CRAZY TIME OF YEAR!

So I am pretty sure I am the last one to post about Christmas. I have been so busy lately. I am just going to do one big long post about the last month so I hope you all have a second to take a peak at it. It has been full of family, friends, traditions, fun, and UTES!

Beckham's first Basketball Game! We love our Runnin' Utes!Hanging with Brady waiting for the game to start



Grandma, don't kiss me at the game
How embarassing, my mom does it too



Beckham LOVED the game!



Di, Gordo, Grandma, Beckham, and Grandma



Such a long game for a little boy

Christmas Eve for us is just as busy as Christmas day. We start out going bowling. We have done this for as long as I can remember. This year our family has gotten even bigger, and I am pretty sure we will soon take up the entire bowling alley. We have 1 grandma, 10 aunts and uncles, 26 cousins (including spouses and others), and finally 13 great-grand children with 2 on the way. It is quite the party. After, my family goes to East Coast Subs for lunch. Then we run our last minute shopping, Russ getting mad at me the whole time cause I didn't get if finished. Then we spend the rest of the evening at Russ' extended family party. This year it was at Wes and Tami's house where we ate soup, played a gift exchange game and rock band. It was a great day.

Grandma and her babies



Aunt Jill and Beckham



The Boys (being very serious about their game)



Beckham bowling for the first time



And Beckham chasing his ball down



Lindsay and Brooklyn



This picture doesn't really even show how many of us there are now, but I tried



Grandma and her babies



The winner of the Gift Exchange goes to Jodi for making these wonderful, home-made,
one-of-a-kind Maxi Pad Slippers!
(with hidden $ inside)



Kylee modeling her new slippers

Grandpa and Beckham watching all the fun



Wes on the guitar



Russ on drums



Shannon and Kylee on vocals

The Night Before Christmas:
I already want to start traditions with Beckham, so after our very busy day we still came home and made cookies for Santa and used our Christmas plate. Then we read a Christmas story and then it was off to bed. This year my parents and Brady decided to come out and do Christmas with us. It was fun to have them there to see Beckham on his first Christmas.

Santa's Cookies



The cute plate my mom made for our family to use each year.




Beckham LOVES his nighttime stories!
He loves to point at all the pictures.

Beckham hugging Brady good night

CHRISTMAS MORNING!!
This was so fun with little B! I brought him downstairs and set him on the floor, it took him a second and he finally realized the little pile of toys on the floor. He loved them! It was so fun to see him playing with everything. What a fun morning. It was also really fun to have my mom, dad, and Brady there too.Finding his new toys from Santa



Practicing Baseball



Digging out presents from his stocking



Inside Beckham's Stocking

Utah Sports!
Basketball, Football, Soccer

Santa brought us all Sugar Bowl Shirts!
Here is Daddy's

Here is B's

Mine, it says GIVE ME SOME SUGAR

After our morning at home we have a busy day! It starts out by going to Russ's parents to see everyone. We have a pre-breakfast and open presents. Then we run to my Grandma's and have breakfast again and open presents with the extended family. Then off to my mom's to open presents and snack on food. Then we go to a movie every year. This year was a tough choice because there were so many options and it was hard for us to all agree. We ended up seeing Yes Man. It was pretty good, and not like Liar Liar (like I thought it would be). Then after the movie we finally head home to relax. Busy day, but I love it. I thought when I had kids I wouldn't want to do all the run around, I was wrong! It was fun to have Beckham do all the things we have always done, and to see everyone.

Mommy and Beckham

Beckham and Wes



Beckham and Brady

Beckham tuckered out after a busy (but fun) day.

Then we had a new addition to our family! Shannon gave birth to her daughter on December 28. She is absolutely beautiful and I love her to death already! It took them a few days to decide a name, but I love their decision.

Baby Hayden

For New Years Eve we decided to go the the UTE Basket-Ball Game. We played Gonzaga, it was a great game, we won at the buzzer. We should have beat them by a lot more, but decided to almost give them the game at the end, but we pulled through (which is good since we have lost a few games at the buzzer this year already). After we went to Wes and Shannon's to play Rock Band and hang out (ya know, since Shannon just had a baby like 3 days ago, they didn't want to go out so we went to them). It was a fun night.

Russ and B enjoying the game.



Beckham LOVES straws!
(Good thing there is nothing left in the drink)



Bestest Friends!

What else do I say but GO UTES!! What an awesome game. We had my family over to watch it. Russ is a huge Utah fan, but he also had a bet going with D. Williams from the Utah Jazz, and if Utes won, him and Brody would get signed jerseys. The boys got them yesterday. It was a great game!

Pre-Game Nap. Gotta be ready for the game!



Russ and I during half-time of the game.



B cheering on our UTES!

And finally, I received my diploma last night!! Masters of Education from the University of Utah! I also have to add, I received this with a 4.0! Not even one A- and I am very proud of that. It was a lot of work, and I am so glad it is behind me!