12.31.2012

December 2012!

I made it!  2012 updated on the blog!

We ran into Santa while shopping at Harmon's.  Ava was pretty shy.


This is the gift the Relief Society president dropped off at our house when we lost the baby.  I remember thinking, I wish it was a boy angel.  Little did I know how significant this gift would be - 
our baby Angel!!!


Hires with Grandma Nadine and Grandpa Warren after Mya's Dicken's Festival performance.


Gigantic tree at the the new Outlets at Traverse Mtn.


More fun in the snow!  It just keeps snowing...


Eclipse Singers concert.  Our favorite tradition with Grandma and Grandpa.  We decided to let the girls in on the fun this time.  They really enjoyed the concert, especially when they were able to point out Chris' cousin, Kevin while he was beat boxing away.  Funny note about this picture of Ava.  We discovered after the pic was taken that the flash scared her... this face was the result!  Hahahaha!



Go to createfan.com to have your family genealogy chart generated within seconds.  It is so amazing to see back 9 generations.  Thanks to Annie for showing me this cool site!


Christmas party!  Grandpa let the kids turn in their white elephant gifts from this game for dollar bills!  Mya decided she wanted to keep the baby blanket she won because it has a cat on it :)  Bella and Ava turned in their gifts which were nail clippers and a nail care kit :)



Grandma and Grandpa at the beach arrive!  Love spending time with family!  There is only 2 happy things that now occur from their move to the beach - we get to have them stay at our house a few times a year, the other would be staying at their house and frequenting the beach.




These cute cousins often arrive at get togethers as twinners!


What a sweet family we have been blessed with!
3 generations
Good times!  Sadly, this picture is missing some very important people - Tiff, Martsi, Bronson and their families! I look forward to the day when we can ALL be together for celebrations... Wolfcreek?  Thanksgiving? Let's make it happen family!  It's so important to spend time as whole family unit.  

We had quite the year in 2012!  Lots of ups and downs but as I sit here updating the blog, I am listening to my 3 healthy, smart, beautiful, daughters play and giggle together while Chris is sitting on the couch watching them on his day off.  Lots to be grateful for!

November 2012

Bella's Birthday!  11 years old!  What an amazing, responsible, caring, wonderful young lady!  
She always wishes for a fun summer activity for her celebration so off to the Herriman rec center we went...






                                                   

                                      

                                                  

                                   

                                   
Love this girl!  And, a huge thanks to my Mom and sisters for coming out to save me this weekend!  They took such good care of me along with my wonderful husband!





 Bella graduates from the DARE program.


 Mya graduates from the RAD kids program.  She really beat this stranger up!

                                                   

                                  



 Celine was on TV for the Whitney Houston tribute.  Made me pretty happy to hear her angelic voice!



 Bella had her first ever club volleyball tryouts.  She was chosen to be on the Black level 12 year old Club Utah team!  The pure joy on her face was priceless!  All of her hard work paid off!  We look forward to watching her excel on this team!





 Ava helps me make pies and yams for our Thanksgiving feast with Grandma Nadine and Grandpa Warren.  We had a wonderful day with them, eating lots of yummy food and going to see Wreck it Ralph.


 She is growing up too fast!!!
She makes me so happy!

 The Killers concert!  Such a fun night with Chris and some of his high school friends who are still to this day, his best friends, or more like brothers.







 A fun day of sledding.  They never want to stop!  We were there for half the day - I was frozen.  Off to get hot chocolate after the long day in the cold.




 Decorating for Christmas!



 Festival of tree performance for Mya.  She is such a star performer!


 Live Nativity in Draper.  Such a long wait but a really neat production and 
so sweet when we finally saw baby Jesus.

Seeing the lights downtown.  We were there with the entire state of Utah but it was great weather and there are so many fun things to see between Temple Square and the new City Creek.