Thorpe Family Blog: This is our family scrapbook!
Two weeks of Christmas vacation has about done Mom in!!! We went out and made snow forts all day on December 31.
Payton went snowboarding and missed out on the fun!
Totally "pooped" out after all the hard work! We had a lot of fun and hope it snows big again...since we used up all the snow!
Building the first snowman of the season...with Ryan and Kate Pexton (neighbors).
A last minute gift idea from Santa...Payton shows off some fancy moves and some serious ping pong attire at our Christmas night Ping Pong tournament! This tournament started at about 10:45 pm and went until some time after midnight.
Getting ready to bring down his opponent...which happened to be his mother.
Donning the sweats after his victory and Jantsen starts to warm up!
The Thorpe grandkids on Christmas morning. Of course wearing our "Ute" shirts we received from Grandma and Grandpa.
The Thorpe wives also wearing our warm and cozy Ute sweatshirts.
Porter, Brooks, Nick, Gracie and Ryann show off their cute little backsides. "Go Utah!"
A remote that Grandpa can see and might not lose!
The "Card Shuffler" for one with really agile fingers! :)
Sometimes "bad" little boys really do get coal for Christmas! (Riley and Savannah's gifts)
Christmas Day! About 7am, the boys are just about to see what Santa brought!
Christmas Eve at the Fauxes. This is the gift Jay and Shea gave Grandma and Grandpa. We thought is was totally cool and want to make one for ourselves! Always a fun party!!
Playing the Faux Family Christmas Bingo game that Catryna made. Everyone's cards had faces of every member of the family...just in different order! It was a great idea and a fun time for us all.
Greg, Payton and Jantsen wait patiently to open gifts!
All of the "younger" grandkids getting ready to watch the Nativity.
December 20th. Grandma Goe's Christmas party at Rob and Sherston's house. Doesn't Grandma look fantastic! She's 86 here.
A great picture of Mindy, Casey and Jessie.
December 19. Brooks is dressed sharp and ready for his Preschool Christmas program. He sang every song loud and strong! 
This picture was taken towards the end of the program. Notice his hat about to fall off...it had fallen off once and while leaning over to put it back on, got his tie caught between his hat and head making it stretch in front of his face. Notice his shirt untucked...you'd think he had been through a lot more than singing a few songs!
Just about all the kids! (this is 2 four year old classes)
The beginning of December brought the Singles Ward Christmas party/dance. Jantsen, Nick and Brooks had a blast dancing with the cute Sumsion girls!
Brooks went with a few Primary kids to the Art City Nursing Home to sing some Christmas songs to the residents there. December 3. He loves to sing!!
Right after they finished singing...cute bunch of kids!
Jantsen #4 has been playing on two basketball leagues (5th grade Bantam, and 5th grade Mr. Basketball league in SF) They have a great team! Dad and Kirk Boyer coach both teams. Jantsen loves that cousin Seth plays with him.
After looking for 2 years, Bryan and Rocio finally found the home they wanted! They had a "house-warming" party and about 30 of us went to celebrate...
Steve, Catryna, Jason & Shea
Dad, Mom and Rob
Sherston & Jared
Cute little Jessie (the youngest of the family)
Jessie and Mindy
Some of the guys eating...Greg, Casey, Payton & Jantsen seemed to avoid the camera.
Most of the girls enjoying food and time without the kids (they were downstairs watching a movie in the "theater room".
About half of the kids playing Red Rover in the theater room. We loved the home! It is very cute and perfect for Bryan & Rocio and Rocio's mom. She is living in the separate apartment downstairs. It is in a perfect location for them, close by Mountain View High School which means Rocio can jump on the freeway to UVU and Bryan has easy access to work for UPS. Congrats again, guys!!
