Ryan's pictures from the first nativity

December 24, 2009...again! Yay! I got the pictures I wanted from Ryan, and I had to post them: Ryan as the donkey - Tristan is pulling him along with a "rope"

See how cute she is as a sheep - too bad she got mad before the show and refused to participate!

Here she is hiding under the air hockey table!

Hitting the lanes for Tristan's birthday

January 9, 2010 - We went to Harmony bowl for Tristan's birthday this year, and all had a lot of fun. We need to do that more often as a family - the kids had a blast! (Tristan seemed to have a good time too!)

The fun is not over yet!

January 1, 2010 - So I guess we outdid ourselves on the first day of the new year, but we had one more fun event to share. We took the boys and Reese to the zoo to see their christmas lights display. (Becca was at her first sleppover of the new year.) Bet you didn't know Santa's reindeer hang out here in Colorado during the off-season!

Tris, Tris, and Reesy posing by some lights

Reese decided to be brave and feed the giraffe.

Cameron freaked out and dropped his when he saw the giraffe's tongue!

New Year, good old sledding hill

January 1, 2010 - This feels like a tradition in the making! This is the second time we've gone to this particular hill in Woodland Park with all the Gearhart cousins, and so far it's been really awesome! The only downside is the trees along the side of the slippery hill. A couple times, my heart just about stopped watching Cameron barely miss the same tree! He got really brave on this trip. Once he figured out how much fun sledding is, we couldn't get him to stop!

Reese would not be coerced into going any where near a sled!

Becca and I about to race

Tris and Cam still a little nervous watching everyone else go down.

Tatum, Gavin, Teague, and Jakelle

Cameron starting to warm up to sledding

Ainsley, Graham, and Becca

New Year's Eve 2009!

Decmber 31, 2009- January 1, 2010 - Tamzen hosted a hoppin' party for New Year's Eve. We had yummy food, watched the ball drop, made a LOT of noise, and played games until we were too tired to play anymore! It was alot of fun!

Tris and Ainsley before it got too late.

and after it got late!

Becca and Claire celebrating

Reese sadly wouldn't agree to wearing a tiara.

Alli, Claire, Becca, and Payton counting down.

Graham and Cameron

This is what we look like when we stay up late - notice we are both struggling to keep our eyes open!

Happy 2010!

Girls Just Wanna' Have Fun!

December 29, 2009 - We always have to take advantage of having the Gearhart Girl cousins in town, with an extra GIRLY sleepover! As you can see, there was dressing up, painting nails, and even a foot soak! Claire is trying to figure out the battery- operated nail file/ buffer, as Ainsley tries to move around without messing up her pink and purple nails.

Reese having a relaxing foot soak.

Time for a quick soda break!

We love our cousins and were so glad they could come and be girly with us!

Becca's Baptism Day!

December 26, 2009 - The day after Christmas is a day Becca will always remember because that is the day she was baptized! And it turned out to be a great day to do it, because so many family members were already here visiting for Christmas! I will probably forever be frustrated at myself for getting there a couple minutes late. All the other parents got there early to make sure to take pictures of their kids, and I just sent Becca and Tristan ahead, and we came right as it started, thinking it would be a really long time for the kids to sit still. Anyway, luckily Becca's teacher and my Mom thought to take pictures!

(Here is Becca and her dad. Teresa made this beautiful dress for her to be baptized in.) Nancy Gallegos (their teacher), Kyra, Claire, and Becca. The whole class! They all happen to have December birthdays, so they all got to be baptized on the same day!

Anyway, I guess even if we didn't have a camera there, the important thing was not her smiling in her beautiful white dress, but her commiting to follow the Savior. We are very proud of Becca and her goodness, and her desire to please her Father in Heaven. This was a big step in her life and I know as she keeps her baptismal covenants and continues to follow the Savior in her life, she will be happy and have peace. We love you Becca!

Here is most of the people who came to support Becca - this was my desperate attempt to get some sort of pictures to represent the day. But we weren't able to find everyone after, so this is only a partial picture.

Then, we went to Fargos Pizza afterwards for lunch and enjoyed some yummy pizza!

Jason, Ashley, Kendell, and Kaya

Ryan and Cheron

Hannah, Becca, Claire, and Ainsley

(I'm not sure what that is in the front of the picture)

Tris, Graham, Cam, and Harris