Christmas in Utah and Calvin turns 4!

So, I know it is January 26, and Christmas was over a month ago.... But, I still wanted to post some pictures from our trip.

The boys and I flew down to Utah a week before Christmas and got to spend some time with the fam.

The boys had fun playing out in the snow!

We got to spend some time with Summer and Nikki and their kiddos and go to lunch. It's always fun to go to Utah because we get to see lots of family from both sides.

Calvin turned the big "4" while we were there. He had been looking forward to his birthday for a long time! He was SUPER excited to have a party with his cousins. UNFORTUNATLY, he puked all night, and woke up puking some more on his big day. So, we had to cancel his party. He did have a little energy to open some presents, but as you can tell by the forced smile on his face, he didn't feel well.....

Sadly he spent most of the day on the couch.

Later on that day poor Huddy started puking.

(No...even though I look like I was sick, I wasn't...it just ended up being a "stay in our pajamas and no make-up kind of day" And of course Grayson couldn't be left out of the "puking party", and he started in on it the next night.

A few days later..... We FINALLY got to dig in to Calvin's LEGO cake. It was a little hard and stale by then, but the boys still loved it!!

Happy Birthday CAL!!!

Ben drove in the Friday before Christmas. That night, we all headed down to Mona to my Brother Shane's house for our Family Christmas Party. It was a fun, wild time!! There were 12 adults and 23 kiddos running around, and it was a full house!! My sis-in-law Alicen, put a lot of work in to the party and it was just WONDERFUL!!

Present time!!!

Grandma Sandy and Grandpa Steve gave all the kids their usual matching Pajamas, plus a huge blanket and pillow, which they would use later when they all had a sleepover in tents in the basement!

Proof that Ben was there!!! I think this is the only pic we have of Ben....he is always the one doing the picture taking!

All my sisters and sister-in-laws, and my mom. Love these girls!!
(we had family pictures taken that night.....just in case you were wondering why we all coordinate so well:)

That night, as I said above, we all slept at Shane's house. The Allred kids were all kicked out of their rooms, and the adults took over.

The kids had a great time sleeping with their cousins in the tents in the basement. I am pretty sure they were all up til at least midnight... Then around 6:00am they were back up and chanting "SANTA's COMING TONIGHT TONIGHT!!" at the top of their lungs!


The next morning, we had a delicious breakfast and then headed to a movie. It was so much fun to have my WHOLE family together. It doesn't happen very often with us living away.

Christmas eve was spent pretty quiet at my parents house. Ben's sister and her family were able to stop by and visit for a little bit.

Christmas Morning:

The boys got everything they asked for....plus more!!!

Some of Grayson's favorite presents: Snake coloring book, dragon legos, dragon happy napper, hot wheels track.
Some of Cal's favorites: Fuzzy balls, hot wheels track, legos, and some books.
Huddy's favorites: blocks, doctor set, and his mini dog pillow pet.

Cal was a little confused to find "coal" in his stocking.....

Huddy was so funny. He was OBSESSED with opening presents. He could care less what was it them, he just loved tearing that paper off!!
My dad....

My mom....
And for some reason, we have no pictures of Ben and I. Oh well. We were there!

After opening presents, we headed to a lovely Church meeting. Then we went up to my Grandparents for Christmas breakfast.

My Grandparents. I love these people!

I wanted to snag a pic with the boys and their Great-grandparents. You never know when it will be the last, especially since we only get to see them a couple times a year.
The day after Christmas we had to head home. We got to make a stop in Rupert so see our good friends the Sperry's (who moved a few months ago).


We also stopped in Boise to see The Harmon Fam, but didn't get a picture....But the boys always love seeing their cousins.

It was a LONG LONG drive home. We normally split up the drive, but we had to do it in one day this time, because Ben had to get back to work. Luckily the boys stayed entertained.....

When we got home, there were even more presents from Gramzee and Grandma Paul!

And they were surprised by their main presents....Santa knew we wouldn't be able to fit them in our van on the way home, so he dropped them off at our house!!

They are loving their bunk beds, and they have so much more room in their room to play!

They have been wanting a kitchen forever!!! Hudson LOVES it!