Soooo.... I'm a little behind on updates

Soooo.... I'm a little behind on updates. Sorry. We have had a wonderful Thanksgiving and Christmas Season and have been enjoying the holidays spending time together as a little family, spending time with extended family, and remembering the whole reason for the season which is the Savior and taking time to reflect on what he has done in our behalf and how we can become a better example of him. We have had the opportunity to serve others and feel the warmth of the season. We are so grateful for all of our families and the love they share with us. We are thankful to live in the wonderful place that we do. We are very grateful for our friends. We are indeed grateful for Christ and his sacrifice and example. We are indebt to our loving Heavenly Father who blesses us more than one could imagine. And most of all we are so thankful for each other.

I wanted to try to do fun things with the kids to celebrate the holidays, but was only able to accomplish a few. We had a little Gingerbread House Competition for FHE. I bet you all can guess who M was pair with...
If you guess J, you are ABSOLUTELY right! Notice how "perfectly" decorated and organized their house is...needless to say....I am not sure M got to do much decorating. O's house on the other hand.... well, let's just say she did the majority of decorating and (don't tell J but she probably had more fun than M because I pretty much let her have her way on it). After all it is just a Gingerbread House.

The girls (if you ask them the poor girls) have learned the fine art of helping around the house. They wear so much clothes and a lot that doesn't get worn end up in the wash too, I decided it was time they started helping fold. (Well it has actually be going on for a while.) But their sweet innocent little helper of a brother has found it is fun to help too!

During December our sweet little buddy decided that he had learned to do stairs. And man can he cruise now. Today is was pretty much raising me down the stairs to find his dad. He pretty much pushes off and slides on his belly the whole way down.

In the midst of all the Christmas parties and Christmas shopping, the girls, I, my sister-in-laws and mother-in-law had the opportunity to throw a bridal shower for J's brother's bride to be. We are so thankful to everyone who supported it and welcomed her into the family and neighborhood.

We were able to take the kids sledding down the hill at the church and the kids including C have had an absolute ball do it.

Please ignore my poor little boy's PINK sweat pants. We didn't have a snow suit and these were the only sweat pants big enough to add layers to under. J about died when C walked out with them.

Poor little M had a hard grumpy December. She was pretty ticked off after about 10 minutes of sledding because her hat wouldn't stay on and she just was having a bad month.

Like O's cheezy little smile. Oh my.

We were able to have a fun company Christmas Party with all of the wonderful people that J has the opportunity to work with. We went to Layton and raced go-karts. It was a lot of fun and I am terrible at it. We then went and enjoyed a lovely evening at Maddox with them.

I had the opportunity to go to The Forgotten Carols with my best friend Anne Marie and some friends. I am so grateful she invited me to go and it was just what I needed. A night out with some great friends.

With all of the weddings and family members going to the temple for the first time, I was able to attend the temple a lot in December which was wonderful. We are so grateful for all the family members who helped take care of our little family so that we were able to go and support family.

Next up... Christmas