Good to see you again Turley's

This post is for the Turley's. It was so good to see you guys again. I love how Zoe and Caleigh got to catch up and they picked up right where they left off. I think Melissa and I did too. I miss having you guys in Boise but, I am glad you guys are having adventures in California. Melissa you are such a good person and such a great MOM! I love getting your advice and being around you. Plus your 3 children are gorgeous. Lydia is growing so much and I love her cute grumpy face. I wish I had brought my camera to take some recent photos of the girls playing. Next time. Thanks for a fun time at the church.

So there I was . . . just relaxing in front of the TV when the kids yelled, "Hey Mom, come see the kittens."

My Brother sent me an email with this. It was so funny I couldn't believe how hard I laughed. Maybe because this is something Griffin would do. Like when we go to the zoo, he never knows what he's looking at. He's the third child what do you expect.

Snowed IN

Here's a picture for Dispatch. Yes, it was really coming down hard!

Here's some photo's from our extra day in Utah. I would hate to have to drive in this all winter but, the kids had so much fun. Matt and Shannon have a great slop in their backyard so the kids got to go sledding and then build snow forts. It was so fun to watch them and remember the times Boise used to get that much snow. Or at least it seemed like it. Now it just melts by the end of the day so the kids rarely get to go out and play in it. "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow"

Temple Square

This past weekend we loaded up the car and headed to Utah. We wanted to see Matt and Shannon's new house and take the kids to Temple Square. The weather was a little cold and wet but we had so much fun! Temple square was beautiful and I learned that they don't put christmas lights on the temple. I could have sworn they did. Matt and Shannon were great host and the kids had so much fun getting in lots of "family time."
It snowed on Saturday, the day we were supposed to leave, so we ended up staying one more day. Thanks Matt and Shannon, Craig and Gai, and Tracyl for a fun Utah weekend. We will definitely do this again.

A new tradition

I love my friend Danielle so much. She is one of those people you can't get enough of. She is constantly uplifting and supporting me. During the holiday season she paints windows and she is so good! this was the second year she did ours and I am going to miss is next year if we are not in Boise. Maybe I could fly her in just to do my window? Anyway here's some pictures of my cute Christmas present from Danielle. We love Sister Bartschi!

Elliot June

Elliot fell asleep the other night finishing her bottle. So Mike couldn't resist of snapping a few shots of it.

Fa La La La La....

So here's me and the kids making homemade ornaments for our Christmas Tree. We decided this year to do a memory tree. But, first we all trooped out back and sang christmas songs while Mike chopped down the blue spruce in our back yard. Why would we cut down our own tree? Well we figured since this is possible our last Christmas in this house we should do something extra special so the blue spruce got chopped down so no other family could enjoy it but us.

So back to the memory tree, we decided to go through our pictures of past Christmases and pick some of our favorites and make picture frames for them. The kids loved seeing old Christmases and what they had gotten from santa. Griffin even loved his hair in one picture and so a few days later we took him and got it cut to match the picture. The finished it off with some garland of marshmellows and cranberries and the tree looks great!