Christmas time @ The Grand America Hotel

This is our 3rd year in a row we have enjoyed the Christmas festivities at the Grand America in downtown Salt Lake. It is such a beautiful hotel and it is even more beautiful during the holiday season. They decorate windows throughout the main floor of the hotel, each window this year, was a part of a story. So, we went through the hotel reading the story, finding clues in each window also~ to fill out for the game card~ that we redeemed in the hotel's bake shop for treat. There was also a life size gingerbread house on display~ pretty amazing! We took my parents, Laura and Cait and Jared with us this year~ loved it!!

sleeping angels

the kids love to fall asleep together; they have the sweetest bond~

fUn FaMiLy NiGhT

We had a fun Family night last Monday night...in the bitter cold, at a Christmas Celebration in Bountiful. "The Square" @ 2600 South put on a fabulous family event, which included horse-drawn carriage rides, pictures w/ Santa that they printed on the spot and gave to us, fire-pits to keep us warm, hot chocolate, cookies, popcorn, frozen yogurt, music, and a visit w/ Mrs. Claus too. (oh, and it was all FREE!) It was a great night...we will be back next year for sure!

Santa!

Every year, the kids get to go see Santa at Daddy's work~ what a treat! ...thes best part is, they have had the same Santa for years. Surprisingly, Wyatt did not want to sit in his lap,...but he was willing to share his cheetos with him :)

Tracy Aviary

We visited the Tracy Aviary in Salt Lake last week, with some friends. What a fun day! We saw some really neat birds, and it was a beautiful sunny day :)

missing avery

Wyatt and I are sad every morning when Avery has to go to school, we miss her! Wyatt loves to see her off...he waves good-bye, then walks around aimlessly...

Happy Halloween!

This was our first year in Farmington for Halloween ( the past 2, we have been in Newport Beach) So, I must say I was a little sad that we weren't partying it up in So.Cal.~ cause it's a blast there...but our neighborhood was awesome! A family down the street from us has an annual "Halloweenie" roast...hot dogs for all! Then all the kiddos trick-or-treated for hours~ ya, we are STOCKED UP on Reese's peanut butter cups :) I handed out candy for while too~ I love to see all the little kiddos in their cute costumes. I loved that our streets were just lined with families~ so fun to see. When my kids were just about done, we headed over to the "famous" Farmington house that home-makes donuts every Halloween~ YUM! It was a great night!

p.s.~ Wyatt absolutely refused to put a costume on~ yep, that's my boy, MIND OF HIS OWN!! ( however, he did split his head open that morning, so he had a bit of a "frankenstein" look going on with the bandage on his forehead...