Ginger bread house

Fun making their Ginger Bread House!!! We've loved doing this for the past 3 years. The pre-packaged kit is so fun and easy for the kids to do - especially now they are getting older.

Silly kids havin' fun! They had some fun ideas to make some silly poses for the camera . . .

... presentation of the house

... exxagerated presentation of house... haha... these guys thought of these poses all on their own! so funny!


... curious...

... shhh... sneaky sneaky... sneaking a piece of candy from the house... haha

Cute kiddos!

Wishing "U" Happy Holidays

We hope EVERYONE has Wonderful Holidays!!

May the New Year bring all you hope and desire!

May bliss fill your hearts and homes!

We LOVE YOU ALL!

Christmas Day 2008!

Ready to open presents . . . wearing their cozy pj's they opened Christmas Eve! Conrad in Thomas the Train pj's and Hana in High School Musical pj's!

Conrad, Hana, and their cousin Elli at G&G Mack's house for Christmas breakfast!

Delicious McKinnon family traditional Christmas breakfast! Every Christmas morning, since Scott was young, his mom, Karen, makes a delicious egg and sausage breakfast casserole! Yum - it is so good and flavorful - mmmm! Also for the past couple years since G& G got their waffle maker, they also make those yummy, large waffles! mmm mmm mmm!

Breakfast with Santa Dec. 20th, 2008

For the past few years we have created a little tradition to do "Breakfast With Santa" with the McKinnon family!!! Good times! The kids love it! What could be more fun...




There is always a couple pre-teen girls doing face-painting for the kids...

Then the music starts playing and the jingle bells ring and Santa enters the room. He has the kids sit on the floor while he talks to them about Christmas. Then he has a few kids come up and help him with some songs. Some how my kids always seem to find their way up there - sometimes Santa calls on them, and sometimes they go up there even if he asked another kid to come... haha. Good times!

Then the kids get to sit on Santa's lap and take pictures and tell him what they want for Christmas. The kids also get to write a letter with the things they want for Christmas on it for Santa to keep. Then after about a week Santa sends the kids a letter thanking them for coming to breakfast and letting them know that he is working on their toys, which he names them specifically in the letter. Its pretty cool for the kids to get that letter. They get very excited!

Oh look at my kiddos! They are such cuties... I sure love them!!!

Happy 6th Birthday Hana-Bear!

Hana turned 6 years old this year! Wow! I sure love that girl!


Hana had a little Birthday party with some of her friends! Below are her friends from school... left to right... (top) Kimberyly, Birthday Girl!, Kelli. (bottom) Hannah, & Sierra (twins, not sure which is which :)) and Conrad!



Kimberly (above with Hana and Conrad) is Hana's best buddy! They are always playing together at school! Hana tells me they play "kissy tag" with the boys at school. haha! Funny girls!

Disneyland - again? and Hana's 6th Birthday! Thurs. December 11th - Sun. December 14th . . .

Yes! Its true! We went for Hana's birthday this time. Scott's parents came with us again! We all had a blast! We were also absolutely exhausted by the end of each day, and especially by the end of the trip!!!

We LOVE Disneyland at Christmas time!! It is decorated so BEAUTIFULLY! This is what the castle looked like at night! AMAZING!

Here are some fun family pictures of our 4 day trip! Enjoy . . .

Classic family castle picture

Hana had this idea about doing this in the picture! Cutie! (We're in Bugsland in CA Adventure)

Here is our beautiful Birthday Girl!!! She had a blast! We had to try a little bribing for her to come on some rides with us, but it didn't really work. She really hates rides with hills and some of the best ones have them -- such as, Pirates of the Carribean (yes the little ones at the first) and Splash Mountain. She never went on Splash Mountain, but on Friday night she fell asleep during the fireworks, so right after they were done, we snuck her with us on Pirates. She slept right through the hills, then woke up for the rest of it. It was perfect! :)

She did agree to go on the Matterhorn for some Cottoncandy. She ended up liking the ride and we went again during the trip. It was very cool to talk to her about how she overcame her fears and what she did if there was a hill. Maybe next time she will do Pirates without having to be asleep. ;) Her FAVORITE ride is Soarin' in CA Adventure.

Here is our Little Man! He has a thing for his Grandpa Mack lately. Its fun! Together they sang "Utah Man" pretty much the entire trip. If you can tell in the picture on the bottom left we happen to be in line right in front of some Zoobies who were on a roommate trip. Conrad saw them and said "I am a Utah Man sir! Cougar fans!" then he sang "Utah Man" for them. They of course thought he was adorable.

Conrad also LOVED the Cowgirl in red. We went to Santa's Reindeer Roundup and they sang songs with the kids, and he LOVED it. He wanted her to keep singing with him. So cute.

Have some Characters, Huh!? Yes we got pictures with TONS of the Disney Characters. It helps that we got to go to a Buffet Breakfast with Minnie and her friends. Anyways, above are all the ones we got pictures with. We actually only saw Mickey from a distance this time.

Good times!!!

Trimming the Tree . . .

Good times putting up the Christmas decor! Here are the kids and Scott helping Hana with the final touch - - - the Angel!