Temple Lights

Our annual trip to see the lights was short and sweet this year. It was incredibly cold and there were a few children (one) less than excited to be there. But it is always enjoyable :)


Me and the folks.


My nephew C was not very happy since he had fallen asleep on the way up to Salt Lake city. So this was the best I could get out of him!


You were just thinking how photogenic we all are weren't you... And yes, that is baby A's head sticking out of my sister's jacket! (in case you were wondering :)


Me and A - unfortunately A couldn't even see half the night because he was wearing an adult sized hat. All we could do to keep him warm!


Timers on cameras - what a great invention!

Christmas 2007

So I showered and dressed before the day even began. My sister that lives about 15 minutes away wasn't planning on being there until 9am so I figured I'd get my day started. Then we even ate breakfast before opening presents. It is always exciting to have little kids around on Christmas!


Opening presents is always much more fun with help :) It's a good thing I had help for every single present! I was really excited to get season tickets to a local theatre here in Utah. I can't wait to see the first show "Lend Me A Tenor" - I LOVE musicals!


An iPod... YIPEE! My brother N got me for Christmas this year and boy was I ever excited - I have since spent multiple days trying to upload all of my CDs onto iTunes.


Christmas Ham... YUM!!!

Pajamas

Tradition.... Tradition! (Think of Tevia singing this in Fiddler on the Roof!)


It has been a tradition for a long time to get matching pajamas on Christmas eve. Usually I'm the only one that gets pajamas but my mom splurged and got herself some matching ones! Aren't we cute!


A got some new pajamas as well, so we took the opportunity for another photo-op. Nephew and Aunt with new pajamas by the Christmas tree!

"Christmas Eve"

Since my sister and her family were suppose to spend Christmas Eve with her in-laws, we decided to do our big Christmas Eve dinner and show the day before (12/23).


We had our fancy English themed dinner - complete with homemade crackers (toys) that my mom put individualized mini-gifts in! Then we read the Nativity story from Luke...


First came the shepherds to see baby "Jesus"


Then came the wisemen. Isn't my nephew so cute pretending to be a wiseman giving a gift to baby "Jesus"?!? I sure think so :)

Me and Baby A

I'm always available to hold baby A! We were watching grandma and grandpa decorate cookies with my other nephews C and A.


This one doesn't have the best clarity but look at baby A's smile! I've never met a boy that laughs and smiles so much!

Bounce House Bliss

So on Friday morning (12/21) I went with my family to a local bounce house place where they have about 8 inflatable bounce activities (slides, obstacle courses, etc). It was really fun, but it required a lot more energy than expected!


This is one of two photos I got of my nephew C because he kept telling me he didn't want his picture taken!


A refused to bounce around, but eventually he was convinced that sliding down the slides was fun. So after I climbed up to the top, somebody else handed A to me for the big slide down!


The whole bouncing crew - do we look like we are enjoying ourselves?!?!


While A was a little shy about bouncing in the bounce houses, he wasn't camera shy!


While baby A didn't get to jump around, he is always so cute I couldn't resist a photo op!

Birthday Boy

Once again this year, C was sleeping right up to his birthday party time. So in order to wake him up we let him watch a cartoon - so he couldn't be bothered to take a picture while he was watching a cartoon. He kept telling us "Shhh, I can't hear the TV!"


I bought this game for C this year for his 4th birthday. It is quite exciting and kids love it! Basically you hang monkey's on the tree until the tree (and monkeys) fall into the crocodiles.


Don't you wish you had this fun game?!?!?


He got this cool kid's camera from his mom that takes pictures and you can also edit pictures and play a couple of games. He thought it was very cool - I was just glad I could enjoy it with him! :)