VanderToolen Christmas Party!

December has been a busy month for us. It started off with our camera breaking(which I didn't mind because I wanted a new one anyway.) So I am behind on blogging. I will start with the first of the month and show you how our month has gone. Crazy, but tons of fun. The holiday season started off the week before Thanksgiving. Our niece Kara got married in the Draper Temple. So great to go up and see so much Buttle family. Lots of fun. Darrin took the two older boys and went with Ron, our amazing brother-in-law and awesome nephews: Juston, Mason, and Brad to the BYU football game. The boys had a blast.

Two weekends later we went up North again for the VanderToolen Family Christmas party. So fun each year. My sister RaeAnn was the host this year. She cook TONS of food. It was lots of fun, everyone brought their favorite ethnic food. I am so blessed to have all my family close that we can get together often.

Caleb loved the tables. His cousin Marinda put candy at every table.

Boys had fun playing basketball. Lots of boys to play with.

The favorite part of the night. The pinata. The boys always have fun hitting it. This is Jared and Dallin(they were baptized on the same day) waiting for the candy.


Dallin, Wyatt, Drew, Devin and Gid waiting for candy.


Caleb and his cousin kid. They are one year apart in age, but the same size. Caleb is a small fry.

Caleb got a couple good hits.

Drew hitting the pinata.

Jared gave it a beating and made candy fall out.

This is the "Big Kids" pinata. My brother makes it each year for the adults. It is a box in a box re-enforced with steel. All who want to beat on it as hard as they can to try and break it. We beat it until the candy turns to powder, then open and dump the candy out.(the "big kids" love it.)


Collecting their treasures. They had way too much candy.

By the end of the day the kids were ready to go home. Lots of fun. I love my family.