Temple square!

Okay, you can't have Christmas in Utah with out a visit to Temple Square! This year it was so fun, we had some friends go with us and the kids loved it. Thanks sherry & Abe for coming along! You guys are awesome!

We went to our favorite Mexican restaurant, The Blue Iguana! It's amazing. Especially the "Burrito Grande" Jon always gets. If you finish the whole thing, you get free dessert!

A Christmas Star!

This Christmas, we decided to start a new tradition. We are making our own star for our Christmas tree! Jon is very creative when it comes to these things, I think that comes from having his big family. He is very -think outside of the box- type! I wish I had that in me, but since I don't...I'll leave it to him! Well the best part was how excited the kids were about it, they ate it up!

They both got to help and it was definitely a "hands on" activity. Hanna loves to get dirty, Hunter...not so much!

Again...I apologize for Hanna not having any clothes on but if you have little ones... you know how that is a MUST!

our paper mache genius!


I was good for something. I thought of where to hang it to dry!


Yay! The final product. It looks pretty good!


Yeah, this is just Hanna & I being crazy!

A Thanksgiving away from the Hustle & Bustle!

The beautiful artwork of a 2 & 4 yr. old! They had a ton of fun making tissue paper turkeys! We had to do some kind of craft before Thanksgiving...it actually gets me in the spirit more than them I'm sure!
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This year we went up to out families cabin in the Uintahs for Thanksgiving. It was amazing! We were a little worried what it would be like with it being so cold and having the pipes exosed to the 20 degree weather at night, but it all worked out and was such a blast! We all ate way too much of course, but it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without eating too much right?

Shelby, mom & me!

Grandpa, Shelby, Grandma Forman & Jon taking care of the turkey carving!

My dad brought an erector set to put together and Hunter & Jon both loved it!

Just goofing around! Shelby & I were being crazy and the kids decided to join!

Hunter followed his older cousins around everywhere! Thanks Clayton & Trent for being such good sports!


Hanna kept trying on Grandma's reading glasses! They're pretty cute woutldn't you say?

Dad & Kelsee! It was so fun to be together for the whole weekend!

Thanks fam!

At nights at the cabin, right before the sun goes down, is the best time to see the deer.

We go for a ride over the main road and look through the aspens trying to find them. This is a picture while riding in the truck of the snow outside!!! So cozy!

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We had a bunch of friends over the other night and they brought their kids! It is so fun to see old friends after a long time and especially when they have such darling kids! We were playing games and we come downstairs to find this:


They pulled out the bed, got blankets for themselves and turned on a show! It was about 10:30pm so they were all so sleepy. What good kids to just do that by themselves! Well I don't know, if my children know how to do that by themselves...what is that saying about me?!!! Oh well, they're self-reliant right?

Boxers or Briefs!!!

This is the best game ever! If any of you are looking for a great gift to give family or friends, this is it!

The bad thing is...I found it on Amazon for $140.00!!! Is that right? Really??? I can't believe this, it's probably the funniest game ever but really is it worth $140.00? I don't think so, I'd rather have a new couch!

The REAL game!

Jon and I got to go to the Real Soccer game for the play-offs a couple days ago! It was a blast but quite the adventure.
It was crazy parking so we parked behind the stadium in an old LOWES parking lot where we saw a bunch of people walking. There was a sign that said "Unauthorized cars will be towed."
But of course, we didn't think it meant our car...so we started walking thinking it was legitimate because of all the other cars parking nearby.

We walked onto a large dirt hill, and started onto a canal road. We saw a bunch of people crossing the canal on a HUGE PIPE! Once we got across the muddy canal, we looked up to see everyone climbing a barbedwire fence in order to get into the stadium. It was insane and with all the clothes we wearing to keep us warm...climbing the fence was not the easiest task for me to do!

Oh well, the memory will be funny someday! The game was fun and here are a few pics of us and my mom and dad who went with us. My sisters friend got us all the tickets for a great deal! We were right behing the goal, it was awesome!

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Dress-ups!

I bought a bunch of costumes right after Halloween on the clearance sales so Hunter could have something to wear while Hanna dresses up in all her princess stuff she has. They dressed up the other day and had some good Daddy time. I had to snap some pictures of the dancing, way cute!

A weekend of just adults???

We got to go to St. George this last weekend with a bunch of friends from our ward and NO KIDS! It was so much fun and painful! I mean that in the best sense...I had a horrible case of Strep Throat. Yuck, it was the worst one ever and I have had my fare share of throat sicknesses. But we had a ton of fun anyway. Jon ran the half marathon and I ran the 5K! That group of friends is so much fun, us girls got pedicures on Friday while the men went golfing, then we all went out to dinner at the Pizza Factory which was, as always, YUMMY!

Ahhh! A much needed pedicure!

Our Tops!
Our Bottoms!


We came back to our condo and played games! Jon and Abe played the Wii, which was way too much fun, we might have to get us one of those! It was so funny, they were doing boxing and, well, they just looked really funny from the behind! They blamed the boxing workout they had for not finishing as quickly as they would have in the race. Funny!

The next morning we all had an intense morning workout! It was so much fun, we already want to do it again next year, thanks guys, that was a blast!

Abe Dilworth, Meredith Harker, Jon & Mike Keyser. Getting ready for the race!

Sherry & I as we FINALLY came to our finish line!

Jon & Mike right as they finished! Still feeling good, I hate them!

This was all of us! Julie & Craig came to see us finish! They drove all the way from Mesquite, how sweet of them! Thanks guys, we sure miss ya!

Well it was a blast!

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I can't believe Thanksgiving is in 2 weeks! Well I know it's a little late but here's a few pics of Halloween and the kids in their cute costumes! We do our famous Halloween pancakes on Halloween morning (and way too many mornings leading up to it.)
OOH! Frankenstein! Hunter's new invention!

The kids & I went to Gardner Village with Amy & Keith before Halloween! That was a fun tradition I think we should start right Amy?! Thanks for coming down, we love it when you do!

I know, I know I need to rake my yard! You have to get a few good pictures first right?
THis is Hanna's game of "Daddy where are you?" What a good sport!

And this is after the Trick-or-Treating! Fun stuff, and yes...I am eating all their candy now. Gotta love Halloween!