December Activities

We started December with a little party. We did the mystery dinner and then I had Christmas pj's and a game wrapped up to open afterwards. This was our attempt at a picture!

Steve and I went to the Ugly Sweater Christmas Party, one of our favorites!

It was our last elementary school Christmas concert. Caleb was an elf and did a great job! He has such good friends.

Chase was in drama this semester and they put on a short play, The Nutcracker in a Flash. He was great and has really enjoyed his drama class!

I have really enjoyed Makenna's highschool choir concerts. They do such a good job. Of course Makenna and Olivia enjoy being together too!

Makenna went to the highschool Christmas Dance. She looked beautiful and said she had a good time. Her friend Arianna came over early to get ready.

Makenna has also been on the winter cheer squad and it has been fun going to watch her. She cheers at the home JV basketball games.

And this was the only picture I took of Christmas Eve/Day festivities. This picture was after church on Christmas Eve. Makenna sang a song during sacrament with her friends Sam and Thomas, she also sang in a group that sang O Holy Night and I accompanied. Christmas day was full of presents, food and relaxing.

I didn't take any pictures but New Year's Eve we invited friends over for food and games and had a blast! It's been a good year with lots of memories!

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving this year we stayed home. It was pretty laid back. The Hanni's did come over for pie/dessert later in the evening. But before the day started Makenna and I went to the class offered at the gym! It was a good day.

Makenna Turns 15!!

How is she 15?! No pictures taken on her actual birthday but I love this picture she took of herself! Her birthday landed on the last day of school before Thanksgiving break so she had friends over for dinner and a late night. She has loved highschool so far and has been involved in such good things. She is brave, has the best smile, good public speaker, kind and loves being with her friends. Glad she's part of our family!

A Bit of Random

We signed Caleb up to play basketball for a few weeks. He really enjoyed it, especially the week his team played against his buddies. So we of course had to take a picture (Axel, Olex and Jonathan)

Halloween was different this year in that Caleb was the only one to go trick or treating. Makenna was with a friend and Chase passed out the candy at home. I took Caleb trick or treating with his friend Torrin and Jefferson.

And a picture of Makenn dressed up "touristy" for tourist day during Spirit week.

Fall Break

Our annual Fall break where Steve and I leave the kids at Jared/Laurens and just spend the weekend together is one of my favorites. We made our Logan stops and went to the temple. Afterwards we had rented a VRBO in Bear Lake. There isn't to much going on at Bear Lake this time of year, but we still had a great time! We were able to take a lot of walks around and I kept trying to convince Steve to jump in the lake (he never did though!) However there was a big blowup bubble at teh KOA he was willing to jump on.

Our second day Josh and Chris came over and we hiked the Juniper Trail. Steve's friend John and his wife came later in the evening for dinner and games as well.

Fall Activities

Fall is one of my favorite seasons. Caleb wanted to go to the corn maze so I took him and his friend Torrin. It was the most beautiful day. Besides the maze there was a hay ride and the corn bins. So of course the boys needed to be buried in the corn!

We went and picked apples two weekends in a row (the second time Makenna came instead of Chase) for Todd. There were a ton of apples!

Makenna had a Decades Stake Dance. I love that she wore my poodle skirt from highschool!

Makenna also went to the Homecoming Dance with her friends! (Pictures with Olivia and Zoe)

Under the Lights

Caleb played flag football this fall and they got to play under the lights at one of the highschool football games during halftime. It was pretty cool for the boys and everyone was cheering them on. Such a fun time!