Christmas in Parker!

For 3 days, we were all at Ken and Lisa's home in Parker. Their 5 bedroom, 5 bath home was big enough for the 8 adults and 5 grandchildren, plus 2 resident cats and one doggy visitor.

Besides playing in the snow, you may wonder what we did during that time. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words: Heidi cleaned her glasses after being hit with a snowball,
and Kyla cried "Uncle" as Grandpa pushed her face in the snow.
We had a snow fight in the back yard . We couldn't make snowballs since it was too powdery. Trying to make a snowball was like trying to nail jello to the wall.
Nate took time to pet Fred, one of the two cats who put up with the rest of us.
The "tweens" retreated to a bedroom upstairs, not to be seen for hours on end. They were fine with that until...
the little brother/cousin came in and started bugging them. This sure reminded me of Bret and his two sisters!
Even though Glen is not a cat lover, Fred didn't mind and promptly claimed his place while Glen sat on the couch.
Kyla and Nate spent time in the basement workout room with the DS and the Game box. That meant there were two floors between them and the older girls (no sibling squabbles).
Ken pitched snowballs at the squirrels who were persistent in going after the food in the bird feeders.
A lot of time was spent in the kitchen: eating, snacking, preparing food, cleaning up and starting all over again about an hour later.
Lisa put out peanuts for the jays on the back porch.
One of them was really thankful for the nice selection! The Pinon Jays and Blue Jays really love the nuts.
We went out to play in the snow Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This is only part of the boots left in the basement! All sorts of sizes and colors!
Nate held his nose as Don applied glue to his arm and shoulder. Nate had run into a cactus while sledding and this got out all the needles, even though it was cold and stinky!
Numerous puzzles were completed. Both Glen and Ken are really good at putting the pieces together. They have a lot more patience than Don and I put together.
We wore Zebra hats and
Monkey socks!
We played cards and games. Heidi and Tatum were team one,
Lisa, Kyla and Nate were team two, and
Kim and Hailey were team three! It was a wonderful time for us to be with all of our children and grandchildren during this blessed season.