Merry Christmas!!

The kids are making gingerbread cookies


Decorating the cookies

Eating the cookies (this is beginning to sound like the story of the little red hen)

More cookies - tis the season.

Gingerbread houses

I made them a teepee for Christmas. My aunt Jean made us a teepee when I was little. I remember playing in it for hours. We set the stockings in the teepee for the kids to find Christmas morning.

Opening presents

Thanksgiving

We had dinner with the Lasley family. We had so much fun. And a wonderful dinner!

Mike cooked turnduckin (Turkey with a duck inside with a chicken inside). You can see the layers in the picture below, kind of.

Tiny is frying a turkey and it started raining!!

Misc - November and December

We locked our keys in the van after going shopping. Our neighbor had to come save us! thank you Kerri!!! Meanwhile the kids were cold and waiting in the cart. I thought it was cute.

The kids came down to eat lunch with me in the tunnels.

They found some walnuts or pecans (not sure which) in a vacant lot and packed a whole wagon full of them.

Then they built structures with them. Anything for entertainment.

Liberty is constantly getting into everything!!!! This time it was my work bag on the table. Nothing is sacred anymore!!!!

Mike had the honor of baptising Hunter, a family friend! It was so nice.

Setting up the Christmas tree.

Cold!! At least for TX :) Jack and Christsia going to school

Liberty doing crafts at our elementary carnival

Attitude anyone?

The kids are helping out with the dishes more and more. They actually really help! It is so nice. They can do pretty much all the dishes.

So.....this brings a new meaning to "treehouse". We were setting up the tree and didn't have time to finish all the decorations. The next day the kids put blankets around all the bottom layers of branches and made a treehouse.

Liberty is such a big helper.

To Utah again - to welcome baby JACOB!!

Liberty hanging out with Uncle Steve

Jack packed his suitcase, it was so organized, I was so impressed :)

Jack and Liberty on the bus to the airport from the parking

Grandpa is getting Jack!!

Driving through Southern Utah and we got a flat tire. My dad changed it while we broke out the lunch and had a picnic across the whole street. Gives all new meaning to "the middle of NOWHERE!"

My parents like digging for trilobytes, so we joined them as a family. Jack and Liberty had fun digging and banging on rocks. They found several.

The Delta Cheese store that we always stop at.

Grandpa feeding Liberty

Bowling with Gma Reeda, Gpa Bob and cousin McKayla

Libertys first bowling experience.

Grandpa torturing Jack

Me and Daddy!

My mom and I

Liberty and I

Halloween

Dressed up for Halloween - with the neighbors.

Jack and Liberty

My boss (Queen bee) and peers - it was worth it, we won the prize for the best team costumes.

My friend sets up a pirate ship within his culdesac and brings in a bunch of sand for a big Halloween party. Over the top!

The IT team bees

The kids decorated a haunted gingerbread house for Halloween

My darling new nephew - Jacob!!! So sad he is 1700 miles away :( adorable!
Halloween cupcakes we decorated for a party.