2011 Catch - Up: Christmas with the Purdys

It was so nice for us this past Christmas to have Nate and April's family in town, and we were able to have most of the cousins together! What fun! (We missed you, Henry and Gunnar.)

We met at Grammy and Grandpa Bear's chapel for church, and then we headed back to their house for our traditional Christmas Day omelets. This tradition dates back to when Grandpa Jerry was mayor of Kaysville, UT, and he would invite everyone in the town, it seems, ( . . . am I getting this story right? Was it when he was the Davis High principal or football coach?. . .) for omelets.

The Purdy boys are master-chefs, and they are always the cooks. The women love this tradition so much, maybe this is why it has lasted for so long! It was so good, but I have to say that the white chocolate-covered Bugles that Kenda brought were a very close second!

This was the best photo we could get.

My lovebug.

Miss Choobies loved her new "American Girl Doll." Santa was so good to her!

At one point in the evening, all was still, and just about everyone in the room was playing on one electronic gadget or another.

Raleigh and Madeline are mastering Angry Birds.

Not sure what Emery is mastering . . .

. . . or Choobers and Calvin.

We also had an afternoon/evening with Nate and April and their kids and my parents at our house. Here's our gingerbread girl getting excited for her guests:

She was so cute that Choobers kept pushing her over. Have you ever seen something so cute that you just want to push it over? Maybe not? Well, that's how Choobers responds. It is not so endearing.

Madeline is everyone's cuddlebug.

I think James and Emery look similar.

See that cute little head right there? It houses the genius brain of Calvin Purdy. I am not kidding when I say that Nate and April's kids are going Ivy League! They are little geniuses. April might beg to differ, arguing that they are "just boys" and play "the way boys do," but this is my blog, so I get the last say! She is WRONG! They are smarty-pants. And not to mention cutie pies.

Choobers and Calvin hit it off and had quite the gigglefest.

And Emery made a new buddy: her Uncle Nate! She kept wanting him to hold her, which was expecially cute because she is a Mama and Daddy's girl, and she's reached the phase of stranger-anxiety. Nate, you are a superstar!

The buddies. More 2011 Catch-Up to come.