Temple Lights

Monday we went to the temple lights. It has been a few years since we have gone but it was a lot of fun. Briauna enjoyed the lights a ton which if fun to see. The Three Wisemen
These are some nativites that they have displayed. There are a whole lot of them from around the world. A beautiful view as we left.

Christmas in Prescott

We love the Lowry family. They are so fun to be with. Christmas night we headed up to Prescott to spend the weekend. There was a ton of people but it was so fun. The kids play well together and the parents stay up late playing games and watching movies.

The girls did finger painting to keep busy.

True Briauna fashion ,she took her cloths off and wore shoes. I don't think she has a temperature gauge.

Katelyn and Briauna are starting to play together and it is so cute. Jenna, Hailey and Toni all have December birthdays so we had a party to celebrate them.The girls showing off their new outfits from Grandma Barbara

I don't like the snow but the kids loved it. The Lowrys have a hill behind their house and it makes a perfect place to go sledding

Briauna liked going down with dad.She did not like when the snow went up her pants when she went down with Garrett.
These two are such cuties

Briauna actually kept her clothes on. and said it was cold

The kids had a blast and spent hours playing out in the snow. I enjoyed watching them from the inside.

My cute little Eskimo

This is Bonzy. He lives in the storage are in the basement. The girls weren't quite sure what to think of him.

We saw these guys as we were getting ready to leave. There were 9 in all.

Christmas Fun

Christmas is always so fun. We started out Christmas eve with dinner at my parents house. We always have pizza and wings. The kids get pajamas to open and we just have fun hanging out and playing. This year was the same but different with my mom being sick and on hospice. She fell and broke her hip the week of Christmas so we were so excited she was able to come home Christmas eve. My dad wanted to make sure we did everything as we always had so we as the kids made sure that was the case.The boys are always so excited for pictures.

Christmas morning is always exciting. This year we got to experience kids not being able to sleep because of excitement. We heard talking at 1:30am, then we heard more giggling at 3:00am . Then I got up at 4:00am to Caleb and Lance sitting in the loft talking. They explained that they could not sleep and were just waiting until they could wake the rest of us up. They were sent to bed and did end up falling asleep. John and I got up and got ready and then we had to wake the kids up at 7:15am.

They are ready to go down stairs.

Briauna wasn't sure what to think.

Jenna loved her gifts from Santa.

The boys were inspecting the Wii they got.

Garrett was quick to try out a game.

Now on to presents. They were so good and patients with the opening part.
Briauna needed a little help from Lance.

Jenna loved the robe.

The boys got more Lego stuff.

She was so cute in her new boots

We took the Wii to Grandma and Grandpa's house and all the kids had fun.

It is nice to live where they could play outside on Christmas morning.

Waiting for gifts to get opened.

Caleb and Kyle share a birthday.

Cute cousins

Haylie and Briauna trying to get into their new toy.

Jenna loved her girl Legos.

Cousin Blake is so funny and plays with the little girls. He was showing Briauna dogs he found on the Internet. She loved it.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

So Sweet

This is how they have been sleeping for the last two weeks. Bye bye crib.

Christmas Sunday

. They all actually smiled and it only took two tries

A Trim

Today I gave Jenna a much needed hair cut. I never had long hair and I love her long hair. I really had a hard time deciding to cut it. It really needed and it looks so much better.

Before

After
All finished and ready to go see Princess and the Frog