Merry Christmas from the Chivers'

Christmas!

Christmas was such a great time for us! Santa came and hit us hard with toys! The kids didn't know where to turn there was so much stuff! We were really blessed this year...Jayk has had a few different jobs, but we've never went without. Christmas is a great time to take a minute and think of where all our blessings DO come from and really give thanks for those. Anyways, we enjoyed time together, time with our families, and getting to celebrate a great season.

Gingerbread Houses

All the cousins got together at my mom's house and did gingerbread houses one Saturday. It was a great time with lots of candy, lots of icing, and lots and lots of kids!

Puttin' up the Christmas tree

The finished project!

Grason eating the lights

Shelbe was such a big help

Shelbe got a hold of the camera

Christmas Dance Recital

Shelbe and Alyssa's attitude poses!

Shelbe, Fancy, and Alyssa

Thanksgiving in Pheonix

Our Thanksgiving Turkey!

Brody in a T-Bird...he really wanted to take it home!

At the cemetary

Shelbe and Alex

This year for Thanksgiving we went to Pheonix to see my dad's family. We had a really good time visiting with family, eating lots of good food, and going and seeing my Grandpa Derral's grave. I wasn't able to go down for the funeral so it was nice to go and have a little closer with it all. He is barried in the Veterans Memorial Park in North Pheonix. It's really pretty....no grass or anything, just natrual landscaping. Anyways, other than that we caught up with all the family down there that we only get to see once every other year it seems!

Family Pictures 2010

Halloween 2010

Shelbe got to go perform at the Care Center with her

preschool class. These are two of her friends from there.

(This one makes me laugh...where does she come up with these?!)

Had a great time this year. It was a lot more fun, I think, since the kids are getting older and understand more of what's happening. They got enough candy to last a lifetime, but it might just have to dissappear here in the next day or so. Shelbe was really fun to watch enjoy the season. She's got such a big personality on her...she keeps us laughing! As you can see by all the poses she did she really loved her costume.

Carvin' Pumpkins

Brody had a hard time getting his shirt off...silly guy!

Shelbe was completly disgusted by the whole thing

Jayk concentrating

Grason was just havin' a good ole time

Shelbe's finished product

I HATE carving pumpkins, but the kids finally talked us into doing it for FHE last monday. We actually had a pretty good time. Jayk had to take little breaks here and there to go blow the sprinkler system out, but carved a pretty mean Jack-o-lantern if you ask me!