Christmas with Cousins

We always have a great time with family.  Taylor and I have the best around.  We went to St. George the weekend before Christmas and got together with all the Heaton family.

 One of my favorite things about being in St. George is going to see the live Nativity at Tuachaan.
We were worried about it being full and not getting a good seat, so my mom and I took one for the team and arrived WAY early.  It was quite embarrassing saving 35 seats!!  But worth it. :)

 

A picture of Mimi and Grandma waiting for the gates to open.

 My mom always makes a fancy Christmas dinner, we do talents and we act out the Nativity.  It's a little Chaotic, but really fun.  Traditions, right?

We got a good picture with Santa (mimi was asleep with dad).

 Another great thing about St. George, is that the weather is always FABULOUS!  we wore the kids out with hiking and playing at the park. :)

 Merry Christmas Heaton Clan,!

Now on to see the Nadaulds.....

 I think it's kind of the same in every family, right?  talents and then the nativity played out by the little cousins.  Our favorite in the Nadauld family is the donkey.  It's usually the oldest grandkid and this year it was Jackson.  So funny!

Baby Jesus is quite feminine this year, don't you think?  My angel baby did well and didn't cry through the whole thing.  Such a star!

Presents from Grandparents are the best.  We all got spoiled with BYU gear.  YIPEE.  We love that school.  The entire Nadauld clan has graduated from that school.  All 7 sons and their wives.  :)

I've been waiting 12 years to get the coveted nightgown from grammie.  Mimi finally got one.  Isn't she SOOOO  cute.  I love it!

Heber has lots of fun things and one of our favorite things to do is rent out the rec center and have a game of soccer.  Usually adults against kids and it's a pretty close game!

 

Mimi only almost got hit once, but as you can see... she wasn't phased.  She was bounced right to sleep in the baby bjorn.

 

This year, Grandpa made an ice skating rink in the back yard.  The kids loved it!  The last 2 years were too warm to make it and this year it was too cold to play too long on it.  Maybe next year we'll get the right mixture of cold and sunshine to enjoy it even more.  SO FUN!