Baptism

 

Jenna was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints a week ago. Our parents were able to come out and be with us too, what a treat! 

The weekend was so special, Jenna was so sweet and looked so beautiful.

After the baptism we got together with our framily for dinner at our home. The whole weekend was so perfect and we are so grateful for our friends and family who support and love us.

Swim

We had Mindy's kiddos this morning for pancakes and then decided to go swimming.  We got our lunches packed and looked outside, this is what we saw!  Complete with thunder, lightning and huge raindrops. 

 We waited 10 minutes and it passed...we made it to the pool.

Sunday

We had 30 people over on Sunday for dinner, lots of cousins and family on both sides.  The kids had a blast playing with their cousins from Colorado last week.  We miss them already!

 Sister and brother.

Family Photo

We had family pictures last night with all the family.  Out of the whole month this ONE day was the only day that worked for everyone!  I took a few shots of my kiddos while waiting for others to get their pictures done.

 Here is a preview of one of the grandkid pictures.  So dang cute!

Temple Square

We got to go to temple square in Salt Lake with the cousins. Beautiful day and fun to spend time with family.

Freedom Festival

We woke up nice and early to head down to the Freedom Festival in Provo this morning.  Grandma and Grandpa took the kiddos down to watch the balloons launch while Russ and I went down with Mindy, Dustin and Mike to run the 5K.

After the race Russ and I walked over to the parade festivities

It was a perfect day for the parade, the sun was hiding for most of it so we didn't get roasted.

We headed over to Scott's house for lunch and jumping...here is Logan playing Superman.

A Day Downtown

It was so sunny we had to get out on Saturday. We decided to explore downtown and ride the "train" in the free zone. The kids loved that part! We tried Saint Cupcake, my favorite was the carrot cake. I give it 3 out of 5 stars. We got a snack at the Newport restaurant on the water, that was fun. Such a fun day with the family.

Family Photos

 We took our family photos in November, I didn't want to post all of them since I wanted our Christmas card photo to be a surprise.  A friend in our stake whom is a photographer, Megan Elle Photography took our pictures.  No muss, no fuss, 20 minutes and we were done!  

 Jenna Eve

 Logan

 Jaida

Gingerbread Tower Smash!

We SMASHED our Gingerbread houses today, it was so fun!  The kids have been slowly eating some of the candy from the houses and I was tired of moving them from table to table...it was time to SMASH!

I love this action shot of Jenna smashing her house!

Gingerbread Houses

 I was asked to make a gingerbread house for the ward Christmas party this Saturday.  

I couldn't just make one without the whole family joining in, 

so they worked on theirs whilst I worked on mine.

Mine isn't ready for pictures yet.

Newport

We had the best weekend with Christy, Kirt, Kylie and Stephen!  I don't think it could have been any better.

We drove to Florence to ride the dunes which was SO much fun, even the kids had a blast on their ride.

Russ and me having some down time at the condo.

We had to get a shot of everyone on the beach, love these guys!

This is true love, Bubby loving his cousin Kylie!

The family in downtown Newport.

All of us.

These sea lions were very loud, and fun to watch.  ha!

We had perfect weather while we were out there!

The view from the condo, it really only took 2 minutes to get to the beach...so nice!

Still trying to get all the sand out...hehe!

Sunday night on the beach, it was gorgeous.

Me, trying to make it back to the group with the timer...didn't make it!

The sand dunes in Florence.

Running on the beach.

On Sunday Kylie, Kirt and I walked to the lighthouse and down to the beach.  Saw tons of sea stars and sea life, beautiful morning!

the lighthouse looked so awesome in the fog that morning.

the lighthouse in Newport.