EL CHEAPO 2009

Steven asked Kami to El Cheapo this year. He picked her up on a bicycle built for two! She was a little nervous because she had never ridden on one before. Steven explained how it worked and off they went!



GET READY



GET SET




GO!







BYU IDAHO 2009

Corinne has returned for her 2nd year at BYU Idaho. She was really excited to get back to school. Kent, Grandma Winn and I drove her to Rexburg and helped her get moved into her new apartment. Corinne had fun seeing her friends and is anxious to start her classes.

Welcome to Aspen - Apartment 510


Corinne with her new bed for the next 7 months!


Corinne with her roommate and friend - Kristen


Can you tell how tiny this kitchen is? There is barely room for 2 people at a time!







NEW YEARS EVE 2008
We had a family celebration at home for New Years Eve this year. We have a tradition of going to a hotel to spend New Years Eve. We would meet up with a few family friends and swim, eat and play games. This year was a little bit different and we decided to try celebrating at home. The kids were really good sports about altering our tradition. We ate pizza and played games. Then we watch Seven Brides For Seven Brothers. We then played the Wii while we waited for the clock to strike midnight. We had a really fun time! Here's to a great 2009!!!

Kami and Zac


Kent and Summer


Corinne and Holly


Don't ask!



Getting ready for the midnight toast


Happy New Year!!!

We had a fabulous Christmas! This year we decided it would be better for the kids to draw names for exhanging gifts. They had fun time choosing the perfect gift. I think they did a great job.

We have a lot of fun Christmas traditions that we HAVE to do every year! Christmas Eve is especially fun. We had our annual Christmas Eve dinner, complete with pizza, chips and dip, crackers and cheese, vegetables, beef stick, cheese ball, queso dip, soda, sparkling cider and candy. Kristen, Rick, Paden, Spencer, Hannah and McKinnley Jorgensen joined us as well as Grandma and Grandpa Orton.

We opened our Christmas book (The Wooden Shoe Miracle) and passed it around for all our guests to sign. We have been doing this for many years. It is fun to look back over the years to see the books we have collected and who has been to our home on Christmas Eve's past.
Before the Jorgensens and Grandma and Grandpa went home the cousins all opened their Christmas Pajama's.
We then quickly left cookies and carrots for Santa and his reindeer, read our Christmas book, read Luke 2, looked in the sky for Santa's sleigh and laid our Christmas Stockings out. Then the kids all slept in the same bedroom where they had made a fort out of blankets. Even the big kids sleep in the tent!
The kids set their alarm for 6:30 so they could wake up mom and dad by 7:00. We then went downstairs to see if Santa came. We had such a fun time spending time with each other.



Christmas Pajamas
Holly, Summer, Hannah J., McKinnley J., Kami, Paden J., Spencer J., Zac and Corinne

Summer and Hannah

Kami and Holly

Corinne, Zac, Summer, Holly and Corinne

Corinne, Zac, Summer, Holly and Kami - Yes we did get a Wii!!

Holly, Kent, Lorna and Summer

Corinne

Kami!

Zac! Can you believe he is excited about clothes? He must be a teenager!

Holly with her new hat, coat and socks!

Summer with her new Cupcake Maker!