Christmas Prep

It's always so fun getting ready for Christmas. We hit up Riverwoods at the end of November when there was no line for Santa. We have it down to an art now and it's our favorite thing to do. The Santas there are so good!

The lights are just gorgeous too.

After Riverwoods we went to watch Lincoln play an indoor soccer game and I just had to document this because Lincoln ended up kicking the ball and it hit Kallie in the head and knocked her to the ground. It was crazy! She didn't even cry. I know she was super embarrassed but I'm just so glad she wasn't injured seriously. She could have easily gotten a concussion from that.

Mckinley rocking it again (thanks to Jenna George always for letting us borrow her costumes!) at school. The 6th graders do an ancient civilations report and she was on Egypt. She had a great group and did a great job.

Lindon Park had a huge lit up tree this year. We went and hit up the house by the PG seminary as well which is always spectacular.

The kids got some good snow days in. I love watching them play out on the golf course. Jackson did not love it which is fine with me because I'm happy to stay inside.

Ross and Karen invited us to their ward Christmas party which was absolutely incredible. They had the most amazing decorations and such a cute program too. We loved it! Oh and the food was amazing. Of course. Thanks to Howie Nelson.

The kids had their Christmas sing at school and it was soooo fun to watch. Tyler and Kallie had the cutest song ever!

My dad let us borrow this really fun wooden puzzle. 

I had a great time going to Tyler and Kallie's class party.

Jackson always sits and draws on this white board. He is so adorable. And most definitely left handed.

Jackson is in the phase of not wanting to take naps at naptime and always crashing somewhere late in the afternoon. 

Ross and Karen split up Bingo this year into kids, teens, and adults. The kids had such a great time! One of our very favorite traditions.

Again with the gorgeous sunsets! Pictures never do them justice.

 

November Random

Just thought this was so cute seeing Jackson's tiny fingers trying to use the popsocket. Lol.

We went and stayed in Wendover for a night with Salmon Insurance for Christmas. First time checking out the salt flats.

So many failed attempts at jumping pictures ha ha.

Had a fun friendsgiving dinner with some of my very best friends. This is the first time we've gotten together with all the husbands. It was so much fun! Love these guys so much.

Jackson can reach the drinking fountain at the elementary school! He's getting so big. We love going and doing baggie books every week.

So glad Tyler and Alex rekindled their friendship. They are the cutest little buddies ever.

 

BYU Museums

Brandon's grandma Salmon died and so he went up to Canada with his brothers for the funeral. While he was gone I was busy trying to entertain the kids.

I'm so glad we hit up this awesome display at the BYU Museum of Art. It was so cool!! 

Then since we were already right there we took a trip to the Bean Museum. They have a Narwahl on display temporarily so we were glad we got to see that. I kind of had my mind blown when I found out that all the water creatures there are fake. Ha ha ha. I totally thought they were real. But nope. 

I also took the kids to Kidstopia to play. They had a great time. Jackson had fallen asleep on the way there so he just slept on my shoulder for quite a while and then it took him a bit to warm up but of course by the time we needed to leave everyone wanted to stay longer.

I'll never get sick of our beautiful sunsets and our incredible view. I just love it so much!

 

Family Pics

I've been wanting to get family pictures taken for a long time and we finally made it happen.

Jackson was such a stinker and made it so hard but of course we ended up with a bunch of pictures we love.