Wright's Rockin New Years Eve Party!

Grandpa and Chad trying to cut
those darn potatoes without laughing.



Ben, Chad & Par cooking up the good stuff.
( It's so cold you can see Ben's breath Brrr!)


Megan just loved Great Grandma Huffaker, she
had a strong connection to her. She always wanted to be
by her. It was so sweet . We love you grandma. Who would guess she
is 90 years old.


Happy 7 months Lanie!


The much anticipated Feast!
It was so yummy!


Playing sequences for Kids with Grandma
and Ericka and Jack.

Charades with kids was so funny.
I think Brandon is saying he is Cold
or I love you!

Time to ring in the New Year. Ben
tackled me in the snow for my New
Years Kiss.

Happy New Year Ben, I love you!

Lisa ,Ella and Byron

All the boys loved playing the Wii.

We had a blast on New Years. Ben's family has an awesome party. They cook a lot of food , and then we play games all night. The kids had fun playing with their cousins. Happy New Year! We hope that 2009 will be a Happy year!

Snow much fun!

Megan loved to eat the snow! I just hope it was all white and no yellow.


Daddy Daughter riding together.

Aunt Lisa, Ella, Megan,Aunt Ericka ,Ben.

Jaden getting ready to ride.

Aunt Lisa pulled all the kids around on the Four Wheeler, through grandpa's garden. She was the winner for the day , and not to mention an excellent driver. The swingset was still in place when the day ended.Go Lisa!

Aunt Lori,Jaden ,Laran

A ride with Grandpa Lewis.SO fun!

Cool Dude!

Megan and Daddy walking up the hill.

Megan going down the hill all by herself.

Good times!

We went to Utah the day after Christmas and stayed for a week. We were really excited to see our families & some friends. We haven't been for the holidays since Melissa's wedding ( 4 years ago). The kids loved the snow.!Megan loved eating the snow. Jaden got really good at sledding down the hill and going over the biggest bumps.He now wants to snowboard.We'll see. We played in the snow a lot and the kids loved it.I forgot how much fun sledding is.(thanks everybody). It just makes you laugh slidding down the hill and trying not to run into anyone walking up , there were some close calls. We had some good trains going but they broke ,oh well.We had some good times.We missed the snow queen(Aunt Trisha).

Christmas Day

Megan and her High School Musical Barbie car.


Jaden playing his Leapster



Lanie fell asleep with all the Chaos of packing for Utah


Lanie liked eating the bows.


Our best christmas gift this year!(lanie loo)


The girls in their matching snow hats.

The kids on Christmas morning!

Merry Christmas ! We love you tons!

We had a wonderful sunny Christmas in California! The kids were so excited about what Santa had brought them. Jaden got a skateboard( so he can fit in with all of his friends here!) and Pokemon cards and a mini Ipod and star war Lego's and leapster games.. Megan got a Barbie house and little pet shop toys and a pink leapster with a princess game.Lanie got a book and a phone and clothes from Santa.It was a fun day opening presents and seeing the kids faces light up. ( I was a little worried that it wouldn't all come together but it did.) Jaden kept saying this is the best day of my life! And it was a great day!

Christmas Eve

What sweethearts!




Lanie loved to grab everything!



The kids coloring before dinner.



Our yummy feast!






Lanie's First Christmas!



OOps this was in utah, more pics coming soon.

We had a lot of fun on Christmas Eve! The kids were way excited! We ate our Christmas "Feast" provided by our secret Santa. And then we opened our Christmas PJ's . And then we took the kids to Christmas tree lane.( it's a real name of a street) the whole street in decorated in Christmas lights.And we sang songs in the car and drank hot chocolate.Then we came home and set out cookies for Santa and feed his reindeer. And watched to movie elf. It was a fun night!

Oakland Temple Trip

We took a little family trip to San Jose the monday before christmas. It was fun , the kids thought they were in heaven staying in a hotel. At one point Jaden said I wished we lived here. After spending most of the day in a hotel while Ben took his test I was ready to leave.After Ben was finished We drove over to the Oakland Temple. We have wanted to go there since we moved here.So we made it a Family Home Evening night. It was a beautiful temple. I couldn't get over a palm tree decorated in christmas lights that cracked me up.( But I also havn't lived in Cali for very long)Anyways it was a fun night, and we got to see some amazing sculptures of christ in the Visitor Center.

Our Secret Santa

We had someone do the twelve days of Christmas to our family! It was the highlight of our day. Waiting to see what our secret Santa brought us. They were so generous and nice. The first day was a spiral ham, then two pies, and three sparkling cider. and the list goes on and on. They were so creative and we loved every minute of it. The kids tried so hard to find out who it was. But we never did catch them. Which made it more meaningful for Ben and I not to know who it was.SO a big thank you to that family who really made our first Christmas in California special. You will never know how much it mean to us! Thank you, thank you!!