christmas afternoon

On Christmas afternoon, we headed out to G&G Vawdrey's house to open presents and eat dinner. One of the first packages every kid opened contained a snuggie. Jacob & Matthew had Jazz snuggies: Jared & Ryan got BYU snuggies:

There was a little confusion as to how to "wear" them, but either way, they keep you warm! Next came the big guns, literally:

Jared, Ryan, Jacob & cousin Ethan each got these monstrous Nerf guns that required a bit of "manpower" to get assembled:

It was a good thing we had 4 men to put 4 guns together! With snuggies and guns at the ready, the boys had a fabulous afternoon!

Poor Rachel, being the "only" girl (Katie spent most of the afternoon napping) got lots of other good girlie stuff, but not a gun to keep up with the boys that afternoon. After awhile, Jacob realized that he could share his gun with Rachel. The big gun actually breaks down into two separate smaller guns. This worked great for both kids because now Rachel could play and Jacob actually had the strength to haul the gun around (the big gun was nearly bigger than he is!!) Merry Christmas to all!