David and Tiffany Steele

Well Florida is the Vaction spot in the US in December because it is still 80 degrees. So this Holiday season has been great! We went to see Dave's family in NC. It was fun to have everyone together.....and Benjmain being the first Grandkid....well lets just say...SPOILED!!!! We stayed in NC for 2 weeks not by choice but because we all got a really bad cold. Benjamin got an ear infection....I had a fever or like 2 days....and Dave said his throat was so sore he was worried about having Strep....but he didn't.....Well all got better with G&G Steele taking care of us and then we left and now they are sick!!! Well Dave got his LSAT score back and now we are applying to laws schools....so now its the waiting game again.....but I hope letters will start coming in soon because we applyed to 17 schools....so here are a few UNLV, ASU, U. Denver, Seattle U, U. Washington, Florida State, Florida (Gators), Utah, and many more..... so this is our life for now....Benjamin is talking up a storm and there is never a quite moment when he is awake! Oh....wish us luck we are trying to ween the Binky.....Night one has already passed!

Grandma and Grandpa Romney

Christmas in Boise, ID - By Dad - Gramps
I was not dreaming of a white christmas
but we got one. It snowed ever day that I
was in Boise. It was quite fun to see the
excitement of the children around the season.
It was amazing that Santa Clause typed a note
on Kenny's computer and left if for the kids
after he delivered all the stuff. That is especially
true because I was asleep in the computer
room and I did not hear or see him.
Thank you to all for the great gifts that you sent.
I am using them - the two family picture books,
the Boise State golf towel & survival kit, the movie
CD's, the Las Vegas Temple figurine, the Hot Chocolate
cup etc. And of course the Pop Corn Factory goodies
were the hit of the season. Jeni - cooked all the same
great food that Mom cooks - so I felt right at home.
I love you all - Dad - Gramps!

Movie trivia question:
What movie is this line from?
"It's a Beaver - he is not supposed
to be talking anyway?"
All Grand Children who call Gramps
with the answer will get a crisp new
$5.00 bill in the mail.

Reed and Summer Romney

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We had a great time out in Denver and Salt Lake for Christmas. The best part of the story is our train ride…or not! We ended up not going on the train because it was delayed two hours, so we flew instead which Dallin loved! His favorite part was the big things (escalators) and the slippery things (moving sidewalks). Denver was cold but fun. Whitney’s wedding went very well. We got to go out to Paula’s on Christmas day for dinner which was very fun. The kids got to play with each other and had a blast running around the basement. Before we left we got to make some gingerbread houses. Dallin’s and Summer’s favorite part…eating more candy than actually goes on the house. Dallin is so much Summer’s boy that way it is hilarious. He goes around the house and pretends that he finds Sour Patch Kids then eats them. Just yesterday he looked out the window while we were driving and saw all the street lights (we were in a spot where we could look down at the city) and said “hey it looks like candy!” Have a great New Years!

Paula and Mike Nelson

We had a fun filled December in Denver.
The highlight was to have Grandma spend
Christmas with us and help out with all the
household duties. She was in town from
12- 20 all the way through 1-3-09. Joseph,
Julieanna, and Rachel really enjoyed all the
shopping, game playing, and especially the
food that Grandma made. We enjoyed the
visit from Reed, Summer, Dallin and Avery
for Christmas dinner. We thank you all for
the Christmas gifts. We especially thank you
all for the all the prayers concerning the health
of Paula and Miss Katherine Diane.

Kenny and Jeni Romney

December has gone by so quick! At the beginning of the month Anna was baptized. Mom and Dad came up from Vegas and her Gibbons Grandparents came up as well. There were also a bunch of friends who came. After the baptism service all were invited back to the house for treats and socializing. All the adults stayed downstairs and chatted, afraid to go upstairs due to all the screaming and door slamming noises! It was fun.

As Christmas approached we decorated the inside and outside of the house. December is the only time of year when the attic is almost empty. The kids get so excited to see the lights and the giant blow up snowman in the front yard. We got a lot of snow this season. We actually had a White Christmas this year! It was really fun.

Dad came up for Christmas and we had a great time. He arrived on Christmas Eve. We took the kids to planet kid for a few hours to play while Jeni prepared for the dinner party that night. We had a few other families over for Christmas Eve dinner. We ate a lot of food and let all the kids play. After dinner we had a little reenactment of the Nativity story. All the kids dressed up as Mary, Joseph, sheppards, wise men, and of course Andrew was the donkey!

Christmas day we opened presents in the morning, ate breakfast cake and eggs, and watched a lot of movies. The kids played with their new toys and there were some pretty intense games of Risk. The day after Christmas we went sledding. Each of the kids got a sled from Santa. So we had to go try them out. There were only some minor collisions and crashes. One sent Becca flying a couple of feet in the air and another sent Daniel inadvertently over a small jump that dumped him out of his sled!

After Dad went home we went to Burley to Visit Jeni’s parents. While there we exchanged presents with them and then took the 4 older kids skiing. It was a lot of fun and all the kids did great skiing. By the end of the day they all loved skiing!

Well we hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Love,

The Boise Romneys