Christmas 2025

We had another great Christmas. Christmas with older kids is different. Less presents but more expensive presents! Also, they sleep more, except for Sam who was apparently waiting for everyone to wake up for hours.

Sam trying out the new rower

Loving the new foozeball table

Went on our annual Christmas morning run, but you'd never guess it was the middle of winter. It was so warm!

Enjoying breakfast and Legos!

This might be my favorite memory. We were all sitting around the couches talking and Megan grabbed one of the Christmas books and started reading it to us. So each kid picked their favorite book and read it to everyone. New tradition.

Megan's new high quality college couch

Sam's new, fancy pickle ball paddle

Max's McQueen sweat shirt

And one of the best presents over Christmas - the cheesy, japlepeno sourdough bread made by Max's friend. Yum.

 

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was fun but different. We usually go skiing but since there's no snow and it was warm, we played pickleball! Then we went to a trampoline place and then up to Grandpa's for the main event. We ate tons of delicious food, caroled, had awesome talents and a sweet testimony mtg. Always my favorite night!

Greg was nice enough to smoke the brisket all day. It was delicious

Max and Sam were super excited to participate in the nativity

The Jorgenson's were awesome on their guitars

The boys taught everyone Brain Rot

Grandpa sang a ballad to Kathy

Burning the Goat!

 

Christmas Break Fun

We had a LOT of fun over Christmas break. It was so great to have all the kids home. I loved every second of it. We started Christmas break off with dinner in Provo with Megan. She had to stay down a few extra days for work and an interview, so we took dinner to her. The boys finally got to see her apartment and now their eyes have been opened to how terrible apartment living is!

Baptisms all together

Christmas Sunday

Toby & Sam went trail running

The good weather was awesome - the youth was able to carol to our neighbors who are going through cancer treatment and can't be around people

For sibling night the kids opted for axe throwing instead of presents and then we stuffed ourselves with dumplings.

I love this picture cuz Toby wanted us all to stop eating and pose for the picture, but we were all too busy shoving food in our mouth

That's 10 trays of dumplings over there! Sam had 20

Sam after. He for reals had to have help to get to the car.

Walked downstairs to find the kids playing Just Dance. It was hilarious

A 1lb. Reese's cup from the neighbors!

While we were at the conference center to see Max perform, Sam and Toby decided to reenact the statue that was behind them. A woman was lifting up her child. Sam couldn't quite figure out that he needed to jump, he pretty much just ran at Toby. I almost peed my pants from laughing so hard

Everyone's home!

Seeing who can squat who

Nathan and Max were quite the duo over Christmas. Performing at sacrament mtgs. It was beautiful

 

Had some friends over to paint. We had to paint each other. I'm terrible, the one I painted is on the far right. Yeah. Feel bad for her

Celebrated Brandon's 50th bday