New Years with David, Natalia and Cayden

David, Natalia and Cayden came to stay for a few days, and we had lots of fun. I am afraid they got a rather tired version of me, however, being as it was the tail end of a busy holiday!

We opened presents. I like it when Christmas goes on for days!



They gave us the game, Quidller. Very fun!

They gave the girls a Book of Mormon puzzle, and it was happily received!

We actually got some snow when they were here, so we took the opportunity to go sledding. Amazingly enough, we had enough winter gear to outfit even David and Natalia. For some strange reason, we have oodles of bibs. They come in handy!
It was very windy and cold. Here is Cayden fighting with the sled; it was a flimsy thing!

Ninny loves sledding. This is her baby sled, which doesn't go very fast. She was using Ava's cool sled, and loved it. We were short on sleds, so we stopped by Walmart to buy a couple cheap ones. They were cheap, too!


Michaela!

Payden, you're going the wrong way!

Ava on her Zipfy. I tried it too, it was really fun.

She looked so cute carrying it around. She was tirelessly going up the hill over and over; she loves sledding too.

Here is me and Ava.

Here is Cayden on the Zipfy. Ava was very sweet and let everyone use her sled. She got it for her birthday and this is the first time she has gotten to use it! I think that is also David and Ava.

David, and Ava is in there somewhere!

Jason going down on the flimsy sled. This is just before he wiped out.


On New Year's Eve, we hung out, played games, and ate. Here is the little cousins watching a movie. So cute!

We introduced David and Natalia to Settlers, and they loved it. Jason is happy to have other people who love it to play with!


For dinner, we had an appetizer dinner. We had lots of food, junk, really, but we did have a vegi tray.....so we were redeemed.


We played some fun games. This one was a big hit; it is called the adverb game. One person is it. They leave the room, and the rest of the players decide on an adverb, like happily, girly, drunkenly. Then the person who is it gives each player a verb to act out, like run, dance, etc. The person who is it has to guess the adverb. We had a lot of fun, giggeling and acting out things!

I think Jason is running "girly".

This was a great game, because even Ava and Cayden understood it.

I don't remember what Payden was doing here!

And Natalia finally got her New Years kiss! Although it wasn't really how she wanted it...someone told David to kiss, and the adverb was "badly"! It was hilarious!


We did a count down at 10:00 for Ava and Cayden. Then we did it again at midnight for everyone else! That way the younger ones didn't get too tired out, and we could play games without having to parent!

We played games until 2:00 am. Natalia really wants that last swig!


We ended our celebrations the next day by getting rid of our Christmas tree(bush). The girls had to say goodbye and give it a hug!

It was a great holiday season; I wish it came more often!