Snow is Falling All Around

It has been snowing all day today. Not such an unusual occurance for most of you, but do to the fact that I live in St. George Utah it is kind of unexpected. The only downfall is that it's not really sticking. The kids really wanted to play in it, and it's also freezing.

Family Christmas Party

On Saturday it was the Gentry Family Christmas Party. We went up to Ceday for what was supposed to be the day, but ended up being overnight because we got stuck there when the snowstorm hit. The only bad part was that we didn't have p.j.'s and a change of clothes, and since the whole family was there no bed either. It wasn't to bad though we actually slept pretty good on the floor.

We had a white elephant gift exchange. Even the kids did one. They each brought an ornament. You should have seen the look on Tanner's face when he got a Hannah Montanna one. Luckily he was able to trade in the end and I think everyone went away happy.

We also did a secret Santa for a family and we went to deliver it. Landon went up to the door with Tanner, Chloe, and Saydee. It was kind of funny seeing him try to throw the girls back in the truck as they were having a hard time even getting there through the deep snow. When we got back to my Dad and Mom's Tanner couldn't resist making a snow angel despite the fact that he didn't have a snow suit on and it was freezing outside. My Dad told him he couldn't go in the house covered in all that snow, so Landon had to brush him off first.

Later on we played Catch Phrase. The Gentry Girls against the boys or spouses. Sorry boys we killed you 2 out of 3 games.

My mom made the kids each a beenie they all look so cute in them.

Mom also made each kid a ginerbread house. They had lots of fun decorating them. She does this for them every year. Earlier this year she also made Tanner a Gingerbread Train which he entered in a contest at Lin's. They judge them sometime this week. They all look forward to their gingerbread houses, and I think the parents have fun helping too.

Thanks everyone it was fun!

Ho Ho Ho

We went to the Santa Social at Tanner's School tonight. It was fun. The main reason we went was so that the kids could see Santa, which they did. I thought that this year Chloe would break down and sit on his lap, but once it got right down to it there was no way. She did relay to me though what she wanted and told me to tell him, but she wouldn't talk directly to him. Oh well the picture turned out cute anyway. Maybe next year will be the year. Tanner has sat on his lap without any hesitation every since he was 3, so I guess kids are just different.
I love this picture of Tanner he is deep in thought about what he wants for Christmas.

Fiesta Fun

Over the weekend my Grandma was tending my cousins Tyler and Sam. So we decided to take the kids to fiesta fun. They had so much fun riding the bumper boats, playing minature golf, playing the arcade games, and playing on the indoor play place. It is so fun to see them all together. They have such a good time, and Chloe acts like she is just one of the boys. She especially loves Tyler he is the oldest and he takes such good care to include her in everything.

Christmas is in the Air

Well it's here. The best time of the year in my opinion-Christmas. The Christmas season is always filled with so much fun. Over the Thanksgiving weekend we went and got our Christmas tree. The kids had so much fun looking for the perfect one, despite the mud, they even each got a small one for their own rooms. They could hardly wait to decorate them. They wanted to do it Sunday when we got home, but we had them wait until Monday night. Now the house is all decorated and the tree and lights are up. The kids are already so excited they can hardly stand it. They are both doing there advent calendar countdowns, although we did catch Chloe sneeking a couple of days ahead on hers.

FALL

It seems that Fall has finally arrived in St. George. Sometimes I think it takes longer for the leaves to start to change color and the tempertature to drop in St. George than in the rest of the state. Probably because it's warmer here.I don't have any trees with leaves that fall, but my Grandma has a couple by her house. So the other night when we were out there the kids asked if they could rake the leaves up and play in them. Tanner really had a lot of fun he would run and like do a front flip into them, and the he let Chloe help burry him completely with leaves. Chloe didn't really want to get in them to much she would jump in with only her feet, besides it was way more intertaining watching Tanner and burrying him.

Happy Fall!

Halloween

We had a fun filled Halloween. Tanner was a secret agent and Chloe was a witch. It started out with the kids Halloween parties. Oops mom forgot the cheese sticks for Tanner's luckily we had Grandma to run a get them since I was working. Chloe had her party the day before since she has school on Tues. and Thurs. They both had fun.
Later that afternoon Tiff and Taelor came over and we went trick or treating to Grandma Angies office. They had like a haunted house going on there. Tanner loved it. Chloe got a little scared by one of the agents and had me carry her the rest of the time. Taelor was just kind of there for the ride, she didn't really know what was going on yet. She looked so cute in her pumpkin costume the kids couldn't get enough of her.
When Landon got home we went trunk or treating at the church. One person was handing out fangs and the kids and some of there friends enjoyed trying those out. I don't think they were to excited about the toothbrushes the dentist was handing out, but I was after the last dentist appointment. He did give them some candy too. They were both really happy about the gift certificate for free ice cream at cold stone.


Then we went out to Grandma Marshalls to trick or treat, we hit a few houses in her neighborhood and then headed home. The kids ended up with way to much candy. It should last awhile though. We all went to bed around 8:00, because Landon and I had to be at a Scout Leader Pow Wow the next morning at 7:30.