Deck the Halseys: Inside

What on earth do you dooo with sixteen people during the holidays?  

Well, you must play with your cousins as much as possible, and take "standing" lessons from your Uncle Ryan and Aunt Libbi...

And, of course you must visit Great-Grandpa for storytime...

Ah, and don't forget to find a good spot on the couch...

Because, everyone knows it would not be Christmas at the Halsey's without a non-stop feed of Sports Center and Bowl games. (As the only Utah fans in a house full of Cougars, we greatly appreciated the SPECTACULAR finish to our bowl game - go Utes!)

Averett was a BIG fan of the Utah game, we're raising him up right - and how about the awesome jerseys Aunt Laura made both had 49ers patches (the Taylors are BIG fans), and Marianna's had the 8 & a BYU patch for Steve Young, and Averett's had the 11 & a Ute patch for Alex Smith...we l.o.v.e it!!  (However, if we get our Ravens-49ers Superbowl, Averett won't be wearing that shirt for a few days) :)

Oh, there's also the baking and gingerbread house making you must do.

 (Marianna and Averett remind me of the two old guys in the Muppets, I wonder what they are saying...)

 Did we mention more playing, redecorating the tree and standing?

Get yourself ready for the New Year's Eve Tournament of Champions: a night full of playoffs in ping-pong, MarioKart, bean bag toss, sumo wrestling, dice throwing, bouncy ball bouncing, darts and tennis ball juggling. (Seth made it to the finals (AND WON!) in Mario Kart, and I made it in darts and bouncy ball basketball)

Sure, that's what you do with sixteen people, but how do you fit sixteen people?

Easy.  Ten of you get cozy in the basement.  (Apparently the quality of your mattress was directly related to the time of your arrival, those that arrived earliest received the nice mattresses (with boxsprings) ...we showed up last and scored the camping pads.  Mental note: arrive two weeks early next time)

And squeeeeeze around the dinner table, nice and cozy.