Guess who came home for Mom's Birthday!~Jakee!!!!

He surprised us with the mustache~I laughed my head off when I saw him! My brother Jake always makes us laugh, he is the comedy relief in our family!





Aunt Lois and Uncle Rich came down to celebrate as well! It was great fun! Happy Birthday Mom!

Kirtland

We were able to go to Kirtland during the Nativity displays. It was so amazing! Jill was able to come with jay and I! We had a great day! There were so many different nativities from all over the world! It was amazing! We were so glad we got to spend that special day with her!

The Mills Creek Christmas Party

This party is so cool because I've been going to this neighborhood party for 15 years! My brother Jake and his friends used to be in the back of Lolly the Trolley going crazy, now it's MY kids! So fun and yet so crazy how time flies!

Christmas Concerts

The Nutcracker~We always love going to the nutcracker, we've been going since Jenna was 5. This was extra special because we were able to go downtown to play house square AND we got see to our friend Sydney dance! It was so cool! We will definitely come here next year!


A little after show snack at Aladdin's! Yum!
Jenna's concert


Jenna not only had her choir concert but she had her first Clarinet concert! There were so many kids in band, it was really neat to see their excitement!





Samuel's concert was first. It was very cute. We all come and support everyone in their activities, it's always a party when we're around!

Putting up the tree!

I love this time of year! I love putting up the tree and reminiscing about Christmases of old. There are so many wonderful memories. This year I took old Christmas pictures and put them in frames as part of my decorations. It was so fun to re live those moments!

Weekend in Chi- town

We LOVE Chicago!


A trip to Chicago is never complete without a Beef!

Pure Yumminess!


The Science and industry Museum is one of our favorites!
Mom and Dad were inside the wind demonstration
go samuel!
We love to come to the science and industry museum during the holidays because they put up many decorated trees from other countries! It's so cool. This was of course the Italian Christmas tree. Baci means kiss in Italian so that is just what they did!

Jenna wanted a picture next to the one from England. She has been kind of obsessed with going there ever since the royal wedding. So she was really excited!
They decorated the big tree this year inspired by Dr. Seuss! It was very cool! We had a super fun time!

Thanksgiving at Grandpa's

We were so excited when we saw a surprise visitor at grandpa's house! Uncle Dean surprised us all! He had a meeting in Chicago so he and Auntie Vera came for our thanksgiving feast! We had all sorts of yummines that can only be found at Holiday time! I guess that's why we all find some extra pounds by the time the season is over! We all had such a nice time!
I brought Samuel's tinker toys and he built another creation!
Jenna getting the beds ready!