Utah

Sadie and Grandpa & Grandma Andrus

Elle & Sadie

Addie & Connor

Elle & Sadie getting their nails done

They were so excited

The end result

Sophie "Faye" looking up at the person she was named after!

Elle & Sadie after exchanging gifts

Carter and Cannon with Connor - they are so sweet to him

Grandma and Sophie

They are such cute cousins

Sadie & Elle with "Zach the cat"

Cannon playing with Connor

On our way home for Christmas Matt had some interviews in Utah so we were able to stop and spend time at my Grandma & Grandpa Andrus's house. It is always so fun to stay with them. They make us feel so welcome and it is so fun to have Amy and her kids so close as well. Thanks for everything! We love you!

Christmas Time

In front of the sled full of presents

In front of Santa's House

The tallest tree in Arizona

The presents in front of the big tree

The presents were bigger then they were

Getting her hand painted

Connor was a little unsure

With the elf

With Santa

With Mrs. Clause

Dinner with their happy meals

We had so much fun in Arizona celebrating Christmas with the kids. Now we are so excited to spend the rest of our Christmas break with our family in Idaho! We definately are going to get a White Christmas!

Mesa Temple

Matt and me

Best Friends

Our little family - poor Sophie with that hat!

She just kept jumping up places and posing

Sadie wanted to take one of us!

Our little angel

I wish my camera could show off the lights a little more

I can't get enough of her

I adore my family

On Sunday Matt and I went to see my cousin Jill and her husband Jared and their family. It is always so much fun to get together with them. They are some of my favorite people ever! They live in Gilbert so when we left their house we drove over to the Mesa Temple. I think besides Temple Square in Salt Lake these are the best lights I have seen. The nativity is so neat, it actually starts the scene of events before the baby Jesus was even born. The lights were spectacular. Especially with the lights reflecting off of the pool of water in front. My kids were in heaven. It was so fun to see all of the missionaries there, and they are so sweet and willing to take your picture!

Connor and Sadie's Pictures

Connor got his 4 year old pictures taken at school. He is my little bud! Sadie's are her 6 year old pictures!

Candy Wonderland!

This is how mine would look in a perfect world

The kids with the Gingerbread kits

They were so proud

Sadie helping Connor

So sweet she could be candy

Way too proud of their creations

The kids were so excited to do Gingerbread Houses for family night. They really thought they had died and gone to heaven when we poured out all of the candy and the selections that they had to choose from. Sadie is so artistic that it was her dream, her only problem was that she wanted Connor's to be as perfect as hers. He couldn't careless how it looked, he was just putting candy everywhere. It was sending Sadie over! She kept trying to help him and he didn't like it!He did however, love sneaking the frosting and I bet he has such a tummy ache right now! After it was all said and done there was frosting everywhere, candy rolling around, and it really did look like a miniature candy land - and not in a good way. I love my kids and doing things with them is always so much fun! Good thing Matt was there, the roof kept falling off and I was getting so frustrated. Of course he figured it out! I don't know why little things like that make me so impatient!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Jess, mom, me, Whit & Krys - my best friends in the world!

All of the girls - we love Rebekah so much too!

I guess I even miss "the guys" - that even includes you Bryce!

My whole beautiful family. We are really missing Dallin this year! I am sure England is being good to him though!

All of us!!

I am so grateful to be able to be with my own little family today. But, when you live away from home, these holidays just aren't the same without tons of noise, lots of food, and the ones you love the most. I miss my family like crazy today! So, I posted some pictures of us when we were all on our trip together! Happy Thanksgiving! We are so blessed! Who knows, maybe next year we can all be together!