Christmas with family

These first few pictures are from an extended family get-together before Christmas.

Rychen P. was fixated on this brain-teaser toy, which I am pretty sure is not meant for toddlers. He needed some help, but he loved turning the wheels and pushing the buttons to get the marbels from the top compartment, down to the bottom. Rychen's cousin Denver was fun to help Rychen P. with this.

This is Rychen P.'s second-cousin, Ella. It is fun to see him play with a cousin! (He has 2 first cousins, both in Utah)

Here he is with (great) aunt Alison! She is the only one cool enough to put dates on her fingers with Rychen P. How sticky! Wait, I mean, How funny!

We had lots of family time with the Joneses, everybody including Whitney and Paige from BYU. Here is everybody with Andrew's mom, Mary Lo ("Grandma S." who lives here in Salem). Standing: Madison, me, Rychen, Logan, Paige, Whitney, Courtney. Sitting: Mary Lo, Andrew, Carol and Rychen P.

Rychen P. played this marble game all week long! He just can't get enough. (Of course, Dad and Logan don't mind building it up either!) Rychen P. had fun racing the other kids and kept track of which marble was whose!