and a few last favorites

building a gingerbread house with the Bishops Aunt Bobbie giving haircuts Brian being well, Brian

Meli and Lance sledding Natalie and Lydia

It was a long and busy trip, but we had such a great time. We got to see so much family, do so many fun things, and made so many great memories.

and still more cousins

That's it. We have to move back. We have way to much fun with these guys.

And oh my gosh, this guy's adorable.

Brian, Bobbie, and little Finn were up from AZ, so we got to see them too.

Grandma was also around for all of this, but she craftily managed to avoid being in any of my pictures.

Burch cousins

What's a few more hours in the car when you've come as far as we have? And it was so worth the extra drive to Idaho to visit our Burch cousins. Seriously, so much fun. We could have stayed forever.

Christmas

the whole family minus Dustin and Meagan (we missed you guys!) my little elf

Christmas Eve with Great Grandma and Grandpa Glauser

Boys in their matching camo pajamas

and still more snow to play in

oh I miss this...

Matt's getting older...

Sledding

Christmas Week with the Glausers

After 25 hours on the road we made it just as the snow started to fall. Three kids could not have been more thrilled as they watched it come down. They've been waiting for the snow for a long time....and they got plenty of it.

We had the whole week before Christmas with the Glausers. It was cold, snowy, and so much fun.

A quick (as in long enough to pull out the camera and turn around and go home) trip to Temple Square in the freezing cold to see the lights.

Lots and lots of snow to play in... Sawyer just relaxing with Natalie and Jeremy Grandpa getting fancy with his new found crepe flipping skills.

Santa Comes Early

Santa came to our house early since we're leaving for Utah in the morning! It was a short day at school today so we woke them up early before Matt left for work. Despite their surprise and excitement, they opted to still go to school. After all, who wants to miss Polar Express Day? So we played for a little while, then got dressed and sent them on their way while Lydia, Sawyer and I packed for our trip...or tried to anyway.

Lydia's preschool play

Lydia was such a cute little angel in her preschool Christmas play.

Piano Recital

I've been teaching piano lessons this semester and love it. We had a little recital at our house. It went so well and it was fun to see everyone do such a great job.

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