December

December was such a fun month and was jam packed with lots of fun things and a LOT of parties! It was so fun having a house to be able to decorate this year. And, since we were at my parents last year, I had forgotten about lots of my Christmas stuff so it was so fun to see it all. I had my mom came to help me decorate one day while Brad was gone. It was actually before Thanksgiving, shhhh...... 

Heather had her baby girl on December 3rd! She weighed 6 lbs 13oz and they named her Coralyn Marie Williams. I am so excited for my first niece, but sad I haven't seen her yet. I have enjoyed getting all the pictures they have sent me though! 

I took the Hess kids to play at the kids land at the mall one day and Santa just so happened to be there! Charlie and Lucy were so excited, Ruby not so much. She didn't want anything to do with him. The kids also had fun playing in Claire's and trying on all the glasses. I sure love these kids!

Lindsey had a fun little party at her house one night and invited us, my family, Grandma and the Skeen's. We had dinner, played a Christmas trivia, and then everybody shared a warm fuzzy- most of which were youtube videos.  

We had the Wheelwright Christmas party a little early this year. We had it on the 14th up at Brooke and Elgin's. We had a yummy lunch, then the guys went out to shoot for a bit while the girls made caramels and watched a movie. I was in charge of games this year so I brought a Christmas trivia game and a White Elephant. Everybody had a lot of fun and loved the silly white elephants that I brought. We had a late dinner after and then everybody headed home. 

Our Vivint Christmas Party was on the 16th. Brad and I were in charge of decorations. I used my tree collection as centerpieces for the tables. We had dinner, then played some games to win some tickets to put into a raffle for the sweet prizes that Nick got. We didn't win anything too big this year, but still had a good time.

I had bunco at my parents house on the 17th. I made a fun hot chocolate bar and everybody brought some food to share for our '12 days of appetizers'. The prizes I bought were: 2 pair of leggings, a blanket, gloves, socks and a scarf. I ended up winning a pair of leggings! :) It's been so fun to get together with this fun group of girls and also to meet some new friends.

 I took these kids out to play in the snow after a big snowstorm. They lasted about 10 minutes {without snow pants} before coming inside freezing. 

We had a fun Griffin Family Party at Carols school on Friday the 20th. We had pizza, then they sent us on a fun scavenger hunt around the school. Then we played some minute-to-win-it games in the gym. It was fun to have all of my mom's siblings there except for Gary. 

We decided last year that we would make going to the jump zone on Christmas Eve a tradition. Unfortunately, I started feeling sick on Saturday, and then Brad got sick that night as well. We had to miss out on church on Sunday because we were both really sick, and stayed home all day on Monday as well. I was feeling mostly better by Tuesday so I was able to jump, but Brad was still not feeling great. He still came, but just sat and watched. We had a brunch at my parents after.

We went to Grandma and Grandpa Weyerts for some games and dinner, and then headed out to the Bundy's for some fun games. We played the thimble game until the elf came and knocked to tell the little girls to get to bed. It was fun to see them scream and run as soon as the knock came. Then we got into teams and had a survivor relay race of sorts. It was lots of fun! 

Christmas this year was good, but not too fun since we were both kind of sick. But we both got lots of great things. We had a yummy breakfast, and Grandma Mary came over to watch us open our presents. Then we went to Grandma and Grandpa Weyerts for more presents and some lunch. Then it was time for the highlight of the day for all of us- talking to Jake on skype!! It was so great to see him and he is doing very well. He is still the silly Jake that we all know. Brad and I had to leave right after so we could make it down to Willard in time to talk to Drew on skype. It was great to see and talk to him as well. We opened presents there, then met up with my family and relatives at the Skeen's where we had dinner, talked and played some games.  

The day after Christmas, we had all of Brad's friends from high school (they call themselves the Nerd Herd) over to watch the USU football game. It was fun to see Bryce and Laura who were visiting from New York. After the game, the boys played darts for TWO hours, and I'm not exaggerating! Us girls just enjoyed talking and catching up with each other.

The Bundy's and Annie came over for lunch and games the next day and we watched Emma get a tooth pulled out. 

Adam, Syd and Rafe came over on Saturday and we played a fun new game we got called Telestrations. We also had dinner and played Tenzi. 

The Bundy's came over on Sunday and we had a yummy dinner and played lots of fun games. The winner of every game we played got to choose a prize off of the prize table. We played till the prizes were mostly gone! 

It was such a fun month and an even better year!! We are so excited to see what 2014 has to bring us, and look forward to some fun new adventures.