Holiday Highlights

We have had a wonderful holiday season.

It has been filled with fun, family, good food, great gifts and

a wonderful gratitude for the Savior and the many ways our lives are blessed.

Here are a few of our holiday "highlights."

The demise of our gingerbread dream house came

swiftly one afternoon before Christmas.

I believe the culprit was a small boy with a very sweet tooth.

Hmmmm?

Parker was immediately distraught.

Even more so, when he found out that this was something even his Dad couldn't fix.

Connor and Parker loved being a part of acting out the

Christmas Story at the Davis Family Party.

Two cousins couldn't make it so their parts got changed at the last minute.

Connor played the part of Joseph and

Parker got to be a shepherd (or leopard if you prefer.)

Parker took fully liberties with his acting debut.

He creatively added this scene, which I have entitled "Death of a Shepherd."

He also added a final line to the conclusion of the production,

"Ladies and Gentlemen, the STAR!"

He said as he gestured to Emma who played the star of Bethlehem

Here is a view of the overall production.

It was a bit crazy, but all of the kids did a great job.

Connor was so concerned about getting his part just right.

He did a great job as Joseph.

We received some great gifts this year.  Connor got his own set of golf clubs.

Parker even got his own (gently used) putter and driver.

Connor will tell you his favorite gift is the quilt his Great Grandma O. made him.

Parker claims his new razor scooter as his highlight of Christmas.

They made out like bandits with their other treasures such as their playdoh, moon sand, hot wheels cars, squish-a-bellies, lego star wars game, and game controllers. 

Jeremy got a new DeWalt drill and new drill bits and extras to go with it.

Now he really can fix anything.  Jeremy and the boys got me shelves

for my food storage.  They were even able to put them up and organize

all of the food storage on them.  It is so nice to be able to walk downstairs and get what I want off of a shelf instead of rifling through boxes.  

In the afternoon the Boys got to "rock out" with Uncle Terry.

They enjoyed breaking in Uncle Terry's AC/DC version of Rock Band.

They absolutely love it when they get to "rock out."

Parker even took a turn at the microphone.

He loved being able to sing at the top of his lungs.

(You still couldn't hear him over the music, but that is part of the fun.)

Parker has since had this conversation with me:

"Mom, AC/DC rocks.

It is Dad and Connor's favorite band.

It is way fun to rock and roll with Uncle Terry."

"It rocks!"  Has become his new catch phrase.

So, for those about to rock, we salute you.

We hope you had a wonderful Christmas too!