Christmas Morning

We had a wonderful Christmas day this year. The kids were all happy with what they received. Avery was excited with what he got and still has dreams of having a treehouse  and a water slide into a pool. Aurora keeps saying that her favorite gift was the robe she is wearing in the pictures. And Logan was excited with every gift he received. He would oooh and aaaah at every gift. He jumped up after unwrapping a Christmas light box, thinking we bought him lights. We had to tell him to look in the box where he would find his actual present. The rest of the day was spent playing with all the new things and just relaxing.

Family Visit

Some of my family came to visit the weekend before Christmas for my sister in-laws birthday. We spent Friday evening at City Creek and Temple Square. We also went to dinner at the Olive Garden. We had a great visit.

Brittney and I ice skating. Brittney enjoyed it so much the first time that she wanted to go again.

Cousin's playing while Brittney shopped.

Santa

We had our condo Christmas party last weekend. We had a nice time visiting with neighbors. I think this might be the last year I can get Avery to sit on Santa's lap because he felt really silly. Avery is growing up so fast. Logan was also a little shy this year.

Aurora Loves the Outdoors

Aurora  is my child who can spend all day outside no matter the temperature. She does like to play video games and watch shows every once in a while but her love is being outside. She wishes other children loved it as much as her. She reminds me a lot of myself because I was the same way. I loved playing in the dirt and riding my bike. 

Thanksgiving

Logan asked me to take a picture of him being silly.

This year spent Thanksgiving with Joseph's family. I didn't really take many pictures. However, we did take a family picture that I will put up once it is edited. We had a nice visit and the kids were super glad that we went up again after being up there the previous month.

Logan Loves Learning

Logan has always loved learning and has always amazed me with how smart he is. At eleven months old he decided that he was going to walk up the stairs like everyone else. He practiced one step at a time. When he felt comfortable with the first step he added the second step and so on. Although he does love video games (like his dad and brother) and watching some shows he does know when he has had enough.Sometimes he will stop watching a show midway and ask for paper and a pencil because he wants to practice writing his numbers or words. He has caught onto reading in the last couple of months we have been working on it. He figured out how numbers work with almost no help on our part. I told him once, a year or so ago that numbers go 20,21, 22, all the way to 29 and then 30, 31... then he picked up the rest on his own. Maybe he will be a math guy like his dad, granted I have become more of a math person too. I am so happy that he loves to learn.