Thursday, December 31, 2015

Vegas Babies


December 28th- 30th

I went out of town to Vegas for a few days to help Nate and Liz with 3 adorable babies.  I was able to be there for their 1st birthday.   Yahoo!!  I also hung out with just Annalisa for a little bit while Nate and Liz took  Isaac and Asher to the hospital for a little surgery.  Also while I was down there we did a few photo shoots, ate delicious unhealthy food with Nate and Liz and had a nice time just hanging out spending time together.

Cute little 1 year olds!!!

Annalisa and I on our girls afternoon 
did a photo shoot for her mom :)


As nice as it is to snuggle babies for 3 straight days I really missed this group!!!

  Jim surprised me and on the way home from the airport
 and took us all to Sconecutters to celebrate our first date 
(a few days late)
 of December 27th, 1997 :)

Nice to be back home!



Sunday, December 27, 2015

Christmas 2015

Christmas morning


Afton checking out her stocking

Also from Santa-
Kindle Fire
Boots and a coat
Shopkins

Lilly was super excited to get bubble gum

Also from Santa-
Kindle Fire
Boots and a coat
Shopkins

Afton gave Lizzie a plastic crocodile to
make many, many more fashionable outfits for.

Lucky was so generous this year and gave Afton a book she has really been wanting. 

Lucky also gave Lilly her very own Pumpkin Spice Hot Chocolate.
 She was quite excited :)

Both Jim and Lilly got M&M's for Christmas.
 Lilly likes plain and Jim likes Peanut Butter

From Santa Lizzie got-
Roller Blades
Boots and a coat
Lego Friends Lighthouse

Ethan was a happy boy.  From Santa he got
Lego First Order
Tie Fighter from the new Star Wars movie
Sherpa blanket
Studio C Seasons 1&2 DVD's

Ethan had Lilly's name this year and got her
Where The Sidewalk Ends.
She really likes poem books right now and was happy to have her very own!


Jim and I also surprised the kids with a WiiU which I think they were very excited about.

We did our Christmas morning, then my parents came up.  In the afternoon we went over to Jim's parents for awhile and then came home and had fun with out Christmas gifts.   Good but busy day!

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve festivities started at my parents house. We had a dinner of abelskievers and then opened presents. 

My dad made each of the kids a pretty awesome treasure chest!!!!

Lilly showing off her treasure chest and the goods inside

Ethan showing off the closed treasure chest look

Afton loved taking things in and out of hers.
They look awesome under the tree.  Such a great gift!


My dad reading "Twas the night before christmas" to the kids.

Grandpa with his grandkids
Back at home

Each of the kids changed into their pajamas, we played a little Wii,
 and then got the milk and cookies ready for Santa

My tween and teen :) 

All the kids in their Christmas pajamas!

So lucky to call these 3 beautiful daughters ours


I just love this!  Lilly wrote a cute little note for Santa



Santa has arrived!!!!
 Each kid gets 3 special gifts wrapped in their own wrapping paper-
Ethan/ Lego, Lizzie/ Barbie, Afton / Frozen, Lilly/ Disney Princesses

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

December



  A little bit of December happenings....

Jim and I were out doing a little Christmas shopping and came home late to this.
  So cute that she was trying to wait up for us under Ethan's supervision.

Just a typical Tuesday night at Costco :)

Lizzie making sure even crocodiles get in the Christmas spirit.

I love December when I get to walk downstairs each morning to this

Cute little Christmas crafts 2nd graders bring home are the best!!!




It must be Christmas break when the board games come out!

Very happy boy as we went and saw the new Star Wars movie.
It was AWESOME!!!

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Harrison Nativity

So fun to see all the cousins act out the nativity. 
 They all did such a great job!


Our 4 cute kids representing angels and a wise man

Shepards and animals
(Annalisa, Grey, Braeden, Vince, Morgan)

Angels
Lizzie, Shaelynn, Lilly, Bella, Afton, Violet

3 wise men
Trevor, Ethan, Andrew

The "Green room" kids waiting for it to start

So awesome  Asher, Isaac and Annalisa could make their nativity debut this year

An action shot

The cast-
Great job everyone!!!!

Friday, December 18, 2015

Snow Day!!!

We had a pretty good snowstorm on the 14th. 

This is how I sent the girls to school that morning.  I told them it would probably be quicker for them to walk than for me to try and drive them.  I was right :)
 The roads were a mess that day.
 After School  Snow Day Fun








It made me so happy that even my big kids were out playing.
 Yeah for Snow Days!

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Temple Lights

Last Monday night we went and walked around Temple Square and checked out the Christmas lights.