Christmas break.

This is the one of the great things about Oakley, Id. All the deer and every once in a while some elk.

Easton the Cheese ball.

Cousin's throwing rocks in the dam.

Another great thing about Oakley. Throwing rocks in the dam is fun for the old the young and everywhere in between and will keep kids entertained for hours, let's face it with 15 grandkids Grandma and Grandpa Lowe needed some down time. The hunt for finding the perfect skipping rock to see who can create the most bounces is one of the highlights.

Pulling taffy. Aunt Ginger is always full of great ideas on how keep little hands busy while having a great time. Also one of their family traditions.

Some of the cousins had a little competition of who can do the most pulls of taffy in 1 minute. This was Colleen, Austin, and Elijah duking it out.

Yeah... after all of those hands on the taffy, there is no way I was going to eat that stuff. That's the germ-a-phobe coming out of me. The kids loved it and making it. F.Y.I. I think it only takes like 3 ingredients. They also made butter, for fun.

Reading Christmas stories, it was a fun break. Tons of kids but so much fun.

This is kind-of fun. When Brooke and his brother Cody were younger they put together a time capsule and buried it in their old back yard. So over the break they went back and dug it up and pulled out all of the things they had put into it. They had some pretty random stuff in it. An old baseball, tie tack, gum, baseball cards, marbles, a little toy gun.

After they unwrapped all of it there was enough for each of the grand kids to have a keepsake from all those years ago. So if you and your kids are ever bored, put together a time capsule and bury it somewhere you'll be able to get to years later. My boys are already scouting out a spot to plant it.

This game was called the "Snowball wars" or something. You have 2 teams and you have to relay the foam ball by blowing through a straw. Fun and it did get a little tense for a while. Thanks again Aunt Ginger for the fun times. We saw the movie "Tangeled" and did some skiing and tied some quilts with Brooke's mom. The kids loved, loved being with their cousins!