FiNaLlY...a GOOD snow!!

We FINALLY got a good snow!! This winter has been really weird with how warm it has been. I really wanted a white Christmas....but I will take the week after too!!

As much as I LOVE the snow...I HATE the mess. Well, it's not even really the mess...it's the kids begging to go play in it and 2 minutes later begging to come back in cause it's TOO cold!! Therefore...my kids got to play in it ONCE:)


Tessa, Macie, Eva, Paul, Miles, Morgon, Amelia, and Caden

Miles trying to decide if he likes it or not

Crazy Amelia

Paul begged the most to go play in it and cried the worse to come in:) This kid cracks me up!!

Christmas Dinner...

I LOVE going out to my parents for Christmas dinner and to open our stockings from my mom... Yes she still stuffs every single one of us a stocking!! She is crazy, but that is what we love about her.



Grandpa Tenney with little miss Taelee

Brylee, Eliza, and Abigail enjoying their dinner!

Eva, Callie, and Brooklyn...Cousins are the best!!

Brock, Maryssa, and Porter

Christmas Morning...

SANTA FOUND US!!!


THE KIDS WAITING...


(We had Randy and Cynthia and their girls spend Christmas with us this year and we LOVED having them here!)


BRANDON GOT TO OPEN THE FIRST PRESENT!!

Yep it was used...but he still loved it!!


THE KIDS GOING CRAZZZZZYY!!

We are SO grateful for all of our blessings...especially the blessing of our Savior's birth, life, and death.

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2010!!

My Favorite...

I LOVE our Family Christmas Party. It's the ONLY time of the year that all of my siblings & spouses and my parents are together with NO kids. This year David and Gay were the amazing hosts and we had a great time as usual.

I Sure Do LOVE my FAMILY!!!



My awesome Parents!

Mr. and Mrs. Frosty the Snowman

Waiting to play the Selfish Christmas Game...don't they all look so thrilled to be there?:)

Jody with his awesome hat (it sings 'grandma got ran over by a reindeer' and the antlers flap back and forth)

I'm a GREAT Aunt...again!

I know this is old news, but I wanted to still post on it. Carly had her little 'Gracilyn' on December 19th. She weighed 6lbs 9oz and was 20 inches long. She is the first Great-grand daughter on our side, so you can imagine how spoiled she is going to be! I still can't believe that my sister is a GRANDMA...no doubt she will be an awesome one!!!

CONGRATS TO CARLY AND NICHOLAS AND WELCOME TO THE FAMILY LITTLE GRACILYN!!




my beautiful sister with her adorable granddaughter

my mom with her first great-granddaughter

Gracilyn with her favorite 'GREAT' aunt

The proud parents!!

Another Update on my Dad...

I need to apologize for not updating my blog earlier about my dad. There just hasn't been much to update! Like I said in a prior post, his surgery went well. He went back down to Tucson this past Wednesday and had his Radiation Plaque removed. They just did it under local anesthetic and he returned home to the ranch later that day. I got to see him that afternoon and he looked pretty rough. Since they had to move a muscle to get the Plaque in there, he is seeing double vision out of that eye and will be for some time. I think his biggest challenges are still ahead of him with getting use to only have full usage of one eye. We appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers and ask for continued prayers that he will be able to adjust to this quickly. I sure do love my daddy!!!



My Dad and I 5 days before his surgery.

Dad the day of his surgery

I took this picture yesterday...his eye is still swollen and irritated.

Bunco Christmas Party...

I love hosting our Annual Bunco Party!! This year was exceptionally fun. We had 14 couples show up and we ate lots of good food and had lots of great laughs!!



Brian, Ginger, Mitchell, LeAnna, Tiffani & Nathan

Daniel, Marcie, Kelli, Spencer, Shawna & Bruce...don't they look like they are ready to play the greedy Christmas game?!

Shawna opening her awesome gag gift!!

H/O Annual Christmas Party...

I can't imagine the amount of work that goes into pulling off a Christmas Party for all the kids in the community! A SPECIAL thanks to ALL of those that make this possible for our kids. My kids absolutely LOVE this!!!!


Quinn and Miles lookin in the window watching Santa

Our Crew with Santa...I was surprised that Miles and Mallori both liked him!

Miles with his GIANT sucker!!

At least he knows how to share:)

Nativity 2010...

Any of you that know my mom knows that she has a hundred Christmas traditions!! One tradition I am truly grateful for is the reinactment of the Christmas Story. I love how excited the kids are to get all dressed up, then as soon as the story starts being read from the Bible they all settle down and get reverent. The spirit is always so strong!!



Nolan (Joseph), Brock (Donkey), Amelia (Mary), and Taelee (Baby Jesus)

Our kids all dressed up...except Paul but he got to hold the star.

The Sheppherds

My Pirate Sheppherd with a really dirty face!

Update on my Dad...

Just wanted to give a quick update on my dad...

My sister called me about 9:00 this morning saying that they had just talked to Dr. Joffey and that the surgery went well. The Dr. anticipates that he will be in some pain. He has a follow up tomorrow(Saturday) morning with Dr. Joffey and if all is still well they will be able to head home.

Due to the radiation he will have to stay away from people as much as possible so my mom plans on keeping him at their home out at the ranch until his surgery next week.

On behalf of the Tenney Family...we want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers for our Dad. Our family truly has felt them all!!