December 2012 - Week 2

December in Idaho is great - sunshine, warm days...

Actually I found these old pics on camera I had stashed in a drawer.  A little look back on August!

Marcus and Delaney having a little lawn snack.

I think the dirty, Ariel swimsuit went in the trash that evening.

Half of the kids on the tube were actually asleep.

Delaney calls this look 'bloody eyes'. 

And now back to actual December.
Sara and I made our annual trek to the mall to see Santa.

This pretty much sums up the trip. 

KK made her famous gingerbread houses for the kids to decorate.
I think this was day 4 of grandparents being in town.  TIRED kids.

Taking decorating very seriously.

Quinn - not so serious.

Always BFFs these two.

About as 'normal' a picture as I can take of the three girls.

Meredith wiped out on the playground and scraped her lip up.

We had a fun wintry weekend in McCall.  We hit up the North Pole Trek in Ponderosa State Park that the U of I puts on each year.  There are clues hidden around the park that the kids find that

lead them to Santa.  Meredith read all the clues.  The other mom that was in our group had a little black lab in her coat.  Too cute.

Hippie Elf Guide

They found him!  And just for the record, this guy was fooling no one. 

Horrible Santa attempt.

Delaney asking for a Barbie airplane...again.

Quinn was super happy about the hot chocolate and candy cane at the end.  She was also pretty excited when she asked Santa for a 'Big gun'.  Hmmm, hadn't heard that one before.

And back to the mall...these are Saras pictures.

Eli is actually 6 months younger than Delaney.  That girl needs to grow!

Hamilton Girls + Richins Boys