Christmas break and new years! December 2013-January 2014

 Largest Live Christmas Tree in the Country

 Not pretty but the first picture of the new year

Christmas break in Arizona was fun as always. Lots of family and fun.  We stayed at Sarah's, then Nate and Carrie came, Adam and Susanne, and Lea Ann and Walt.  My kids are always in heaven when they get to spend time with cousins

Christmas Morning! December 2013

Christmas morning is so fun with kids. I love seeing their excitement.  Rowdy jumped out of my arms when he saw his car.  Poor Peyton was super sick and had a hard time getting up to play with her new stuff but wanting badly to lay down with a high fever. After we let her sleep for a while we loaded up the car and headed to Arizona to spend Christmas break.

Christmas Eve December 2013

On Christmas Eve we spent it signing up to stand in our Stake's Live Nativity.  It was so fun.  You sign up for an hour to dress up and wave at cars going by dressed up as the Nativity.  The kids had fun and even enjoyed sitting there waving to cars.  It was cold but a neat thing to be a part of.  Then of course the yearly picture of the kids in their new jammies setting out cookies and milk for santa and water and carrots for the reindeer. Here Cooper is 7,Trip 5, Peyton 3, Rowdy 13mo.

Night in Bethleham December 2013

This year I was in charge of Night in Bethlehem.   It turned out so wonderful!!  The booths and the gym looked amazing.  But what was the most amazing was the primary program.  Before the program we took some of the children outside and took pictures of them dress up as the nativity characters. So Mary dressed up on a real donkey, Joseph and Mary in a stable with animals around them, the shepards out in the fields, stuff like that.  A lady in our ward even photo shopped camels in with the wisemen.  Then during the program the children dressed up as angels and during the narration and their singing we had a slide show going on above their heads of the pictures of the children acting out the nativity story.   It turned out so pretty and wonderful.  One of counselors said she did it in another ward and she owns a donkey so we just took off from there!!  

History Has Been Made (December 2013)

Yes history has been made by the Ross family.  These are the first pictures ever taken with Santa where no tears were shed!! It was amazing!! Then I also just put some random December pictures. Every year was make Aunt Tranell an ornament and I loved how these hand print snowman turned out. So fun!!   

Washington Trip (October 2013)

In October I headed to Washington when my Uncle Glenn passed away.  Poor Rowdy had a double ear infection on the way up. I literally stopped at the doctor on my way to the airport to get him some medicine.  He was such a sweetheart the whole time and just slept and quietly sat in my lap. During the funeral it may have not been that reverent to take a picture but I was trying to get Rowdy to sleep and when I went to the back I was in awe at how many people attending his funeral I had to take a picture.  It was amazing to see the whole chapel and lots of the overflow of the stake center filled! He was very much loved and an amazing man. 

Halloween October 2013

Halloween was a lot of fun this year.  Last minute I threw together Rowdy, Tyrel's, and I's costume! I was so bummed that I thought of it last minute or I would have all of us be minions and Tyrel be grew.  But my other kiddos had their costumes picked out!  I was in charge of trunk or treat and the last picture is our car.