Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Christmas Break in AZ (Days 1-5)

Counting out their dollar bills. Mollie got $5 this year! She said getting big is so much fun!!
Regan was so excited to get $7! She put it right in her new yellow wallet :)

Grandpa spends a lot of money on these grandkids! Carli got $9 and is already looking forward to next year when she gets an even $10!

Girls Night Out! Dinner first, then Mom got us all tickets to see Jenn perform in "Annie". She played Miss Hannigan. She did an amazing job!
We got to see the Torbet cousins too! We saw "The Adventures of Tintin" in 3D then went back to their house to play and have dinner. It was so fun to see them!
Not everyone could come but we had a great lunch at Flancers, then ice cream at Dairy Queen. We laughed so hard (usually at Dad's expense, sorry Dad!)   
   We even celebrated Britney's 10th birthday....SURPRISE!

     We kept the tradition alive and drove down to AZ the day after Christmas to be with family. We headed straight to the family Christmas party and enjoyed acting out the nativity (well, sort of...the older kids don't enjoy it much anymore! They tolerate it for the little ones!) and getting dollars from Grandpa. Grandma also gave them each a wallet this year to put their $ in and they loved that! For the next few days, we played too much, ate too much, laughed too much, and talked too much...it was great!! We stayed up too late, slept in too often, had a surprise birthday party, and had too many sleepovers! We went to the park, to the movies, to Ned's Krazy Sub, swam in the pool/hot tub and just had an all-around fun time!! LOVE Christmas break in AZ!!

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