Up the Stairs

I remember running up and down the stairs playing and fighting as well. One time during dinner Ezra was really mouthy at Mom and Dad sent him upstairs to his room, as Ezra was walking he said something under his breath. That was the fastest I think I ever saw anyone go up the stairs, Dad!! Ezra was in for it!! Too funny! Christmas memories were the best for sitting on the stairs and waiting for Mom & Dad. I remember when Brookie was little and us all sitting on the stairs. Amron always had to sleep with the twins on Christmas Eve so we all could be up there. We do the same thing now, everyone has to wait on the stairs before going down to see what Santa brought. I loved seeing the star glow through the window too. Also all of Mom's beautiful decorations. Teija

Many times running up and down those stairs playing and fighting with eachother. I remember one time Kayla,Jacob and I sitting up there in the winter and it was really windy and that huge star we used to have above the Skylight there, we thought it was going to fall through the window.It was scary. All the time leaving laundry on the stairs to take it up later and mom didn't like that! Sitting there every Christmas morning while dad was getting the camera ready. We would wait there until everyone was ready. Kinda crazy how that worked so well Christmas morning.I will never forget that though we would wanna run down there so bad!To see what Santa brought. I remember Dad carrying us up too and remember when we got to big for that. Ezra and Aaron fighting really bad one time when mom and dad were gone and they kept chuking stuff at eachother up and down the stairs, us girls were telling them to stop and they yelled at us so we just hid behind the couch for a long time! Tyanna

Sliding down the stairs. Running up and down the stairs. Every Christmas morning this was our family tradition. All of us kids upstairs would sit and wait on the top steps while we yelled for Mom and Dad. They would always come out of their room in their pajamas, look in the living room and tell us Santa didn't come this year, to which we would respond with whatevers, and rolled eyes. Then Dad would say it was to early and go back to bed. I'm pretty sure he was 50/50 serious and kidding. Then he would get the video camera out and ask us if we thought Santa came and say merry christmas and everything. I remember thinking HOW SLOW they took to do everything. This anticipation was insane. haha... Then Dad would say ok come on down and see if he came... so we would all run down the stairs and flood the living room looking for our presents for Santa. Awesome memories and tradition. Then we would do stockings and presents. When everyone was done, we cleaned up kind of, and made a HUGE breakfast. Then we would usually play with our new stuff and then go ski-dooing the rest of the day...mmmmmm Christmas. Weird memory... but one time I was sitting at the top of the stairs. Teija was getting mad at the boys cause mom and dad were gone and she was babysitting... and she yelled to my brothers 'you guys don't do jack around here!' I thought she was going to go to hell for saying that, and I got scared. hahaha Dad would haul us up there stairs to tuck us in at night. It was so fun. I remember him hauling me, Tyanna and Janae at the same time. One on the shoulders and one in each arm. I remember when I got to big for him to carry me and he would only carry Janae. I had major jealousy issues with that. Funny. Kayla

Sitting on the stairs and eating at family dinners. The family kneeling around the bottom to say prayers. Christmas morning in our new pj's waiting for mom and dad to wake up and teija and amron always taking for ever to get ready. they always had to go to the bathroom and put in their contacts and brush their teeth. i remember always being so annoyed because of that. Then running down to see what santa brought us and see what awesome candy was in our stockings! Putting everything on the stairs when were cleaning so i could take it all up at once but mom always got mad at the huge stack of anything and everything.  Janae

Well I don't remember fighting as much as everyone else does apparently, maybe it is because i still think I am right and self-righteous, but whatever. So I remember when Mom would get sick and she would just sit there and hit the wall. That drove me CRAZY! She would whisper/yell "Boys, Boys, Boys" tap, tap, tap, tap. I also remember the girls sliding down the stairs in sleeping bags. The Christmas decorations that would be on there. I also remember waking up so early to go out to the bush and be ready waiting for somebody to pick me up and I would take a nap on the landing.Christmas was always the best sitting and waiting up there. Ezra