Holiday Birthdays, Dances, Hair Cuts and Boy Scouts

The Holidays are a big deal to our family and this year was no exception.  I would have to say that this year was especially important to us in light of our recent struggles.  We wanted to make sure everybody enjoyed the season. 

I am going to post about our Holidays in  three parts.  The first will be everthing that happened in between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Our Holiday season begins every year just a week after Halloween on November 7th which is Williams birthday.  I can not believe he turned 10 this year!

"Good Morning Buddy Your 10!"

Crystal and Spencer always decorate the stairs for the kids birthdays.  They LOVE running through the balloons and streamers in the morning.  Williams cat Fuzz beat him down.

10 Candles

Boy Scout Pack Meeting - William gets his Bear!

Flag Lowering Ceremony

I LOVE flag ceremonies.  I feel such love and patriotism for my country and it was especially sweet to see my Grandson salute the flag and take part in the ceremony. 

RaLee goes to the Winter Formal 

She is so beautiful!

She doesn't like going to dances with a date as much as she likes going with a group of girls and dancing with everybody.  She runs through boyfriends as fast as she changes clothes and that makes me happy.  She has taken my advice to heart.  "Don't get too serious in High School with one boy.  Date them all, learn what you like and don't like in a boy, and have FUN!" 

Spencer buckling her bracelet pretending to be her date and putting her corasge on.  He cracks me up and is always so kind and sweet.

Caden gets his first hair cut!  Aunt Crystal cut his hair.

Dad had to hold him still.  Cutting his hair was like trying to paint a car that's driving down the freeway!  He is such a wriggle worm!

All done and so happy!

Wayne turns 8!  And Arizona legalizes fireworks!  So mommy and daddy bought him a huge package of fireworks and he loved it.

8 candles

Outside for fireworks

DJ turns 24!  I sure do love my son.  I even love his thick, curly, crazy hair!

Crystal and DJ pose for the annual birthday picture under the Christmas tree.

Royal came over for DJ's birthday party and tried very hard to convince Caden that he is a nice guy.  Caden has never liked Royal.  We can't figure out why.  Is it his size, voice, or the hair on his face?  So Royal try's to gently hold him.  You can't see his face but Caden puckers up and immediately starts screaming.

Royal quickly puts him down on the floor and Caden just sits there staring at Royal and screams!  It's really kind of funny but it hurts Royals feelings.  All of the nieces and nephews love uncle Royal with the exception of Caden.

Even Nolan doesn't seem to mind him.

RaLee and Royal I really like this picture.

Wayne turned 8 and is so excited to be a boy scout.  William and Wayne got to go Christmas caroling with the scouts and they had so much fun.  William is in the red shirt holding the sheet music and Wayne is sitting behind him to the right in the plaid coat.

We didn't know what we were going to do with all of the chidren once school got out.  So we decided to do a Christmas craft everyday until Christmas Day.  They loved it! And it exhausted us!

Payten took her projects very seriously.

Crystal turned 31.  She doesn't like cake so she requested peanut butter cheese cake instead.

John Griggs turned 31 just 3 days after Crystal.  He loves teasing her during those couple of days that she is older than him.

That's it for all the birthdays.  Wow I'm exhausted just looking at all of it again.  It's a lot of work and definitely keeps us busy during the Holiday season but we LOVE it!  I'm so thankful for my family and my love for them grows daily.  My children are wonderful and are there for me supporting, comforting and loving me everyday.