Happy Holidays to You!

It was a great Holiday Season at the White house! We managed to keep Ryker away from the tree and all ornaments are still intact. A feat in itself!

 Rick did a fabulous job on our lights again this year. It's a show stopper for sure! It's so beautiful when they are all turned on. I wish we could leave them up all year. And considering how burried they are in icy snow right now, they just might be up for awhile...

We braved a snow storm and went to Temple Square one evening with the neighbors. These lights got nuthin on the White Family Show...pshhh..

  Ryker was a champ in the bundle-me we borrowed for our stroller (Thanks Bushmans!!)

 I enjoyed not having to get up and showered and going for work- so we stayed in our pajamas a little extra longer and bounced in the Johnny-jump up til our hearts content! Sometimes an hour...

 Went to way too many family parties that got us home late and poor Ryker babe is starting to fall asleep in his carseat for the night more often than in his bed. I'm looking forward to getting back on a routine. 

 Some more jumping...

 More late night car rides..

And finally it was Christmas!!!

More Christmas morning pictures coming from Rick's phone soon... here... 

A nice four second video before the camera battery died... dang it!! But he really is super happy about his rocking horse in case you don't catch that in these four seconds...

 We went to Bear Lake for New Year's for a few days, and enjoyed some time with the Nehmer fam. Bear Lake was a record cold, and these pictures show the 20 minutes Ryker went outside all weekend. 

 This is truly the son of Rick White- he wants to be outside, rain or shine...even if his mother dresses him up like Ralphy ("can't put my arms down!!")

 I stood outside for a few minutes, long enough to get a family picture. It was the kind of cold that hurts to the bone.

 My brothers are so patient with our little busy body.

 Day 2- more sledding. Even a ride on the 4 wheeler. Didn't catch that one on camera. 

Some old ole fashioned phase 10. Kelsey loves cards. SO much. This is her "I'm enjoying it" face Jordy just happened to capture at the right moment. She really is more into jigsaw puzzles than cards. But at least her 5 strand braid looks wonderful -that she learned on you tube and did on all us girls (see Leslie's braid in the background- also a 5 strand you tube miracle).

 Thanks to Leslie and the handicrafts of China, we had awesome Paper Lanterns to light on fire and let off.. I was skeptical I admit, but here it is... actually launching. Even Jared is watching in amazement.

 For the record, that's the cold clouds my camera caught.. not smoke from the lantern. It was too cold to even let off smoke. These actually flew high and far. Cool!!