Matt's getting older...

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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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Thanksgiving Getaway

Seriously, one of our favorite Thanksgivings, ever.

It was one of those years we weren't leaving town, and didn't have anyone coming to visit. We decided we've stayed home and cooked our own Thanksgiving Dinner enough times and it was time to do something different. We got a hotel in downtown Houston, went to the Thanksgiving Day Parade, got takeout for dinner, and had such a great little vacation!

Eating our pumpkin pie by the outdoor pool.

Although it was warm on Thanksgiving, the day after was significantly colder. It was the best of both worlds. We swam on Thanksgiving, and ice skated the next day.

New York Girls Weekend

Friends since we were 8 years old, had our babies together(literally...we were in the hospital at the same time with our firsts), talk almost everyday, but haven't seen each other for 3+ years. This trip has been in the making for a long time! Dear Marce, I have shin splints from all the walking, soar stomach muscles from all the laughing, am still craving that second chocolate mousse cheesecake we forgot to go back for, and came home totally recharged! What a fabulous weekend! Thanks for everything! Can't wait our next trip! Oh, and awesome that all the picture I have are just of us taking pictures of ourselves. Next time maybe we try and take some pictures of the sites and scenery, huh? It's been way too long since our last trip. So glad we made this work. I love ya!

halloween weekend

All ready for the ward Trunk or Treat! Garrett's a Ninja, Ethan's a vampire ghost (his own creation), Lydia's a princess that didn't want to wear her crown (such a modest princess) and Sawyer's the cutest baby lion I've ever seen.

Picking Pumpkins

Ward Trunk or Treat Saturday Night. Sawyer and I sat in the back of the Sequoia to pass out candy. Sawyer found the bag and started throwing the candy at everyone that came by. It was hilarious.

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Sawyer wasn't really all that interested in his presents and it turned into a bit of a circus with the older kids chasing him around the house trying to get him to open the presents while he ran away from them. Then he just stared at all of us like we were crazy while we sang to him and handed him the cake. I think the other three were more excited about it than Sawyer was!