Christmas 08

Dallin trying on his new coat

Kaden and Kati

Kaden and his new coat

Jamen's !st Christmas!!

Char, Ster(on the phone as usual) and Char's sister Michelle

Jayde and Jamen

Coco and Jamen.

This baby is loved by his cousins!!

Lining up youngest to oldest

Vickie and Rob opening their presents from us!

Michael's favorite gift...A Cherry Coke lid and some yarn:)

What Jamen wanted for Christmas!

The Gifts......











and more gifts!!

Christmas morning Brett's mom woke us up. The kids were sound asleep, but they were more then happy to wake up. Dallin and Kaden both got snowboarding coats, Easton and Dawson both got Stars Wars action figures and games for their new Playstation 3 that Grandpa Steve bought for them. It was nice and the kids had a blast opening their presents with their cousins. Grandma Vickie lined the kids up youngest to oldest to open their gifts. This was Easton and Dawson's first year to spend Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa Benincosa's house.

The 2 last pictures are of Brett's Grandpa Calvin and Grandma Virginia. The day after Christmas we were over at Sterling and Char's house. We had forgotten Jamen's formula at his mom's house, so Brett went back to grab it. When Brett got to his mom's, he found his grandpa had fainted and hit his head on the granite counter top. His head wad bloody, his glasses and watch had broken. Brett called the ambulance and Cal was taken to the hospital. They stiched up his head and kept him over night to keep an eye on him. The hospital said he was okay to go home on Saturday. Sunday he fell 2 more times. They took him to the hospital again; where they found that the blood vessels in his brain had torn loose from his skull, and his brain was hemreging. There is nothing that they can do for him. He will most likely pass away in the next couple of days.

We are so thankful for being able to spend Christmas with him. I just wish I wouldn't have ignored the nagging feeling I had to take pictures of them with my children. Why is it that we so often ignore those kind of promptings?? Hopefully I will learn to listen a little better.

Christmas Eve

We had a White Elephant exchange. Dawson ended up with this disgusting nose that dripped green candy out of the nostrils

This is Riley, Brett's cousin Kelly's little girl. She did a couple of dances for us. It was really cute!

Sterling and Kati

This year we were able to spend Christmas with Brett's family. We have not spent a Christmas Eve with them for at least 7 years. It was fun seeing family that we have not seen in so long. It is crazy seeing how much all the cousins have grown up.

Family Home Evening

McKade, Jeff and Brittani


Not quite sure what Dawson was supposed to be. He was really wanting to drees up, so we has to improvize.

Garrick and Phaidra

Sterling(Innkeeper/Gangster) Char and Jose

Grandpa Rob

Brett's family on his mom's side got together on the Sunday before Christmas for FHE. Everyone was supposed to dress up as someone from the Nativity. Various people were chosen to play a part. They were to speak of their feelings as if they were there that night in Bethlehem.Grandpa Rob was Joseph; he played the guitar and sang a beautiful song from Michael Mclean's "The Forgotten Carols."Brittani was Mary. She really brought the Spirit as she spoke of what it would have been like to be chosen as the mother to The Son of God. Sterlingwas a The Innkeeper. Dallin, Colton and Jose were Wise Men. Phaidra and Garrick were Angels. Poor Brett had to play the part of King Herod. It was really nice spend the evening with family and to FEEL the true meaning of Christmas. Thankyou everyone... it was an awesome experience!

The Polar Express

Brett's mom and dad bought all the grandkids tickets to ride "The Polar Express." The little kids had a blast(the big kids and adults had fun too). Thankyou Grandma Vickie and Grandpa Rob for a night to remember!

Easton and his cousin McKade

Dawson and his cousin Colton

McKade and Easton

Kaden was a little loopey on pain medication(his shingles turned into Postherpetic Neuralgia. It is a very very painful complication of shingles where the virus gets into the nerves. His Pediatrition has been practicing for almost 30 years and has never dealt with it in a child.) Lucky us!! So anyway, he is on very stong pain medication; therefore the goofy look:)

Colton, Dallin, Kati, Jayde and Kaden.

The Lyman Family

My sweet baby that loves to sleep (during the day)