Home in Salt Lake for Christmas

Here are a few pictures from our trip. I'm really sad we don't have more... I don't even think I have a picture of the kids from Christmas... CRAZY! Oh well. Just know it was a great trip!! - and Christmas was great!

Brookie crawling. She refused to show off her skills much while we were there. She waited 'till we got home to crawl forwards...

Under the tree. It must have looked facinating to her. She was entertained with the tree for a long time. I guess it's fitting that one of our greatest gifts spent some time under the Christmas tree. :)

LOVING the snow and licking the snowman... Kinda weird, but kinda cute. Cole had a really good time being outside!

Playing with Grandpa is so awesome!!

4 generations of girls. :) Brooklyn, me, my sweet mom and my wonderful grandma.

My mom brought it to my attention that I had Brooklyn when I was 27, she had me when she ws 27 and my grandma had her when she was 27. Kinda crazy, hu?

I'm so blessed to have these wonderful women in my life! Thanks for all you teach me!

Ty's school ended on the 18th and we threw everything together really fast to head to Salt Lake to be with our families for Christmas. Suprisingly, everything went really well - even though we were really rushed.

We drove to St. George and stayed the night with my grandparents who then drove the rest of the way to Salt Lake with us. The boys (Tyler, Grandpa and Cole) went in one car and the girls (Grandma, Brookie and I) drove in the other. It was fun to have some chat time with Grandma. We had a nice chat.

While we were home for Christmas, we did lots of family things: We had 2 extended family Christmas parties. It was great to see everyone! Family is such a wonderful blessing! We had lots of dinners and game nights with our families. We got to see Scott and Leanne's new house (We're so EXCITED for you!!) and play with Addie (We love you so much!!) The kids got to spend lots of time with their grandparents and uncles and aunt and cousin - even great-grandparents! It was heavenly! It was so fun to be together! Ty and I got to spend some time together (just us) - which was wonderful! We got to see some of our dear friends that we don't get to see often enough. We even met up with some of our dear friends from California to spend a day hanging out together. We got to go to Ty's parents ward and hear their Christmas program and see old friends. We got to go to my parents' mission ward and meet some wonderful people. We got to ski and experience the beautiful mountains (which we're realizing more and more are a big part of who we are). It was a wonderful trip. We came home super tired, but happy we had time to be there and be with so many of the people we love.

Thanks everyone for the fabulous trip! We love you and can't wait to see you again!!