BYU-I Military Ball

OH MY GOSH!! So much freaking fun! I have not laughed or smiled this much in a long time. By the end of the night my cheeks were so sore from all the smiling and laughing that we did. It was a new experience, but so much fun. I am already looking forward to this next year. A night away from the kids and all dressed up and feeling good. There was something there called the grog bowl and boy was it fun watching some of the guys drink from it. A lot of them almost vomited. I don't know what all they put it there but it was gross. It was funny watching people come up with infractions to get the guys sent to the grog bowl and hearing their limericks to get out of drinking from it. After last night I really want Jeb to keep this job. I love the group he works with and the cadets are really funny. I didn't take too many pictures cause Jeb kind of stuck us in a corner so I couldn't see too well. The DJ was awesome. He took four guys into the kitchen and made them put different hats on and then played the YMCA. They came out dancing. It was so fun to watch. I haven't had this much fun in a really long time.
Jeb in one of the skits

Me and Jeb

The YMCA guys

Getting Christmas trees

The Saturday after Thanksgiving we go and get trees with Jeb's family and then go swimming afterwards. It was a lot of walking around holding Conner though. He's light until you have to hike through snow with him in your arms. We had fun though.

Thanksgiving!!!

I can't believe that the holidays are here. I love this time of year. I am so grateful for so many things. I am grateful for our families and the bonds that we have and are building together. For our health. For our newest member to our family this year and our older children and the fun and challenges that they bring into our home. I am ever so grateful for the gospel in our lives. I think we would be so empty without it. I do hope that everyone out there had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I love to get together with family. My Mom and Dad watched all the grandkids while the parents went out Black Friday shopping. I love doing it. I have so much fun dragging Jeb everywhere. We missed two little brothers Chris, who was in California, and Alex, who is in Argentina. My oldest brother Ben is getting ready to leave to Brazil so we will miss him for Christmas. But we did get to spend time with Jus, Pao, Lucas, Ben, and Mom and Dad. We had so much fun playing games and just chatting.


Conner after Thanksgiving dinner.

My sweet little nephew Lucas

Our first Snowfall!

I always love the first snowfall of the season. We pulled out the hot chocolate maker and had it running for two days straight. Jeb and Ella went outside to play in the snow. Jeb got cold first and tried to get Ella to come inside, but she was such a die hard she just kept going. By the time that she came inside her cheeks were so rosy and cold. They threw snowballs at the house and made snow angels all over the yard. It was really cute watching them play together.

The Last Warm Day

At the beginning of November it was quite warm so Tara invited me to go to the park with her and Ronalee. All I had was Ella and Conner. Collin showed up later to hang out and it was a ton of fun. I had a blast just taking pictures. We played on the playground, chatted, and joked. Ella had so much fun playing with Ashtyn and Jaxon.