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We took the kids to this while they were visiting for Christmas and I highly recommend you visit this display before it leaves SLC on the 11 Jan. It is worth the money. Very fascinating. I went to the one in Vegas and was in awe there, but I have to say, I liked this one even better. So, if you have thought about attending and just haven't taken the initiative to do so, I am telling you... GO! You will be amazed and will learn A LOT!!

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A little Christmas re-cap...I decided to go small this year. I didn't feel like digging all the Christmas decor out of boxes in the garage, so I just bought all new, and all smaller. It was so easy, but still brought the Christmas spirit into our home. Here are all of the kids presents nestled under our humble tree. Christmas for the kiddos. Christmas at Darrell and Gayle's.

Showing our presents off that Shalise and her students made for us. (Ceramic bowls that her students made and sold in an effort to raise money to fight hunger.) THANKS SHALISE!!

Dinner and photo opts at Grandma Gayle's

Christmas morning at the Crane's... WHAT A MESS!!!!

But, it just shows the magic of Christmas and all the excitement from the kids! Carmen and Mijken's kids had fun together, and that is all that matters.

giving the boys their presents...

Yeah! Candy and money!

One of Ryan's favorite parts of Christmas: Seeing his wife make a fool of herself (which I am quite good at, and have no shame doing so) on the indo board and pogo stick.

Andrew and Zach were MUCH better than me by far!!! Caleb got a guitar for Christmas. Here he is rockin' out. What a stud! And then here we are finishing the day with another visit to the Brett Bailey's. Snuggle bug Keegen can't be any cuter. Uncle Ry playing one last game with the kids before bedtime.

We hope you all had as great of a day as we did, full of family-time and loves.

secret elves

These days of Christmas have brought joy to us, as we have given. We also hope that your heart has been touched and felt a little bit of heaven. And just in case you're wondering why we have done this thing. This time of year turns many souls to Christ, our Lord and King. He showed great love to everyone... now we give love to you.

Merry Christmas!

With much love,

your secret elves Good ol' Gramps. (Grandpa Memmott.. Chal's grandpa and Ryan's friend from way back) We went over on Christmas day to reveal ourselves. It took a minute for him to register that we were his elves. It was so cute. Ryan was dying over Gramps' retro house. He LOVED it! I was so shocked that after all these years of knowing him, Ry had never been inside his house. We had a great time sneaking and leaving treats everyday, trying to be discreet. We have decided to make this an annual tradition. We did it last year for a different couple and it was a really cool experience. We love you Gramps!

christmas

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

random: just how we like it

Ryan called Caleb last weekend and said "hey bud, do you want me to come over so we can go make some donuts in the car?" Caleb replied adamantly back "NOOOOOOO!!" and promptly wanted to get off the phone. Ryan hung up, and was like 'fine then, just thought it would be fun..' A minute later Caleb called back begging him to take him "I mean yes I want to go Ryan, lets go make donuts.." So, Thursday I am on the phone with Carmen and she mentions that Caleb is wondering when Uncle Ryan is going to take him out in the snow. She recaps the story telling me that Caleb had initially taken him literally, thinking that Ry wanted to MAKE DOUGHNUTS in the car. After he hung up and his mom and brothers explained to him what donuts really were... well.. that explains the quick phone call back. What a character. Anyway, it was snowing badly today, and this afternoon we had an appointment near Carmen's house so I reminded Ryan of his uncle duties in the snow, so we went over to the Cranes and picked up the boys and took them to the local church parking lot... It was something like this: We had fun. At least I did. We probably are not on the favorite list of the local plow company though. It was all fresh snow, and lots of it.

After that we were on our way home, back up to the DC.. (davis county) but after almost an hour in SLOWWWWWWWWW traffic and horrible roads and only making it maybe 10 miles, we decided on a detour to one of our establishments locally. CPK. It was fun.

Have you ever watched Jay Leno when he has "judgemental bastard" on? The guy from the Sopranos that goes around on the streets of NYC and predicts on camera all the history and characteristics of a person before approaching them, and then sees how accurate his judgements are by interviewing them...? Well, anyway, we were sitting at the bar at CPK, just enjoying the ambiance, people watching, socializing, and chatting away, when two middle aged women sat beside us and Ryan decided to be 'judgemental bastard'. So he whispered to me his predictions and then I dared him to interview them to see how accurate he was. We were laughing so hard. It was so funny, and I have to say, he was pretty spot on. The one thing he got wrong though was, he predicted that they were having dinner and then headed to a movie. NOPE... not tonight, for they had tickets to Niel Diamond. "Niel Diamond?!!" I said. Well then, hell, lets go baby! So......... after dinner, you got it, we scalped tickets to good ol' niel. (and for $15 baby!!) We never did sit in our seats, but we did sit in a few others that were much closer! We had such a blast. I am so amazed at his voice and how well he preforms and how exact he sounds in person versus on the radio or CD. Although we are not huge fans, it was way nostalgic to hear some of the songs, and some of his new ones are pretty great.

It was a random night, full of fun, circles in the snow, new friends, laughs, and some dancin' and singin'

Go Niel! You pretty much rock!

Niel in the great SLC!

taylor

GO KANAB!

Ry and I went to Jordan H.S. this weekend to watch Tay preform in competition. They did really well, and ended placing 2nd in 2 dances and 3rd in another. Good job girls!

They ended up staying over a extra night due to bad road conditions, but we got a call this evening from her saying that they finally made it home. What a long weekend for them!

celebrate

Friday was our friend Heiko's birthday so we celebrated downtown with a little Italian. Happy Birthday! Jared has the AMAZING and WONDERFUL idea... to grow a mustache just in time for all the beloved family holiday photos. So, guess who else is on board? ...my man, Mr. RHB thinks it is a hilarious opportunity to grow a stache as well. Humm.. we'll see how long he can take it.