January 2013

January.....

Tyson and Janessa finished their basketball leagues (which they loved).

 Janessa and Tyson made a snow monster. When Grant woke up from his nap he wanted them to smash it. He was scared :)

 It's tradition with the Lords side to go bowling on New Years day. Always fun.

 We had a surprise 30th birthday party for Steph.

 We took down the crib for the last time. This was very sad for me. It held all our babies. I wish I could hold them all again...

 Grant made all of his cars a home on his new bed-

 The funny thing is he still calls for us in the morning and after his nap to come get him. I'm all right with that :)

 Homework. Homework. And more homework.

And more homework

 Shopping buddies at Lowe's.

 My 3 favorite boys wearing their new matching ties to church.

 Another of Tyson's pics. I love his people so much.

 We got to go skiing with the girls for ski club one night. So much fun. They are both getting so brave on the hill.

 Janessa's primary talk she drew and came up with all on her own. Love it.

 Tyson had to have an x-ray done of his stomach to check some bladder issues.

 Andrew and I both got new glasses. I tried to talk him into these ones. Not really.

 The best part about January??? Our new nephew/cousin Oliver! Oh we love him so much. I feel kind of bad I don't have a pic of Steven or Micaela... love them too.

 Going to meet him-

 Tyson and Hallie are definitely the most in love with him (besides me of course).

 Aaaaw he's so cute and even more sweet.

December Misc.

December...

We took a day and went sledding. Just us. So fun. The kids always want to invite people to do stuff with us but I love it when we do fun things with just our family. We had such a great time. There wasn't a ton of snow but it was warm (which I loved).

 My dad helped us make these nativities for the ladies that serve in our Relief Society, I think 24 total. Not sure why I volunteered such a time consuming gift. They loved them though, and hopefully know how much we care for them also. I love my calling :)

 We had Micaela's baby shower one Saturday. Grant and Brigs were enjoying some ice cream sandwiches before it started. I really should have gotten a pic of Micaela though! Oops.

Hallie had to write her spelling words in shaving cream.

These 2 wanted so badly to do a Chrismas duet together. They worked really hard and learned Joy to the World. They performed it at both big family parties. I loved listening to them practice all month. 

 We celebrated my mom's birthday on the 13th! Love her so much.

 This cracks me up. It took 2 people quite a few minutes to get Grant's snow pants on.

 Andrew had to prove to the girls that he had a longer head stand than them.

 Gramsy with Andrew and Adrian. They tease her so much and she dishes it right back.

 Fun night with friends over. Hallie and Riley insisted they could give us piggy back rides. Funny girls. They are almost as big as us though!

 Here's what Andrew lived in Monday-Friday. He must have thought this pic was cool because it's all edited. Love him.

SLC Trip

We've wanted for years to take the kids to the Temple Square lights. We have a couple friends that have felt the same way so we all decided to made it happen this year.

An attempt at a group picture of the kids... 

 We went to the new City Creek Mall first. It was so beautiful. It's outdoor but covered in the winter. I loved it..not so much the stores but just the whole atmosphere.

 Kaitlyn was so cute with Grant :)

 After the mall we went and swam for a while and came back to temple square that night. It was not how I remember as a kid! I had all these hopes of giving the kids a spiritual experience that would change their view of Christmas forever. We'll have to go back for that experience another time haha. There were a zillion people there, we could hardly move. It was all we had just to not loose anyone. It was raining yet freezing cold. The kids had umbrellas and kept poking people or getting their umbrellas stuck in people's scarfs, etc.. The building were all so full we couldn't go in any. We definitely need to go back! It's was beautiful though, and we will never forget it :)

 There's a hotel we've been wanting to stay in that has an indoor water park. It was awesome!! The kids (and adults) love it. We for sure want to go back there also.

 I'm so grateful for good friends. We had such a fun weekend!

Christmas 2012

Christmas!! Such a long-awaited holiday that goes by way too fast.

We put up the tree on a beautiful sunny warm day... we didn't really get a bunch of snow until just a few days before Christmas. It would have been weird to not have a white Christmas.

This year our annual Davies Christmas Eve breakfast was at my uncle's church building. It was nice to have all the room and see everyone.

My grandma asked me to be over the nativity this year. Thankfully my mom's primary had some awesome backdrops and costumes we got to borrow. It turned out really cute.

Christmas Eve dinner at my parents'. They let them open 1 present that night.

 Hallie and Janessa got new pj's and the boys got slippers. 

Christmas morning! Andrew set up the GoPro to take a picture every 5 minutes or so. It was fun to watch the floor get more and more covered. Andrew's parents skyped with us the whole time. It was like they were there!

 

 We then headed to my parents for more fun and breakfast.

 Then off to grandma and grandpa Lord's for dinner and another nativity.

 Fun, busy day....