Photography by Melanie

Poor Koda...

We all love Jett's chubby feet...that are almost always crossed!

What are you doing Sis.?

Great Job Melanie!

Enjoying the February Snow!

Jett hanging out enjoying the weather...and that cold white stuff.

Grandma Merrill and Melanie
Megan finally tired after a fun afternoon tubing!
Mid February we went up to Pinetop to enjoy ALL the New Snow Fall. Pete and the kids played in the snow and tubed while I was able to go skiing. I went skiing with Brooke and my dad. It had been 12 years since I had last gone skiing! Just like ariding a bike, I picked it right up! It was SOOOO much Fun!!! Next year the whole family is hitting the slopes!

New Years in Pinetop

Aunt Lee watching a movie with the girls on Grizz...

Pulling out the quads...
Everyone loves spending time in Pinetop with
Grandma and Grandpa Merrill.

All Boy!

Jett is all Boy... he loves anything with wheels...

and will sit and spin the tires with his cute little chubby fingers.

Pete and his boy!

White Elephant Fiesta!

Cute Cousins Playing

The kitchen crew...
Kids White Elephant...

What a BluRRR What a Mess!

After Christmas we went meet up with Pete's family at Jill's house in Queen Creek. We had a Mexican Fiesta Dinner with carne asada and black beans rice...yumm! We exchanged gifts and played white elephant....fun hanging out with family. Thanks Jill for letting your house take a beating.

Merry Christmas!

The Magic of Christmas morning!!!

Jett loved his TRUCK!

Melanie loved her horse!

Megan REALLY LOVED her i-pod!!!

Santa sure out did him self and was really thoughtful! I love how magical Christmas morning is for kids...I love being able to share it with them!

Early Christmas Morning...

Santa's gifts...

So Fun to have 3 stockings hung this year!

Santa always remembers Koda...
Santa must have been in a hurry ...didn't eat much!

Christmas Eve Dinner

Christmas Eve dinner was at Uncle Don's and Aunt Beth's house this year and it was so nice!The food wonderful to include the appetizers and deserts! Uncle Don was in charge of the program where he read from Luke in the Bible of the Christmas story, and shared some stories and songs. It was a great Christmas Eve to share with family and celebrate the birth of our Savior.

Gibson Family Pictures 2009

The Dan and Terrie Gibson Family

The original family
All 8 grandchildren

Peyton and Jett

The Hatch FamilyThe Merrill Family

The Gibson Family

We had Gibson family pictures taken at Christmas...and we were over due for sure! The last family pictures were when was 8 years ago! After pictures we celebrated at Macayo's for surviving family pictures! Thanks Mom and Dad!

Jett lovin' that Christmas Tree

Jett here in December is not yet crawling ...manages a quick steam roll all the way to the Christmas tree. His favorite parts was pulling the ornaments off and restringing the lights for me. As you can tell from this picture he knows he's in trouble...yea right! What a cutie!

Gingerbread House 2009

Pete takes his gingerbread house construction very seriously! Now I have two little girls that have acquired the same skills. Jett and I were teasing them by trying to steal a few gum drops. Oh what holiday fun

Christmas at the OK Corral

Megan's third grade class put on a cute little musical play called "Christmas at the OK Corral" It was right up her alley! The music teacher asked the kids to wear boots and a cowboy hat if they had them and Meg was excited to dress up! It was hard to hear the kids parts...good thing Megan had recited the whole play to me several times at home so I knew exactly what was going on! Megan was not nervous and seemed like a natural on stage...WATCH OUT! Melanie was the camera person and I thought she did a pretty good job!

Early Christmas with Gibson Cousins!

Ben, Cheryl and the kids drove down early December from Utah to visit and offically kick off the Christmas Celebrations. It was way too short of a visit but we enjoyed hanging out at the farm riding Gray and chasing chickens and sheep! We also squeezed in family pictures and yummy Mexican food!