I have been such a slacker in getting the Christmas pictures posted.... but our family took a little long weekend vacation to Bear Lake this month, and I couldn't get the Bear Lake pictures on here until I got all the Christmas pictures posted.....
So watch out....more posts to come! That's what happens when you get behind!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
MY FAVORITE LITTLE PEOPLE
Our 10 grandchildren from the oldest to the youngest......Bailee almost 10!
Sage- 8 1/2 years old
Kenadee- Baptized in November 2010- 8 yrs
Hunter almost 7 years old!
Curtis- 6 1/2 years old
Eliza Mae - 4 1/2 years old!
Jade- turned 4 the first week of January!
Jake- 3 1/2 years old!
Paxton who will turn two in April 2011
and our littliest Cohen who is 18 months old and loves his Daddy!
Sage- 8 1/2 years old
Kenadee- Baptized in November 2010- 8 yrs
Hunter almost 7 years old!
Curtis- 6 1/2 years old
Eliza Mae - 4 1/2 years old!
Jade- turned 4 the first week of January!
Jake- 3 1/2 years old!
Paxton who will turn two in April 2011
and our littliest Cohen who is 18 months old and loves his Daddy!
I love being a Grandma!
Our Family Party - Christmas Day 2010
Our Ten Grandchildren....this is my favorite picture of our Christmas Party.....they all took their roles so seriously....even the two littliest shepherds on the front left corner!
We started with a dinner of roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, and honey baked ham (so that it felt like Christmas..instead of a regular Sunday Dinner)
Grandma and Grandpa Webster ( David's parents) and Grandma Teeples ( my mom) joined in our party!
We then went downstairs for the little program....just a little bit of history...I hurt my back the week before Thanksgiving, and so I had been un-able to get very many Christmas decorations out from under the stairs and up in the house! The boys did carry the Christmas Tree out and placed it in the corner of the basement...but atlas....I never got it decorated! It really bothered me, and in Primary the Sunday before Christmas the Primary Presidency did the little story about "Teach the Children" where you teach them what the star means, lights on the tree, red bows etc...all of the true meanings of Christmas. Anyway...it hit me that Sunday.. that that is what I should do with my bare tree! Teach the Children and let them decorate it! The really amazing part is that I already had everything except little wreaths to decorate it with!
So, I taught them what each item meant and then gave each grandchild one of the items to hang on the tree! It really worked out well, and they all seemed to really enjoy decorating Grandma's naked tree!
Below is the finished product....and if I do say so myself...it is prettier than I would have done...
We started with a dinner of roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, and honey baked ham (so that it felt like Christmas..instead of a regular Sunday Dinner) 
Grandma and Grandpa Webster ( David's parents) and Grandma Teeples ( my mom) joined in our party!
We then went downstairs for the little program....just a little bit of history...I hurt my back the week before Thanksgiving, and so I had been un-able to get very many Christmas decorations out from under the stairs and up in the house! The boys did carry the Christmas Tree out and placed it in the corner of the basement...but atlas....I never got it decorated! It really bothered me, and in Primary the Sunday before Christmas the Primary Presidency did the little story about "Teach the Children" where you teach them what the star means, lights on the tree, red bows etc...all of the true meanings of Christmas. Anyway...it hit me that Sunday.. that that is what I should do with my bare tree! Teach the Children and let them decorate it! The really amazing part is that I already had everything except little wreaths to decorate it with!
So, I taught them what each item meant and then gave each grandchild one of the items to hang on the tree! It really worked out well, and they all seemed to really enjoy decorating Grandma's naked tree! 
Below is the finished product....and if I do say so myself...it is prettier than I would have done...The Webster Family just might make this a new family tradition!
We then do our own little family Nativity! This is a really special part of our Christmas! I let each child take turns being the different parts....of course all the girls want to be Mary and Hunter has a hard time not being the shepherd, but they are all really good sports! This year little Jade and little Jake were our Mary and Joseph....
We then do our own little family Nativity! This is a really special part of our Christmas! I let each child take turns being the different parts....of course all the girls want to be Mary and Hunter has a hard time not being the shepherd, but they are all really good sports! This year little Jade and little Jake were our Mary and Joseph....Below is picture of all the kids ready and waiting in the hallway to make their way to Bethlehem!
Jade and Jake (who are the best little friends and go to the same pre-school, played our Mary and Joseph! And for those of you who don't know Amy's little Jake...he very rarely, if ever stands still...but he took his part very seriously!
It's Present Time!
Below is Jason and Erin and Cohen and Eliza!
The Bangerter Family below...it was really hard to get all the faces!
Below is Amy and Jon's family opening presents!
And you ask....where is Stefanie and Rich????? Well, Stefanie, once again is the camera girl and she didn't get a picture of herself! Imagine that!! But, Thanks for the pictures, Stef!
Grandma Teeples gave all of the great-grandkids one of those popular little rat like things that run and spin all over the place....she had thought that she bought one extra for herself, but when she got to wrapping, she realized that she was one short!
Jade and Jake (who are the best little friends and go to the same pre-school, played our Mary and Joseph! And for those of you who don't know Amy's little Jake...he very rarely, if ever stands still...but he took his part very seriously!
It's Present Time! Below is Jason and Erin and Cohen and Eliza!
The Bangerter Family below...it was really hard to get all the faces!
Below is Amy and Jon's family opening presents!
And you ask....where is Stefanie and Rich????? Well, Stefanie, once again is the camera girl and she didn't get a picture of herself! Imagine that!! But, Thanks for the pictures, Stef!
Grandma Teeples gave all of the great-grandkids one of those popular little rat like things that run and spin all over the place....she had thought that she bought one extra for herself, but when she got to wrapping, she realized that she was one short!Below, we gave her a little rat pet of her very own!
