn didn't have the greatest picture day... but they still turned out pretty cute :)

Kimber was a champ thanks to Aunt Serena making her smile.

Here is one of their best shots.

Here is another goodie.... both are NOT happy.

Here is Ben's dad and his brothers.

The Merlin/MaryAnne Cluff family.

Finally, here is Gram and Gramp Carr, with Mary Anne and Merlin and their eight kids.

Catching up

We've had a great few weeks.  We had a great Thanksgiving and got to visit with lots of family!  The day after Thanksgiving we decorated Charlton's grave for Christmas.  Holdyn LOVES to help us decorate at the cemetery.

Just as I was pulling out the Fall flowers from this granite vase I was greeted by a lot of spiderwebs and this HUGE black widow.  There were two egg sacks with her!  YIKES!!!

Here is Charlton's grave decorated for Christmas.

Here is our 4 generation picture.  My mom, Kimber, Grandma Oakeson, me and Holdyn.

We got together with some of my High School friends. 

Here are some of the HS Gal Pals.  Shanell, Whitni, Katie, Lacey, me and Andee.

Ben's family were all in town for Thanksgiving and we took family pictures.  I'll post some when we get them.  

Here is our new Boarder Collie, Bella.  Holdyn finally got her first puppy.

Holdyn LOVES new new puppy Bella.

The 'almost' trip to Yellowstone

Here we are passing the welcome to Montana sign. 

 We took a day trip to Yellowstone National Park...well, we got to the entrance and found it CLOSED for the season.  We missed it by 3 days :(  SO, we headed back.  We found a side road and had a picnic and played in the snow for a bit.  We still had a very fun day!

Here is Taylor....trying to decide if she likes the snow or not.

Kenzie Loved it!

It took Holdyn awhile to decide she liked it.  Emma also had a blast.

Here is Ben with his styling cowboy hat holding Kimber.

This is Josh and Tiffany and their 3 adorable girls.  They are the best hosts and tourguides EVER!

Here is the fam-damily.

Holdyn kept warming her hands down daddy's shirt.  She thought it was HILLARIOUS!  Anyway, we are having a great time!