CHRISTMAS 2009

THE BEST PART OF CHRISTMAS??
HAVING EVERYONE TOGETHER!

CHRISTMAS MORNING FINALLY COMES!
Anne and Taylor get T-shirts

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Taylor gets an Ipod.

Taylor FINALLY gets his own phone!

Too much Christmas??

Anne gets tights to go with all
her crazy colored shoes.

We had a fun Christmas party with
Bryan's Family.
Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Moore!

Uncle Steve's Family

Aunt Teresa, Uncle Gary

Uncle Brad, Harley, Victoria, Aunt Maria

Cousin Missy

Lots of Cousins!! - and still not everyone.

Taylor tries out Tiger Woods Golf on the Wii
It seemed that everyone had really
great scores on the Wii. But-- can it
translate to the real course next Spring???
Game time - again

When we're all together it means lots of games:
5 crowns, Up and Back, Nerts, Wii, Sequence
Laura and Carly plan their next moves.

The-Christmas-Spirit

Click to watch: The-Christmas-Spirit

Taylor's Winter Ball- Baby It's Cold Outside

Ogden High had their girl's choice winter dance last week. Taylor was asked by his friend from the band, Lara Smith, the drum major. 

"Dang I've got a hot date" Said Lara at 5:30 in the morning waking Taylor up for breakfast.

The group that Taylor and Lara were in for the dance, woke up all of their dates and took them out to Denny's for breakfast AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING!!!!!!!!!!

After that they all went to the Taylor's performance with the Chamber Choir at the school of the deaf and blind, after letting them change out of their pajamas, of course. Half of his group was in the choir. Next it was go go go to get to the movie on time (which they were late for). They went to see Avator and Taylor says it was awesome but unfortunately some of them (including Taylor) fell asleep toward the end because THEY WERE UP AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING!!!! They were not very happy about being up at 5:30 on a saturday morning, if you haven't gotten the hint yet.

But rushing home after the movie they had 45 minutes to change and get to dinner.

These pictures were taken when Lara picked Taylor up before dinner.

CHRISTMAS PARTY TIME!!

WHAT DOES EVERY ZUNDEL FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY NEED:

. . . UNCLES AND NIECES

BOWLING --- OF COURSE,

. . . GRANDPARENTS

. . . GIRL COUSINS

. . . BOY COUSINS

. . . ANOTHER PING PONG PLAYOFF!

. . . GREAT FOOD

and

. . . .AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION GAMES

THEN IT'S TIME FOR THE
WHITE ELEPHANT GIFT EXCHANGE!!

Manja gets the Spice Girls CD.
How did Lauralee ever convince Quinn
to part with it?!?

Eric unwraps the "Christmas Mouse"
(the second appearance of this particular
mouse at the white elephant exchange).

Mike opens the giant Santa that
Shelly brought, but before the night is over
Shelly takes it back to put on her porch at home.
Is that really the purpose of a white elephant?!?

Quinn gets him a new hat!

THANKS EVERYONE FOR BRAVING THE WINTER WEATHER AND COMING TO OGDEN FOR ANOTHER
FUN FAMILY GET TOGETHER!!

WEBER STATE VERSUS UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

Lauralee, Quinn and Emma came to Weber State
for the game against Utah.

But daddy, I don't want to be a
Utes fan anymore!!

Weber State 83
Univ. of Utah 76

For Quinn

Team Frankenstein: Quinn (where there is no biting people or transforming into wolves,
just chocking people.....accidentally)

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND

THURSDAY
Happy Thanksgiving from our house to yours.
Thanksgiving at Grandma Z's house.

This is our family's greatest blessing this year,

a healthy husband, father, son and brother.
Mike and Mom

The after dinner football crowd!

Carly, Ally and Emma
Peace out, Eric

Of course there was the Trivial Pursuit competition.

FRIDAY
Scrapbook Day
11:00 am to 8:00 pm

All men and babies banned from the house. Thanks, Quinn for babysitting Emma. Thanks Bryan for staying in the garage and working on all Manja's projects!!

Okay, Bryan, Jeff and Taylor had some fun too, they went shooting with the Young Men. Rifles, pistols and an AK-47. Bang!!

SATURDAY:

Since all the girls were together for the weekend,
we had to go see New Moon.

Here's the run down:
Team Jacob: Manja, Anne (only in the movie)
and Laura
Team Edward: Carly, Anne (only in the books)

Then of course there was THE GAME!!
Sorry Mike and Quinn, maybe next year!

Then it was the parade:

The Ogden High marching band was marching
in the Ogden Christmas parade, so we went
to support Taylor, the best melaphone player ever!!

And since we had had such a slow, quiet
weekend, we thought we'd have
45 high school kids over for a little fun!!
After the Christmas parade, the marching
band all came over to our home for dinner and
goofin' off! Hey, they're band nerds,
how much trouble can they be??

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday Emma - TWO YEARS OLD!
Happy Birthday Bryan/Grandpa - TWO plus FIFTY YEARS OLD.

Sophie loves birthdays - messy little people come to
dinner and share with her!

Grandpa has a 50 year head start on Emma.
And yes, there are three toppings on this cake for
all the different picky eaters!!!
Coconut with walnuts
Coconut without walnuts
Cream cheese with no coconut or walnuts.

Emma devoured TWO cupcakes!
But hey, calories are free once a year on your birthday!

Grandpa got a new barbecue grill for his birthday,
Emma got the box!!!