Cousins

The kids loved having their cousins here for 6 weeks! It was sad to see them go but we loved every minute we had with them! Can't wait to see them again!

Some times Quincy and Carson play well together but other times Q seems to be hitting Carson. 

It's hard to take them all out to eat, all the want to do is run around and play! Good thing we chose Ihop and it wasn't busy. 

These boys loved to watch cartoons.

Going for a ride with Uncle David

Texas Roadhouse. This was the last time we saw them before they left. The are definitely missing them! 

Christmas

On Christmas Eve, we had a super fancy dinner which consisted of pizza and pie! I loved the fact that we didn't have to cook 2 big meals and it was super easy. This just might be a new tradition. We had dinner at GGs and when we came home we tracked Santa to see where he was so the kids knew he was on the way and were excited to get to bed. They got to open their Christmas jammies right before bedtime. They were very excited! And once again, I forgot to take a picture :( Reagan got Jessie PJs, Bryson got Superhero PJs and Carson's were Mickey Mouse.

We had a lot of fun this Christmas! We had a lot of family around and Santa even found us at our new house(the kids were also worried about that!). I'm very glad the kids still wake up at their normal time and not at like 3 am! We woke up around 730 and opened presents. Bryson wanted to open every toy as soon as he unwrapped it, that made for a long morning! We ate monkey bread after we finished presents. Mmm my favorite!! Austin and the kids came over for a few hours so we opened presents with them also. It was fun to see all the kids play with their toys together. We had a big Christmas dinner with Gma & Papa, GG, Rhea, Lane, Micah & David and Mike & Tara. We had the big dinner at our house so it made for a full house but it was fun! 

Santa came!

Santa came!

Bryson was very excited for his Ironman bike! Now he just needs to learn how to use the pedals!

Yep, it was quite a mess!

Reagan loved having Brentlee here for 6 weeks! 

Hulk and Captain America served lunch on Christmas

He sat at this table for several hours playing with all his new superhero toys

Lane and Bryson had fun play superheros! Bryson was so happy he found someone to play with that just went along with whatever he wanted. 

Twinkle Toes

The kids kept asking about Twinkle Toes and wondering if he would be able to find us in our new house and guess what??? He sure did!! The kids have had a blast waking up and having to look for him. Don't worry, he is a nice Elf and doesn't make messes for us to clean up. The only "mess" he made this year was TP the tree. They were able to find him in some funny places from the fridge, being captioned by Capt Hook, zip lining, decorating the tree with Candy Canes, bringing the kids stockings and hanging them all up, and just hiding out in the highest spots he could find.

1st day back and he brought his book to remind the kids :)

The kids thought he was floating with some North Pole magic

Yes we have a few extra here for Christmas :)

Christmas Festivities

Like every year, we went to the Mesa Temple to see their Christmas lights. They have an amazing set up! They also have a big room set up with Nativity Scenes from all over the world. It was cool to see the difference in the different countries. And of course the kids loved being there with cousins and Gma Jo and Papa Lars. 

Reagan & Brentlee

Nash & Bryson

Quincy & Carson. He really wanted to play with her but she had had enough.

trying to get a little family photo

Bryson and Nash on top of Katie and Davids shoulders. They stayed on shoulders the entire time there.

We all had fun lugging(sp?) around these cool kids!

Brian and Brentlee having fun

And of course we had to decorate cookies so we had some to set out for Santa! Surprisingly, it wasn't as messy as I thought it was going to be! They all loved licking their fingers and of course tasting 1 or 2 cookies. Brentlee was excited to take some back to Grandma T's so she could leave some for Santa. 

And some times they got a little carried away with the sprinkles but I just let them do what they wanted and cleaned up after they were all done.

The boys insisted that Papa help them

Cookie monsters!:)

I had to run to the Harley shop to grab a couple Christmas gifts and while I was there they told me Santa would be there with milk and cookies in about an hour so we all went back to grab Reagan from her dance recital practice and came back to see Santa! I was quite impressed with how well all the kids did. I'm not sure if Santa had a little to drink before or if that's just how he normally is. The kids loved it though! 

Instead of a sleigh, he rode a motorcycle! Imagine that ;)

Cookies, milk and coloring

They all told them what they wanted and sat there and talked to him. Well he asked questions and had no idea what they said! 

Family Pictures

I was so happy that Austin said yes when I asked her to do our family pictures while she's here. I've been wanting her to take our family pictures for awhile and I'm so glad she was able to. I love how they turned out. And yes we went shopping and she helped pick out the colors and outfits :) Thanks again Austin!! 

Pretty sure this is my favorite! 

He was doubting that I could carry him and was cracking jokes. But hey guess what? I proved him wrong :)