Weekend with my WHOLE family!

This last weekend was such a blast! My sister Tara, and her husband Don, flew in. We had a mini-reunion! 0n Friday evening we had our traditional adults Christmas dinner- out. My parents have done this for us for several years now, and I have to say, is one of my favorite parts of the holidays! Not that doing things with kids isn't fun, but when just the adults are there, you actually get a chance to talk! It was great visiting, and then we asked Don a million questions about his job on the police force. He has had some wild experiences! We were all fascinated! It was funny too, because Tara kept saying, "Don't tell that one at dinner!" We all had a great time and we are hoping to visit them this summer. Since Don has had this job Travis has just been itchin' to go on a ride-along with him! Oh yes, the boys want to go too, but of course they can't. We'll just have to find other fun things to do! But one funny story that my Dad told us, is that about a year ago he went where they live on a business trip and he was heading to visit Tara and all of the sudden sees lights flashing in back of him. He couldn't understand why he was being pulled over because it was snowing really hard so he wasn't speeding or anything. It wasn't until he looked up when the officer asked for his license and registration that my Dad realized it was Don. It just didn't occur to him. But Don had it planned out. He told us that he was going to have his partner go to the car and ask my Dad to step out of the car and then proceed to cuff him, but he decided he better not. What a great joke! I asked him if he would do that when we came out because the kids would love it! Anyway, it was a grea night!

Travis is doing a "Trey pose." Notice how in almost every picture, Trey opens his mouth and puts his hands up. I don't know why...he just does.

MY WHOLE FAMILY ON THE LEDUC SIDE

In these next couple of pictures Charli, Lauren (Nikki's girl) and Alyssa are riding their big wheels. Charli and Lyssa got this from Grandma Hall and they have loved it. They just aren't quite big enough for their big bike yet.



The kids had a great time being together! They played most of the day in my parent's basement. The little girls only colored on one thing- the door! I swear! I don't know how to make this stop!




Here's Brody playing the wii they got from Grandma LeDuc for Christmas. It works out great because it is only for Grandma's house. That way I don't have to listen to the fighting it would cause, and my kids won't turn into zombies from paying video games all day, every day! It's a perfect compromise.

Here are some sister shots. It was funny because we took lots of pictures, and we couldn't find one we all liked. We were trying to make poses that wouldn't show double chins! You'll see the final one they chose of me laying on them...I don't think this helps me out! It was great sister bonding!



We wanted Don to show us some "submission holds," that he uses in his job, so we volunteered Brody! This is Don taking him down! It was awesome!! Now...if we can only incorporate these moves into our disciplining!