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!

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!

HALLOWEEN 2010

Halloween 2010 started with a dinner quite different then our usual WEBSTER sunday dinners of meat and potatoes!!! We had two different kinds of enchilladas and spanish rice and green salad! I enjoyed it, but a couple brought their own food!

Once we were done with dinner...the kids all put their costumes on and we started the real party! I had donuts hanging from strings and it was really quite funny watching the kids try to eat them without hands!

The kids never gave up---little Jake just kept at it until he finally won!

But the best part was watching David, Jason and Jon try it.....the kids thought that it was so funny! Rich and Ricky were holding the pole and they didn't make it easy for the men.

The weather had cleared off enough that we took our little costume down the street to visit Sister Reef! The kids had fun having their little "Parade"

Little Cohen the "Tiger" was leading the way!

Below are Kenadee, Sage and Bailee who were our resident witches this year!

Our "Super Heroes" came blasting in....Curtis the Wolverine and Hunter the Spiderman!

Eliza was our beautiful mermaid with pinked stripped hair!

Jade the Princess Fairy (notice the wings) flew in for the party!

Jake "transformed" just in time for the parade!

Paxton- left the ranch and galloped on over to join the fun!

And...little Cohen Tiger!

I had also made some games for the kids....Pin the apple on the witch and a pumpkin toss...but I didn't get any pictures...I was to busy playing the games...Thanks Stefanie for your help as well!

Park City - UEA Weekend 2010

With the grandkids in school...I have to really plan ahead in order to get everyone together for a mini-vacation! This year we decided to stay alittle closer to home and we booked the Marriott Mountainside in Park City! We had two condo's with two bedrooms each...and we had a great time from Wed. after school until Sat. late afternoon, October 13-16th! The grandkids loved the heated outdoor pool! The weather up in Park City was absolutely beautiful! Sage (8), Kenadee (8 next week) and Bailee (9) had a blast throwing each other!

Hunter (in the goggles) and Curtis who are both 6...had fun playing sharks!

Jade and Jake...both 3 years old...are a very crazy pair when they get together!

Amy and Grandma Teeples enjoyed sitting by the pool in the great sunshine!

Little Paxton (18 months) was always napping when the kids were in the pool...but he had fun playing along the edge!

All the kids love Grandpa!!!

Little Paxton follows Grandpa around like a little shadow!

Michelle and Paxton watching the kids swim!

Back in the condo's we had fun playing games....the kids are getting big enough for card games...

Jade (3) and Eliza (4) love dancing and coloring.....I loved watching these two little girls having fun....every where we went they were holding hands!

Below, we are all walking down to the bus stop to head over to the cool city park!

Marriott has lots of kid activities in the play area....Friday all the kids went and did the Fuze beads and Jade and Eliza played on the horses in their matching shirts!

The little boys brought some small toys and played really well together!

Below is Little Cohen (1) having his breakfast I think!

Getting ready for the day!

Half the fun of going on vacation is doing nothing at all...and by the picture below, you can see that the men have perfected that activity!

Bailee, Paxton and Kenadee

Hunter the horse..of course! I loved the goggles on Hunter and Curtis!

Like I said above...we rode the free city bus to the Park....they have a great playground for the kids! Below, little Jake is holding on tight!

Kenadee and Sage are never far apart!

I didn't get alot of playground pictures.....because I was too, too lazy to follow the kids around! But, the monkey bars were right in front of where I was sitting....

Before leaving the park....I had all the kids that could...climb up on the spider web...from the top down is Bailee, Curtis, Sage, Kenadee, Jade, Jake and Eliza!

While waiting for the bus to pick us back up from the park....we had head stand contests, and cartwheel contests!

On Saturday morning...everyone but Grandma (me) and Cohen and Paxton went on the Alpine Slide! This is Cohen and Paxton waiting patiently for the sliders to come down the hill!

Both pictures were so cute....I had to post them both!

Finally....they started coming down the slide....Bailee was brave enough to go by herself! I didn't get over to them in time to get my 77 year old mother coming down! The funniest part was watching her get out of the sled!

All the kids immediately wanted to go again...but the lines were forever long! So, we headed to Wendys for lunch and then over to the Olympic Park!

The kids had fun in the bobsleds and looking at all the different displays!

Eliza...below....trying her hand at the skeleton!

Sage and Kenadee trying their skills at the downhill!

Bailee, Kenadee and Sage playing a skiing game! Bailee must have won!

We all had a really great time....Erin and I must have really avoided the camera...we are nowhere to be seen! I tend to like it that way! Sorry Erin!

We had a great time, great food (and lot's of it) and really great company!