The Police officer wouldn't let the boys use a Chain Saw. So they had to use the "safer" ax!!! 

This is what Mickayla was doing while the boys and Dad worked on the tree 

Will on Christams Morning. Doesn't he look excited

Christmas morning at the Risenmay home. We had a great time. It was so nice to have Grandma with us.  

Alright the family will hate me. This is the line up for coming out Christmas Morning. Mickayla is in the picture but is cut off for some reason. 

Grandma helped us decorate the Elders door.
We had fun 

Mickayla and I looked out the door and what did we see....Santa Clause. It surprised us both. He had come to see if Reed and Jason would help him. Santa's elves were all busy at the North Pole and he needed help for an hour. The boys were very happy to help out! They needed to sing some carols so Blake said NO to Santa. Can you believe he said no! Thank goodness Jason was here. 

Kim and our two wrestlers. Handsome aren't they. 

Wrestling season is here again. To start the season out Blake and Reed had to wrestle each other at a match at the school. I was not happy about it! It was rather funny though. The announcer would announce..."it is another point for Risenmay". It was hard to know who to cheer for. For those who are curious....Reed won.  

Kim and Mickayla at a wrestling match. Mickayla isn't happy wrestling season is here again. 

Reed wrestling at the Lake Washington match. He won his match 

Reed took second at the Lynnwood tournament. He was disappointed. We felt he did great and learned some useful skills that will help him win next time. 

Blake Pinning the guy he is wrestling. He is rather good about pinning the guys he wrestles. In Fact I think he has pinned all his district matches.

 

Candice and Scott the night they found out that Candice has been cleared to marry in the temple. They are really excited.

They are wearing "pink barbie" 3D glasses to watch a 3D T V show. (Don't tell them I posted this picture. You may never hear from me again.) 

Blake and Reed had their football award night on Monday the 21st. Blake recieved an award for being a smart football player. There were two sets of awards. One for 3.2 grade point average and one for 3.5 and above. He recieved the award for 3.5. Blake and one other boy were the only ones who had their names marked in the program to have a 3.8 or above. We thought that was pretty cool! (For Blake not the team!) 

Reed right after recieving the Coaches Award. The story about it is a few pictures down. I am not good organizing things to have the story come out right on the blog yet. 

Reed, Blake, Mickayla and Kim after the Award's banquet. Kim is holding Reed's award.  

This is Reed with the coach's award 

Reed received the Coaches Award at the Football awards night. He was not expecting to receive any award at all. He was really surprised as he listened to what was being said about the winner for this year and it fit him! The Coach spoke on how Reed was the perfect team player. They said how they wished they had a whole team of players like him. The Coach went on to say that Reed wanted what was best at all times for the team. He played his hardest, but more importantly he supported the other members of the team. They mentioned how he would have the same attitude if he played one play or the whole game. They all also mentioned many of Reed's great plays doing the year.