Idaho Christmas

After our christmas, we headed out for a good ol Idaho Christmas. We first went to Arco. We loved our time there and ate well and played lots of games. Rylee got attached to Mo, Brownlee's dog, and carried him around like a baby until he got frustrated and bit her on the lip! Oops!

We haven't had many christmases in Arco so I'm glad our kids got to have one!

Carter has his permit and we let him drive from Arco to Rupert on the back roads. A little scary with all those turns but he did well. 

Justin's family made the trip down and alot of cousin time was had! It made me happy to watch our kids not miss a beat and jump right in and play with eachother. Even the big kids played lots of games and had fun together. 

The present exchange is always a big ordeal! And it was so fun!

We played lots of fun games and even went over to the church for some more space to run around in!

Mom and me in our matching sweaters. 

Love this big, growing family of mine! We sure missed Tony!!

We were having so much fun we decided to stick around and ring in the new year together too! Happy 2024!!!!!

 

Christmas 2023

We only had an hour of church on Christmas Eve so our traditions started right after church. Decorating cookies was first up! I love the minion cookie!

Some cuddles and naps happened before we moved on. Jilly just thinks shes a small little dog and will squeeze into any hole she can find whenever we are touching. 

Dinner was our typical fondue night! I love this tradition. Everyone helped this year and that was so nice. 

Later that night, the magic happened! 

Our tree was stunning this year and gave off the most beautiful white light. 

I know our kids didn't sleep much but I appreciate they let me sleep till at least 6! Stocking time!

J even walked away with some goodie! Look at her in her cute jammies!

Present time!

Jilly got a blanket and she would not move off of it for so long!  I think she loved it!

Troomi phones were the hit of the holiday this year. 

Carter and Mollies faces were hilarious when she opened a Gabb Phone! (It was actually Carter's old one since they got new ones!)

Carter couldn't wait to try on his clip shoes and put his new plate on his bike. 

The rest of the day was spent crafting and building legos. 

Chad and I got some goodies too!

Dinner was steak and pasta! Delicious!

 Merry Christmas to my family. You are so special to me and I love celebrating this season with you!

December Things

My mom surprised me and sent me a cute christmas sweater. She has one too!

Jilly always gets plenty of snuggling with the girls. I always laugh when she's wrapped in my blanket. Its hard to tell where she begins and the blanket ends!

Rylee loves wrapping presents and wrapped anything she could find! 

I went to an ornament exchange party. Eveyone brought a charcuterie board of a certain color! We needed about 100 more people to help eat the food everyone brought! It was so fun to see what people came up with! And I walked away with a pickle ornament. 

I hung it right below our tooele temple ornament!

We took our kids to the movies with the fancy recliners. They were in heaven. 

Many puzzles were done this month!

An advent puzzle was a highlight of the season. 

Chippy got into some mischief!

G&G Hymas did the twelve days of christmas for us. It was so fun! On this day we opened blankets! There were many other fun things such as flash lights, freeze dried goods, scones and more. A highlight was a book on the final night with their testimonies in them. Chad and I both wept as we read to our children. It was a very special gift!

The best we could do for a family pic this year!

Cute Brielle with her friend, lucy. 

I love this time of year and the traditions and special feelings it brings. I love Christ and that he gives us this beautiful season to celebrate.