Power Family Christmas Party

The Sunday after arriving, we headed over to Kirsten's house for the annual Power Family Christmas Party! It was such a fun night. I cannot even tell you how much I had been missing all these special people. Just looking through these pictures makes me miss them all over again! The only person missing from the festivities was Wes' brother Garon. He was off in Australia for his two week break from Afghanistan! We missed him a lot.

The boys spent some time playing Foosball with Uncle Spencer and the cousins!

This is a picture of Wes' sister Karina, and his grandma who the boys call "Mudder." She gave Halley the cute dress you see below.

Here's Rhenda working away in the kitchen! I think we were all really happy to be together. I have to say, it felt so good!!

It was so fun to see our nieces and nephews. I cannot believe how much they have grown up. Austin's voice totally changed! The boys were way excited to see Hailey and Chelsea. It was so funny though. We hadn't seen them for almost nine months, and Connor couldn't tell them apart! He would ask them about every five minutes, "Are you Hailey or Chelsea?" The girls were so good about it. They just had to answer his question, and then he'd say, "Oh," and walk away. We all laughed!

We spent the night catching up on things and talking about Kirsten, Tom and Brittany's new healthy lifestyles and sampling different protein bars! They have each lost over 20 lbs! It's crazy! Good job guys! You all looked so dang good!

The boys got to open some fun new games and then went off to play with the girls while we did the movie exchange. That's always a lot of fun. When we first got to Utah, Halley had a really hard time with being around so many people. She has just been around our little family for most of her life! Anyway, it was really cute because she got really attached to her uncles. She even snuggled with Tom! It was absolutely adorable, but I think it made Kirsten a little jealous. :)

Overall, it was a wonderful night! I love Wes' family so much. I am so blessed to have such great in-laws. I really enjoy spending time with all of them. They teach me so much, and I truly love and admire each one of them!