Christmas Through the Years

I was going through old photos today, thinking of the Christmas festivities we've enjoyed in past. Rick and I have shared quite a few years together (we got married January 2nd, 1996). Here is the photographic evidence of our fun:

Christmas 1995
This picture may not count, since we weren't officially married yet. It was taken at the Mesa, Arizona Temple during an infamous Colyar Christmas Caroling Adventure. That's my cousin Abby on my shoulders.

Christmas 1996
In this photo we'd been married a year. We had taken a trip to the family cabin up in Lakeside, Arizona. This was to be our last stay at our honeymoon destination since the cabin burned down 4 months later (it wasn't our fault).

Christmas 1997
This is our new baby boy Jacob! It's too bad I couldn't find a cuter picture of him. He really was a good looking kid, once the baby acne cleared up. The scrapbooks are boxed up somewhere...

Christmas 1998
This one is one of my favorites. Poor Santa!

Christmas 1999
Emma will be on her way shortly. She's still incubating in my tummy.

Christmas 2000
Our little millenium baby arrived the first of the year, and our lives haven't slowed down since.

Jacob was a sweet brother to Emma, most of the time.

Christmas 2001
We must have crashed the 1st ward Christmas bash that year. That has to be Dennis Pay playing the part of Santa, and I think Cal and Amy Bowler took this picture.

Christmas 2002
When we lived with my parents, the kids went to Trinity United Methodist Preschool (TUMPS). This was a little dinner fund-raiser at the church.

Isn't he a great looking Santa?

Christmas 2003

This was taken at another Crazy Colyar Christmas party. Santa is played by one of my goofy uncles. Emma's not so sure about all this...

Jake is a little more brave.

Hey! We're not to old to sit with Santa.

Christmas 2004

We were living in Sun City by this time. This was our first Lake Pleasant Ward Christmas Party. We sure miss our friends there!

Christmas 2005

Let's see...Jacob must be in 2nd grade, and Emma is in Kindergarten here.

Christmas 2006

Ahhh. The Phoenix Zoo Lights. Chilly enough to get you in the mood for Christmas, but not so cold you go numb.

Christmas 2007

This was our last party in Lake Pleasant Ward before the big move to Ohio. They had to haul in snow for the kids to play in.

Christmas 2008

We're still having fun, though we miss our Arizona family and friends. It's time to start new traditions!