Cutler Christmas: part random

The first day was too funny. Jaden was learning to play Sorry (and not enjoying it) while Max and Brielle are next to them fighting over Connect 4 pieces and Max is throwing them everywhere. It just set the mood for a family gathering real nice, ha

 Sunday was the blessing day.

Monday Brad, Derek, and Jaden went golfing. Hole 13 is right behind Cody and Camille's house and it was so fun seeing them come up and golf for a quick second and cheer them on! Brad actually got a HOLE IN ONE that day! Is that insane? 188 yards!!!!

We were able to visit the Mesa Temple light as a big family. So fun to see them all and be around the hustle and bustle of it all!

Random picture of (gangster Max) somehow sneaked it's way in the temple lights pictures. I did see one of my BFF's Amy while there! I love that girl and it was so fun to see a familiar face.

Trains

Bryson lining up all the cars by Quinn.

Cuddly Bryson.

Grammie and the babies

SETTLERS. We played settlers so many times and it was so much fun. We played the expansion pack for 5-6 players of the expansion pack of Cities and Knights and it was way fun. A way long game (that I actually quit early to go to bed) but a way fun one too. 

Babies and (wretched) video games.

My first super awful pinterst fail. At least Max had fun getting his hands all yucky. He was surprisingly obedient for it.

I turned around to fin Max had "shared" all his toys with Quinn. Sooooo cute 

 Baby Landon!

Celebrating Karlee's birthday!

The night of Karelee's birthday we had the most wonderful spiritual gathering where we watched the Share the Gift video and Brad Wilcox's talk on His grace is Sufficient. It was really a beautiful night.

When they went out fr Karlee's birthday to play laser tag it turned out to be this fun game place with lots of activities!

Carrrrrrrrrrs. Always gathering up all the cars.

Found him like this for his nap one day

The day all the boys went out golfing. Casey actually got to go with them!

The 6 cousins. It's crazy to think that in less than a year we went from 3 of them to 6 of them, and that's just between 2 families!

I love this SIL of mine, she's my kindred spirit that I'll forever love. I'm oh so glad we both married the brothers we did so we can be related!

Cutler Christmas: part Christmas day

A very Merry Christmas from our (very large to me) family of five!

 I love Casey and Max's tired yet eager faces in these first 2 photos, totally a Christmas photo classic.

 So happy with his new play tent and tube!

 Kids are so funny to watch open presents. They legitimately think that just the tearing open of the paper part is the best and most exciting part, after they open the gift they can't wait to get on to the next, haha.

Isn't this blanket the sweetest backdrop?!?! It was a gift to us from our sister missionary Tayli!

My baby boys have gotten so big!

Notice Cody's wearing of the tiara in this one

 Cody and Camille's lil family.

I think this was actually Christmas Eve but you get the point.

 Stocking hunts begin! 

So in Camille's family, they've always done stocking hunts as a tradition. First they do presents and then they begin searching for their stocking that Santa hid! Jaden was pure overjoyed on this activity (actually Camille and Cody were too which made it so fun). Camille, Karlee, and Cody hid everyone's stocking with clues leading them all over the house (for Casey it included driving down the street to the mailbox) to find their stockings. It was actually really really fun to do and everyone, myself included, loved it. 

Historicla fact: This tradition dates back to WW2 when Camille's grandparents were't able to afford very many Christmas gifts for their children, they decided to make the stockings extra special and fun for the family in hiding them. Isn't that cute that it's been continued? 

 Cody and Camille's kids also got a tramp for Christmas! Which was definitely the highlight for Max, ha. Oh man how I wish we had a tramp, he spent hours going in and out of the house on his own free will jumping and jumping and jumping. Casey: LET'S GET A TRAMP ASAP OUT OF DENTAL SCHOOL.

 I think one highlight for Christmas was getting to FaceTime this sweet angel face! Tayliann is 6 mnths into her mission in Montana and doing so awesome. Even though as a family we only got 40 minutes to talk with her and like 2 individually it was still so wonderful. You'll take what you can get!

 The group during some of the face timing.

Maxson still super interested in tractors. 

 More tramping.

 Grammie doing what she does best: entertaining the kiddos

 The tablescape for Christmas dinner

Our very festive white elephant gift exchange (from the dollar store).

late night movie watching

 Brielle as Princess Elsa.

Max being forced to brush his teeth.