Thanksgiving and the beginning of Christmas!!!!

Well I haven't posted in quite a while, I tried to get this post done a week ago and I couldn't get the computer to download the pictures. We had a great Thanksgiving all the kids and grandkids were home our plans changed at the last minuet and we ended up not going to Utah and everyone coming home. We had a great time with all the kids.
Payton was not happy at first with Thanksgiving dinner. She eventually stopped crying and ate like a trooper!!! She is usally the funniest little girl with a big mind of her own. Fun to watch and try to keep up with.

AUBREY, THE YOUNGEST GRANDCHILD. HAPPY MOST OF THE TIME AND SUCH A LOT OF FUN!
Kolter is the happiest and most easy going baby ever!!! He is also so much fun. Zan and Johnny were lucky with this little one.

Teaching the kids how to play games and not always winning. That is a hard lesson but we had a lot of fun playing SORRY while the interest lasted!!!

Aunt Danielle made cupcakes and brought all the stuff for all the kids to make Turkey cupcakes. She brought all the toppings and the kids had so much fun making their turkeys and then eating them. Thanks to Danielle for entertaining the kids on Thanksgiving evening. It was a great project and all the kids loved it.

I would have loved to get a picture of all the families but somehow it didn't work. Thanks to John and Zan who to took the time for a family picture!!!






Last but not least, this Christmas is our off year where all the kids have Christmas with their In-Laws or some of them are having Christmas at their own houses. John and I are going to Utah to spend Christmas there. Chris and Becky are staying home and we will be able to see Kelly and Shane as Shane's parents live in Utah. I wasn't going to decorate the house at all, but John really wanted to put up the small Christmas tree. The picture of the Christmas ornament above is the John Wayne christmas ornament Jaxson and Carter bought for him. If you don't know the story, the parents when they are at Grandma and Grandpa Nicholls put the kids to bed and Grandpa proceeds to get them up and puts on a John Wayne movie. If ever they get put to bed they always ask when Grandpa is coming to bed. It is the funniest thing but they love Hatari, Hellfighters and asundry of other boring John Wayne movies. So the last two pictures grandpa wanted to make sure Jaxson and Carter saw. He loves his Christmas ornament.