Christmas Eve

Having three families to split time between can be difficult, so this year we kind of dragged Christmas out, and gave each family their own day for Christmas.  We spent the evening of the 24th, and all day on the 25th with my family, and then the night of the 25th, and all day yesterday (26th) we spent with Tyler's mom.  Tomorrow (28th) we're going up to SLC to spend the whole day with Tyler's dad. Sorry for the picture overload...

Opening PJs…this year we got them from Victoria Secret because they have longs.  We should've done this years ago!

 Charlotte let me hold her until she realized I was holding her 

 The boys assembled a kitchen for Lillee while we played with Charlotte, and helped my mom with a few things.  

Utah thus far

We've been in UT since Saturday, and I feel like it's been non-stop since we got here.  I'm finally sitting down to just relax, which feels nice.  We spent the first several days at my parents house, while still doing fun things with Tyler's family, and last night we came down to Provo to spend the next few days with Ty's family.  

Stopped in St. George for the night with some friends

 @ the Nutcracker (our second show for the day)

 Charlotte LOVED her Uncle Tyler

 Dad trying J Dawgs for the first time

 Sledding with the kids

 Caroling (with my family above, and with Tyler's family below)

 Snowboarding in Sundance on Christmas Eve (more pics to come on this)

Funny story for the pic below: Ty, Tan, Jace, and I all were all going to ride one ski lift together.  We were in the middle of getting on the lift when Tanner & I kind of "pinched" Tyler off of the lift.  Our skis and snowboards got too tangled up, and I was too close to Tyler, and, well, he just didn't make it. When we were about 5 feet from the ground, Tyler was hanging on by just an arm, and decided that it would be smarter to just jump, rather than try and get back up. 

Charlotte & me (one of the few times she let me hold her)

The girls in their aprons

December in Mesa

Having Thanksgiving so late in November was kind of a strange thing, but I loved that I only had to go back to work for 3 weeks until Christmas break.  Those 3 weeks went fast!  During those 3 weeks we did a few fun, holiday, things with friends.

 Hiked up to see the Gilbert Temple.  I never could see it though...

 Mesa Temple lights

 Ugly Christmas Sweater Party at the Saagers

 I made freezer meals (below)

 Ty at WalMart

 Christmas lights at Natal Circle (neighborhood in Mesa)