2019 December and Christmas

December is fun!  We love this time of year.

Christmas Parade

Emmett fave is pushing Olaf in the stroller around this house.

We were "Angels" and sang with the YM/YW at the retirement center. 

It's it adorable!

Brinley and I were playing frisbee and got to 30 catches in a row!

I am so proud of Derek working so hard at the gym and with his health journey.  He has lost 30lbs and still more to come.  Way to go Derek!

We had special visitors: Katie, Skyler, and baby Skyler Glade (which we met for the first time!) 

We are so glad that they would come.  I am so grateful to have family come visit and be so sweet with the girls.  They really took the time to play, laugh, and do creative things with them.

Katie was amazing and went to the gym with me and did my App workout!  She rocked it!

We went to the Drive-thru Safari

The girls loved playing basketball with Uncle Skyler

They love Skyler Glade!

Katie was so sweet to make Christmas Cupcakes with the girls.  She taught them special techniques and they turned out fabulous (pictures: keep scrooling)

Oh I absolutely love his curls!

We met the Grinch

They can't get enough of the baby

Crunching the leaves

Our vacuum wouldn't work and Derek was complaining about it and then this little guy popped out.

Then it worked just fine.

Old Bethlehem

Polar Express

We did a Joseph project for our study of each character in the nativity and gathered all our coins in the house and went to drop it in the bucket of the salvation army charity.

Brinley won this shirt and award for dancing her little heart out in dance class.

Way to go Brin!

Brinley's 1st grade did a performance!

She did great!

I listened to a podcast about the homeless and it inspired me to call a local one and ask what I could donate.  While we were at Sam's a man gave these kids free drinks and pretzels.  Service goes round and round. 

We went to Hobby Lobby to pick out an ornament and this little one took gum for the cashier area.  I had to teach her a lesson.  We had to go give it back and apologize for taking something that she didn't pay for.  Life lessons are sometimes so hard.

Making cookies for Santa

Merry Christmas

We look forward to Sunday Nights when we did to watch Ollie on a Christian App

He is at the stage where he loves to put anything and everything down his shirt.

It's the cool thing to do.

Emmett got hold of a marker and did this while I was in the shower.

Good thing it was easy to get off the walls

Coming to UT

Fun arrival

These girls loved to wake up Grandma very early to play games with her.

We went to SeaQuest and had fun experiences with animals.  Thanks for the suggestion Nana!

Trying to get all the kids to take a picture... this is life

The girls loved a real mermaid 

They had fish that eat your died skin off your hands.

Girls date (plus 2 little guys)

FROZEN 2

Tradition of the donut run at Dick's Market

Yummy

Grandma Martinson's fave pose

These girls were so excited to get a school shirt and jacket from Grandma Martinson

Salt Lakes Children's Museum with cousins

New baby cousin: Evelyn

It was so fun to see Minnie in the hospitals, as siblings.  These people are the best!

Sleepover with Grandma

My Grandma Lewis is a HUGE diet dr. pepper fan.

So we gave her all these for her Christmas gift!

Everyone was so excited to have snow for Christmas!!!

They love to play with Nana's dollhouse that she played with when she was a little girl.

Grandpa and his dance party with some princesses

Do you want to build a snowman... or two?

We got to watch a lot of dance performances.

We had a blast going rock climbing with these amazing teachers.

Fun with Nana

Visiting Grandma and Grandpa Robertson

Game Night!

A great breakfast at Granny's and Gramps 

Festival of Lights!

We had a great time playing line tag and games at the church

We are in great company!

We are all together (we missed Hannah and Dennis)

On the "cheese bus" on the way back to our van!

Merry Christmas!

We feel so blessed to have wonderful family to be with during this time of year.  We absolutely love seeing everyone and making more memories together.  We miss everyone so much!