It was a Wonderful Christmas....it went too, too fast as usual...and with not one day off from work, it really didn't feel like much of a Christmas break....but I loved spending what time I did have with my family.
I LOVE YOU GUYS!
Christmas Eve at Grandma Teeples
The Reason for The Season - Teeples Family Nativity 2010
Gracelyn as Mary, Dennison as Joseph, Sage and Jade were our angels, Hunter the Shepherd, and Cory was the Star!
Grandma Teeples did her traditional dinner of ham, smoked turkey, homemade meatballs, that Eric and Tyler count and make sure they get their fair share (& more), party potatoes, marinated mushrooms, jellos, green salad etc. etc. etc.
Every year we all make a new ornament to hang on Grandma Teeples tree! What alot of memories are hanging on that tree! We started the year that David and I were married and haven't missed a year since...so that was 1977....that is alot of ornaments for one little tree! We all love looking back at all the years! It is amazing that my sister Kathy can keep coming up with new ideas for ornaments, year after year!
Sage helped make their ornament and Jade wanted so badly to help, that I let her decorate David's and my ornament....I must say that it is the brightest, sparkliest ornament we have ever had!
My mother, Grandma Teeples got a new ride this year for Christmas! The look on her face was priceless! My brother thought she could take it south with her and ride it around the RV park. Scott got mom down to Yuma and got the trailer put up and put her on the bike...he sent me a picture on his phone one minute of mom on the bike...and just one minute later sent me another picture of her black and blue and road rash elbow of where she fell! She did get back on, but once Scott left...I really don't think she will get back on it!
Our family has made the very hard decision of breaking off from my Mom's Christmas Eve!! With twenty of us now it was just getting harder and harder for the David Webster family to find time to have our Christmas...so beginning 2011...we will do our own Christmas Eve! On the kids year off, David and I will continue to go over to Mom's and celebrate Christmas Eve!
Gracelyn as Mary, Dennison as Joseph, Sage and Jade were our angels, Hunter the Shepherd, and Cory was the Star!
Grandma Teeples did her traditional dinner of ham, smoked turkey, homemade meatballs, that Eric and Tyler count and make sure they get their fair share (& more), party potatoes, marinated mushrooms, jellos, green salad etc. etc. etc.
Every year we all make a new ornament to hang on Grandma Teeples tree! What alot of memories are hanging on that tree! We started the year that David and I were married and haven't missed a year since...so that was 1977....that is alot of ornaments for one little tree! We all love looking back at all the years! It is amazing that my sister Kathy can keep coming up with new ideas for ornaments, year after year!
Sage helped make their ornament and Jade wanted so badly to help, that I let her decorate David's and my ornament....I must say that it is the brightest, sparkliest ornament we have ever had!
My mother, Grandma Teeples got a new ride this year for Christmas! The look on her face was priceless! My brother thought she could take it south with her and ride it around the RV park. Scott got mom down to Yuma and got the trailer put up and put her on the bike...he sent me a picture on his phone one minute of mom on the bike...and just one minute later sent me another picture of her black and blue and road rash elbow of where she fell! She did get back on, but once Scott left...I really don't think she will get back on it!
Our family has made the very hard decision of breaking off from my Mom's Christmas Eve!! With twenty of us now it was just getting harder and harder for the David Webster family to find time to have our Christmas...so beginning 2011...we will do our own Christmas Eve! On the kids year off, David and I will continue to go over to Mom's and celebrate Christmas Eve!
Our Annual Teeples Family Cookie Night
On December 23, 2010 we held our Annual Teeples Family Cookie Night! Over the years (we think it's been about 30!!) we have added Gingerbread Houses for the kids to do....but this year with 10 Grandkids and the cost of buying the gingerbread houses...we decided to try candy trains! The kids had a great time making their trains and loading the cars with all kinds of fun treats!
We start off the night with dinner....Grandma Teeples pays for all the pizza and breadsticks...and once again the rule was...if you eat...then you frost! Although through the years, I think more and more of our family are breaking that rule, but not everyone gets into frosting cookies!
But...for those we are obedient....the frosting begins! Amy made all the cookies this year! Thank you Amy! I actually got proof that David frosted a cookie...it may have very well been his first! Just kidding...after 30 years, he frost just enough for him to eat!
Let the trains begin! This was a new experience but the kids seemed to really enjoy it. Each child built their own candy train and loaded it with candy. It took everyone helping to pull it off!
As the grandkids get older....some of them are really detailed!
Now that I know they liked making trains, I can stock up on the candy bars at Halloween!
Below Jason, Jon and Stefanie are breaking in the new air hockey table! (New to us anyway...good thing it didn't fit in Michelle and Ricky's basement....we really scored on this deal!
Thanks once again to Stefanie for taking pictures for me....it's hard to be Grandma and camera man at the same time!
We start off the night with dinner....Grandma Teeples pays for all the pizza and breadsticks...and once again the rule was...if you eat...then you frost! Although through the years, I think more and more of our family are breaking that rule, but not everyone gets into frosting cookies!
But...for those we are obedient....the frosting begins! Amy made all the cookies this year! Thank you Amy! I actually got proof that David frosted a cookie...it may have very well been his first! Just kidding...after 30 years, he frost just enough for him to eat!
Let the trains begin! This was a new experience but the kids seemed to really enjoy it. Each child built their own candy train and loaded it with candy. It took everyone helping to pull it off!
As the grandkids get older....some of them are really detailed!
Now that I know they liked making trains, I can stock up on the candy bars at Halloween!
Below Jason, Jon and Stefanie are breaking in the new air hockey table! (New to us anyway...good thing it didn't fit in Michelle and Ricky's basement....we really scored on this deal!
Thanks once again to Stefanie for taking pictures for me....it's hard to be Grandma and camera man at the same time!
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