Christmas Season

We made it to the mall to see the gingerbread houses and I'm so glad we did! They were so cool!

Christina treated me to a Gentri concert up in Salt Lake and it was amazing!!

 Buddy really outdid himself this year with all sorts of creativity.

We're down to two littles who are interested in riding the carousel.

Love our tradition of going to Riverwoods at Christmas time to see Santa.

Kids Bingo with Marmee and Grandpa. The kids always love this! Kallie and Sophie love being helpers and get spoiled rotten for helping.

There were so many incredible sunsets in December!!

Loved watching Mckinley compete in her first season of high school cross country. It takes a lot of grit and this girl has it!

November Stuff

We had a really fun Cross Country banquet dinner and it was so fun recognizing Mckinley. She ended  out the season as a varsity alternate so this picture is her and all of the varsity girls.

We got tickets to the Trans Siberian Orchestra concert with dinner and stuff at the Delta Center. I didn't have my expectations very high but I ended up absolutely loving it! We had such a good time. Fun memory!

Mckinley went on a road trip to Arizona with the varsity team for a race.

Love this pic of Coach Strauss hugging Mckinley. We love him so much.

Ava and I got to go see Isla perform in the Nutcracker ballet at MVHS and I enjoyed it so much! I have never seen the Nutcracker and honestly I had to ask Chat GPT for a quick overview of the story ha ha, but it was so fun!

Had a great time for Thanksgiving at Dallin's and played a fun trivia game he put together.

Mckinley's first high school dance

Mckinley was so nervous for her state race for weeks, but totally crushed it getting 9th place individually out of 95 girls and her team took 2nd place!

Pearl got first, by a long shot! It was amazing.

 After the race Mckinley came home and showered and then headed off to Sadie's with a bunch of people from cross country.

They do costumes now for Sadie's and the theme was circus.

Mckinley took Ezra and had a great time!

Gorgeous sunset from the back deck.

New haircut for this handsome guy.

Halloween 2025

Our ward did a trunk or treat activity which is always so fun!

We weren't going to decorate our trunk and then last minute we decided to do this! It was so easy and super cute.

A hike to Stewart Falls with Heather and Serena.

Mckinley and her team dyed parts of their hair read to get pumped up for State!

Brandon repaying the favor to Ava and giving her a spa. Ava has started doing Sunday spas and we are in heaven! She rubs lotion on our feet and hands, along with other stuff. She is the cutest!

We had a super fun pumpkin carving/soup night at Ross and Karen's with our cousins!

 Laughing so hard at this guy on his motorcycle on Halloween night that had a skeleton attached to the back of him.

Trick or treating was great! Joined up with neighbors and the big kids had fun with their friends.

Tyler and his new friends from junior high were grim reapers.

Kallie and a bunch of friends were minions.

Mckinley had a team dinner that night and then went to a party with some friends from school.

Jackson's first Halloween parade since we were in Hawaii last year for Halloween!

Ava had multiple costumes this year!

Hiked to the Draper suspension bridge with Kristin and Heather. It was so cool! Definitely taking my kids there.