Its Christmas!

When we got married Troy said the German Huebner way was to open all gifts on Christmas Eve. So we do.  I like it. Santa still comes too. To celebrate with just the three of us this year we started with a little Luke 2 and singing.  ...then it was present time.

Christmas Day started at 7:30am.  Not too bad.  I asked Kate if Santa had come. She said he had, but I don't think she had even gone out and peeked.

Other fun December moments...

Christmas Early.

We celebrated Christmas early.  It was great to be together again after 18 months of LDS mission serving parents. (Yerevan Armenia) We did it rural Moapa style and even had fireworks thanks to Uncle Robert.

Happiest Girl!

Cousins in Armenia t's 

Newest and most favorite addition to family.

Her name is Taytum!

Lacey, Robert, Bri, Mom Knox and the square paper at the bottom is Troy hiding his cute bald -i-ness I love!

Still Happy!

The gift is a wooden pomegranate carved salt holder. It represents fertility and we could use that in our family. Each family received one.

And this cool hand carved Noah Ark.  Mt. Ararat is on the outside of the boat.  Armenia claims it as their mountain even though it is in Turkey.

Dad got cash for garden soil, wood for mounting his trains and a shed.

Robert and Bri playing with the Ark.

My Mom and Aunties. I am named after 2nd...Diane.

Me and my sisters.

Just posing.

Knox and Kate. 

(Someone needs to teach me how to get the kids in focus. I am not a photog.)

A benefit of living in the middle of no where.

(If you were traveling I-15 in Nevada near Glendale and you saw a show off to the east that was Uncle Robert giving the drivers a show and doing a test run for our own special show...he is awesome.)

When Troy and I got married and left the reception they did fireworks too.

Yep these are the awesome big ones like you can shoot off in Utah now.

So that is how we Jones do it.

Merry Christmas to all.

Home from Armenia!

 

Of course the first place to go when you come back to America is In an Out!

Grandma gave Kate a necklace with an ARMENIAN K It is a "Ka"  We are so glad they are home and will hang out with them until they are sick of us...11 days.

Holidays are starting.

For thanksgiving we headed to G ma and Pa's house in Arizona.  It was wonderfully warm and we got lots of Vitamin D.  We had thanksgiving dinner out in the orchard. All the kids ran around and had a great time.