Can You Do THIS in January?

We've had an extra warm January this year. It's been really pleasant to be outside and enjoy the nice weather and thanks to some awesome fiends we even got to go out on the lake for the day! The water was still really cold so none of us went swimming, but Braden did go out on the tube and we did some fishing.

San Diego New Years

We had a great time in San Diego with the cousins for New Years! We stopped at the temple, went to church with my cousin, did a tour at the Mormon Battalion historic sight, walked through Old San Diego, found a fun place to mini golf and go on a few rides, spent some time on Coronado, and went to a beach in Carlsbad. We also spent a lot of time playing games and swimming a the hotel, which according to Riley is the best part of a vacation. We love being together with family and this trip was a well needed and very fun get together!

Carter is 9

This may be one of the only years we have actually celebrated Carter's birthday at home on his birthday. He requested a candy cake and was super excited to get new shoes and a scooter as his presents. He also picked to go out to Raising Canes for a special birthday dinner with just mom and dad. 

Once Upon a December

December was a fun month with lots of Christmas Activities. It was kicked off at our ward Christmas Party where the boys and Kam played a big part in the program. It was really fun going to practices leading up to the night of the party. It gave us all a great chance to begin the month with a greater focus on our Savior, who is the reason for the Season.

This year, like years past, we had did different fun activities planned each day during the month and one of the activities was to go to Build a Bear to make a new friend to snuggle. Braden make Beast from Beauty and the Beast, Carter made Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon, and Riley made a puppy. This was Riley's first time at Build a Bear and she just loved it. She was so excited and has not let her puppy out of her sight since bringing her home!

We were so lucky to have not only my Mom and Gary in town to celebrate Christmas with, but Keven and Krista as well. On Christmas Eve we did our Nativity together and it was fun to have extra bodies to join in. It was special for us to share our Christmas traditions with our parents.
I din't really take any pictures on Christmas Day, only video, but it was a great day. Riley got an American Girl doll and the boys were so excited with their gift from Kam, compound bows. They even went out and shot them out at the range almost immediately after opening them!

 We got together the day after Christmas with the Ferguson Cousins and went to see the lights at Ethel M's. It was a great way to continue the fun of the Christmas season.

Thanksgiving Lice

We spent Thanksgiving week up in Utah with the fam and had a great time. I didn't take any pictures of the festivities because I was just too tired from all the laundry I did while we were there. We drove up Sunday morning and arrived just in time to change our clothes and go to church with Kam's parents but as I was combing Riley's hair discovered that she had LICE!!! Long story short we missed church and did lots of laundry and lice treatments. I even treated myself just in case since Ry and I share combs and stuff! The week was going fine and then on Friday, later that week, I was combing Ry's hair and found more bugs and we had to start all over again! This time my sister, Ashely gave me her full proof treatment protocol and we thankfully were able to nip this pesky business in the butt! However it still left me doing lots and lots of laundry and cleaning, which was so exhausting and I had to miss all the planned events with my Sister, Megan. Despite all the crazy of the week we were able to enjoy lots of time with cousins playing Cover Your Assets and ate a delicious dinner with lots of pie made by Gram!