January 2017

Wayne took the girls sledding and to play at this fun park.  I love that he is more adventurous than me when it comes to the cold and the girls get to enjoy it and have special time with him.

Wayne has been especially happy with the amount of snow we have been getting this year and ski's at least once a week.

Bryn and her silly selfies.

Kaelyn joining in on the bar fun

She is getting so strong, in body and will

And she is super interested in whats going on in the kitchen these days and wants to be right in the middle of the excitement.

Best Sisters twinning in their Minnie Dresses.

A little fort building

Bryn loves dressing up in Jaymi's old cheer uniform

Snow names

We were in Midway for my cousin's baby blessing so we got to make a quick stop at our friend's the Hardy's to see their sweet little Rosie who was adopted from the Ukraine this year.  She is such a sweetie.  We stayed with Mindy's parents in Russia for two of our adoption trips.  It goes to show what a small world it really is and how the Lord puts others in our lives at one point to come back at another time.  Its been amazing to watch their journey to Rosie and how she fits perfectly into their beautiful family.

Jaymi being a big help getting Kaelyn to drink her bottle.  I sent her up to get jammies for K and she came down in a twinning pair.  I love that my girls love each other so much!

Bryn and Naomi were early to class so they used the time to help each other stretch.

Progress on the house!!  We love stopping by every Sunday to see how its coming along and of course we drive by every day.

We rode trax up to the Utah Gymnastics meet so I didn't have to drive in the snow.

Silly girls playing in the nursey

I took Bryn and a couple friends to the movie Sing.  This theater had such comfortable seats you better believe I took a nap during half of the movie.

My cute friend gave me some of these face masks she got in Korea and the girls thought I looked hilarious.  Of course they needed to moisturize too.

Gabri was over for the night and was a good sport to try it on too.

More Utah Gymnastics

These two always find each other!

Jaymi's cheer squad had their first competition and did amazing.

Bryn has been working on perfecting her back handspring.

Snuggle buddies after a long day at gymnastics.

November 2016

We spend a lot of time these days playing on the gymnastics mats and its so fun that Kaelyn has joined in on the fun.  She has mastered the summersault and kicks such a kick out of it.

We had a bridal shower for my cousin Tyler's fiance' Ashly and all the little girls spent the whole time out in the back yard planning a cute little play they performed for us all.  It was so fun seeing all of our kids doing the same things me and my cousins used to do growing up.

Me, Christy, Ashley and Valerie.  I love my cousins and love that my Aunt Becky always captures pictures at all our gatherings!

Family Home Evening on Grandma's "Stage"

Selfies with my Cousin Kristin and Pops.  When he looked in the camera he said, "Man I'm handsome"  I love his sense of humor.

The girls cute school pictures this year.  I was there when Kaelyn got hers and we tried and tried but she refused to smile AND look at the camera at the same time so we went with the smile.

We screamed with excitement when we drove by the lot to see them finally digging the hole for our new house!

Such a beautiful site!

Love watching Wayne and Bryn read together.  She is doing awesome in her reading program and will most likely be a full time reader by the time she finally gets to go to kindergarten next year.

I went to Time Out for Women with my soul sister Jamie and it was fun to run into some of our cute friends from High School.

Dinner out with our soon to be neighbors the Peterson's and Whitwers.

Thanksgiving was awesome this year.  We ended up going to the Neola Church house since we had such a big group 70+.  We also combined it with the Christmas Party which was a huge blessing since poor Grandma Ruth got sick and ended up in the hospital the next day.

Dad wasn't feeling too good so when we finally came in to eat he joined the girls at the kid table.

Loved this moment where everyone was sitting around chatting with Grandma.

Jaymi's cute Oreo Turkey

No one was more excited for Santa to Visit than Jaymi was.

Kaelyn however wasn't too interested in the whole spectacle.  

The pinatas were a hit!

Fun times in Grandma LaJean's Rec Room.

Bryn all snuggled in cozy on our December Target run.

Bryn being a big helper getting Kaelyn to drink her bottle.  Their little relationship is the cutest.

Wayne went to Michigan for a work trip and proudly at a bear claw thing as big as his face!

He also got to go to a hockey game with his colleagues there.

Kaelyn gearing up for  the ski season

We never know how we will find Kaelyn at night, this one was great!  Sleeping bent over on the gym mats, sitting on a music toy.