Christmas Eve and Past

I just thought I would throw this picture in really quick. I needed to buy me some winter boots and the babies played with the box for over an hour.



We were able to go to Sammie's Christmas Showcase for her dance class. All she wanted was for her dad to be there. Matt arrived right on time and she kept looking over at him to make sure he was watching. It was pretty cute.

We really enjoyed our holidays with family and friends. Most of the holidays were spent with at least one person in our household sick at any given time. This had been going since my birthday in mid November and carried through to Christmas. Good Times.

I took Sammie and Eston to see Santa at our local grocery store while Matt stayed home with the SICK twins. I wish I had gotten the twins picture with Santa this year, but oh well, I can't win them all.



This is our Christmas Sunday picture. We happened to have everyone ready for Church at 8:40 in the morning. I was shocked. So we took a morning picture. Once again I was shocked, all the kids sat happily for a few shots.



Every year we get together with my mom's family and celebrate Christmas Eve together. We act out the nativity and read our YULE LOG resolutions. We started to get ready for the Nativity. I tried to dress Logan up as a Shepherd, but that only lasted for about 2 minutes. We turned him into a donkey (really a lion costume.)



The nativity last year consisted of 4 Mary's and 2 Josephs. This year we tried to even out the actors. Apparently we did a little two well. We ended up with 5 Angels, 0 Mary's (until we convinced one angel to convert over), 1 Joseph, 1 Cowboy (Wise man), 1 donkey (lion),1 sheep (bunny). It was quite the event.

This is my herd.



Here is our entire cast. It is always quite the comedy to watch these kids perform.



After we read our new resolutions and stuffed the YULE LOG, we headed home to open our Christmas Pajamas.

Grandma Brenda and Papa Dallas have been awesome to give us this fun tradition at our house. All the kids were really excited and headed off to bed, but not before leaving Santa his cookies and cheese.



We really enjoyed our time leading up to this day. Our kids get so giddy.

HOLIDAY CARD

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE CLINGERS!!

We have been very blessed this year with health, work, a home, and most importantly, each other.
We hope this finds everyone well and that your holidays are filled with joy. love, peace, and all that good stuff.

Love,
Matt & Brynn
Samantha 4, Eston 3, Logan 1, and Lucy 1

our new contact information is:
243 E. 1200 S.
Centerville, Utah 84014
801-558-4972

Tony and Ashley's wedding

The week before Thanksgiving we were excited to be able to celebrate the marriage of Matt's brother Tony. We love having Ashley as part of the Clinger Clan and she fits right in with everyone. The weekend was not void of surprises and excitement.



The night before the wedding, we headed up to Logan to spend the night so we would be ready for the wedding the next day. It was a long night having 6 of us in one hotel room. With small kids it got a little crowded in there. The next morning we took the 3 youngest to my friend Amy's house, and headed off for the Logan temple. It was a nice ceremony. Sammie loved being at the temple and seeing Ashley in her white wedding dress. This is the Clinger families sign for I love you.



We picked Eston and the twins up and headed over to the luncheon. The food was great and it was fun to see family that we don't get to often be with. While at the luncheon Logan started feeling crumby and came down with a big fever.



By the time we got back to Centerville to get ready for the reception, Logan had a 102 degree fever and Eston had joined in with a 101 degree fever. With a lot of calling around my parents came to the rescue and watched the boys for the night so that Matt and I along with the two girls could be at the reception for pictures. The next morning the boys fevers had gone down some so we headed out to the reception in Idaho. It was nice to finally get a picture of the 6 of us.



Logan went to bed shortly after the reception began but Eston was happy to get to stay at the party. You can see in his eyes that he still didn't feel too well.



After the weekend of wedding fun we stuck around in Idaho for Thanksgiving. We really enjoyed our time up in Idaho and look forward to our next trip there.