dear cassie... belated.

I'm so glad you were born and that you're my sister and always will be. You're the best and I love you. Hope you had a great birthday.

flying

don't you wish you were little enough to do that still? i love how he holds his legs up like that. we miss you uncle al.

just some from my phone camera

Trying on the socks that Aunt Ellie left when she came to visit for Thanksgiving.





A few great pictures from our early November trip that we took to UT. Who doesn't love Cabellas?





Was waffling about going in. Luckily I know that he can't resist a dare.





Reading books with Grama LoLo


Sharing with my cousin. Oh, this makes me miss everyone so much.


Our trip to Monterey. While I worked the boys played.



Someone loves clam chowder, licked the cup clean.


I'll have to see what treasures doug has on his phone next...

more from christmas

still going through all the pictures I got from everyone and there are a few things I want to put down so I remember. it was so cute to see lily and tuck together. to see how different they are. so different. lily is pretty mellow and loves dolls and playing house type things, pretend cleaning and taking care of people. tucker is so not like any of that. trucks, planes, running around. even how they eat is so different. lily takes dainty bites and tucker eats the whole spoonful. but the cutest thing was how lily would bring tuck his blanket and try to lay him down in and cover him up all comfy. she was very insistent at times. when they are not being opposite though, they are insisting on having the very same thing. it was really fun to have them together and by the end they were all good friends. how nice.









And even though we didn't get a lot of pictures of the two, zeke is so cute with tucker. loves to play with him and pick him up pull him in the wagon. and it's so cute how he says his name. tuck is so lucky for these three (now 4) and for cousin Luke! we haven't forgotten you either.

I love the scene in this picture. I love the girls sitting by the fire, Nana in the background with a towel over her shoulder cleaning up the kitchen for the 45th time because she's awesome, and small chaos running in circles with lots of laughter surrounding.

did you know

That my newest niece was born on February 4th? I'm pretty sure she still doesn't have a name but I can't wait to meet her. Congratulations Kaity and Danny! It only took her one hour at the hospital before this baby was out! Nice work kt.

ocd?

We see this around the house a lot. Rows and sections of perfectly lined cars. It's pretty funny to turn around and find what he's been so quietly doing.





And sometimes on dad's back.

Table set for 20. I love getting the table all fancy for dinner.


Nativity: Elizabeth and Zacharias. Turns out Garrett is quite the actor. Very nicely done on his part :) Mine, not so much, a lot of giggling. How old am I?


Gio did an awesome job as the angel


And this is Nephi and his wife. Not sure what they were doing here but they were a great couple.


And of course, April leading the music with enthusiasm


And after the white elephant Tuck ended up with this remote control car and as you can see, he was pretty pleased.





Christmas morning was craziness and really fun. There were a lot of presents under the tree. Especially a lot of cars for Tucker.





Danny and Kaity made canes for D&N out of manzanita branches from the yard and they were beautiful. Everyone got a pretty good kick out of them.


Our 2nd Christmas with Tuck already. Crazy. This time was so much fun. He loved opening presents.


Stoked about getting his noisy police car with siren from uncle Al. Wouldn't you be?


Opening more cars...


And more...


Checking out each others loot after things calmed down a bit.


And here's an awesome video taken by Danny, but i actually like it.

I am grateful this year for our healthy, happy family that loves each other. I do feel so blessed.