Snow!

The day before Christmas we woke up early and headed to Payson to find some snow. And snow we found! 

We were joined by my parents & Mike and we had a blast. Ben & Steven both enjoyed throwing snowballs at everyone. Steven was always nice enough to warn before throwing, "I'm going to hit you!" and then he would promptly state, "I hit you." So thoughtful. Ben, however, was more sneaky and would come from behind with a slab of ice. 

The other fun part of our snow day was the turkey tracks and other animals tracks that we found. We made a good effort to follow some turkey tracks but never did find him. It was a great way to spend our day before Christmas and I didn't even feel like I froze to death.

Zoo Lights

My brother Cliff and his wife offered to take the whole Family to Zoo Lights this past Wednesday. The boys, of course, relished the opportunity to see more Christmas lights and I was grateful that we went on a week night so that it wasn't packed and crazy. Tyler, unfortunately, had a plumbing job though and wasn't able to come. He missed out on all the fun but I was kind enough to get him cotton candy, his favoritest treat!

Mike helping out with Ben  (What am I going to do when they have children of their own?)

My niece Mary wearing the trippy 3-D glasses they handed out at the gates

Mary's step sister Saphie

Me posing for the camera

My brother, Cliff, & his wife Amber

Rebecca looking charming with her adorable hat and a spooky web behind her

Once again, Mike lending a helping hand with my crazy boys

What a silly bunch we are!

Ben giving us his cheesiest grin

Poppy is so happy to be holding a squirmy Steven

My bashful mom with Rebecca

My cousin Fred with the gorgeous peacock

Revisiting the Temple

 After visiting Cherry Lane Monday night my brother Mike & I decided to go to the Mesa Temple. It didn't matter that we had just been there the week before, the boys still had a great time. They absolutely love the lights there!

Family Pictures

It's that time of the season for some new family pictures. Tara, my sister-in-law, was nice enough to take them and here are the fantastic results:

And on a side note, we will not be sending out Christmas Cards with these adorable pictures because I am just not that speedy this year. But if all goes as planned, I will  be sending out some lovely "Happy New Year!" cards instead :)

Cherry Lane

Last Monday my brother Mike and I took my kids to Cherry Lane. It's this neighborhood that goes ALL out on their Christmas decorations. Unfortunately only about half of the lights in the neighborhood were on that night. I'm not sure if that was because of the rain or because it was a weekday BUT the lights that WERE on were still quite amazing :)

Winter Wonderland

Tonight we went to the Bass Pro Shop's Winter Wonderland with my parent's and Mary. Yet another opportunity for me to enjoy this Christmas Season fully with the boys. 

The Bass Pro Shop was fun perfectly catered towards boys: trains, remote control cars, arcade guns, a wildlife carousel, big fish and of course, Santa! 

I wasn't a huge fan of the large amount of people there and the massive line to see Santa but the boys had fun and that's what counts. I just wish that fun didn't always have to equal whinyness when the time comes to leave...