I always like to start with the oldest pictures first and the newest pictures last, but once again I loaded the pictures wrong so we will start with pictures taken today!
Above is a picture of the Ogden Temple. It is coming along and looks so different. It was exciting to see today!
Across from the Ogden Temple is the Treehouse Museum, which is where SWBy's preschool field trip was today. Here he and Maddy are playing with the knights and castles. They had so much fun!
Here they are in the firetruck! They were fighting over who could drive...and shortly after this Maddy let out an ear piercing scream!!!
We've had lots of snow since Christmas! Above is a picture of our street. Last weekend Spencer shoveled our driveway 3 times in one day and we got 18 inches over night!
For Christmas we went to Arizona and spent a week there. One of the last things we did while we were visiting was go to an ASU basketball game, thanks to Spencer's dad! It was so fun! Good thing we all got ASU gear for Christmas!
After opening all of our Christmas presents we still had one more surprise for the kids. We got them bikes and scooters! Above is SWBy with his new 2 wheel scooter.
Here is Maddy with her new trike!
Bailey was probably the most surprised and excited for her new bike. She's been wanting a new bike since August and I told her she'd have to wait until her birthday next August...Hahaha!
Cute Bay and her new bike!
Bailey's class made calendars for their parents. This is how she wrapped our calendar! So cute!!!
Christmas morning!!!
This is Christmas Eve. We always give the kids new PJ's for Christmas and here they are in their newPJ's!
December 23rd...we do a cousins gift exchange on the Brimley side and here is Bay with here cute cousin after receiving new ASU shirts! Go Devils!
(This picture got switched with the one above.) Here are the kids back at my mom's on Christmas Eve before opening their Christmas PJ's.
December 23rd...Brimley Cousin gift exchange...all the little boys got new ASU sweatshirts! On the Brimley side, there is only one college to root for and that's our alma mater...ASU!
Before our cousins gift exchange and dinner, we met at the cemetery by Spencer's mother's and grandparent's graves and lit paper lanterns. It's always nice to visit the grave's when we are there.
Here are all the cousins at the cemetery! Spencer's sister made paper ornaments for the kids to write something to their Grandma and Aunt on and then they hung them on this tree.
December 22nd the day we arrived we had Spencer's family party. After dinner the kids did a Nativity. Here is the cute choir of Angels.
Here are our cute Wise-men.
For my birthday my friend made me this cute scarf and for Christmas her daughter wanted to give one to Bailey. So here we are in our cute scarves!
Here is SWBy with his friends at their preschool Christmas program. They were so cute and did such a cute job. I missed video recording SWBy's speaking part though. I was so sad that I didn't get it. Maddy wanted her sippy so when I went to get her sippy I missed getting SWBy's speaking part on camera!
This year we had some friends over and made gingerbread houses! Here is our chocolate gingerbread house. Yes...it's made of chocolate! I didn't realize that when I picked it up to get it. I had to melt and mold all the walls! It was kind of annoying but in the end it tasted a lot better then regular gingerbread!
SWBy and Maddy both wanted to visit Santa Claus this year. I was really surprised because in previous years SWBy has been terrified of him. SWB and Bay just like to look at him without getting too close. This was actually the second visit they had with Santa. The first was at the mall where the pictures are way too overpriced and this one was at our ward party where the pictures were free! Yea! Bay still wanted nothing to do with Santa!
Here is cute Bay at her Christmas dance demonstration! She did such a great job!
These next 2 pictures were for mom's Christmas card, I think they turned out so cute! I just love them!!!
We got a new Christmas tree this year that was pre lit! I was sooooo excited! Every year I kept saying I would buy a new, pre lit tree. And every year came and went and I didn't do it. This tree was so easy to put up that it was actually enjoyable putting it up and decorating it!
My mom got the kids some new clothes and snow gear! Here is Maddy in hers!
SWBy's preschool celebrated Mickey Mouse's birthday. Here he is on his way to school for the birthday celebration.
This is what happens when you leave Maddy alone!
Maddy and Spence doing homework together! She is too cute!
Bay and SWBy helping dad with yard work! What cute helpers! (This picture is out of order too.)
Halloween! My dad and step mom came to visit us for Halloween this year. Dad stayed at my house to hand out the candy and my step mom and I took the kids around! Halloween's always so fun! Poor Spence was stuck at school that night!
My dad was so great to carve pumpkins with the kids! I hate carving pumpkins so I was trying to get away without doing it! Good thing Grandpa came to help them!
The kids really enjoyed carving pumpkins with Grandpa!
Happy Birthday to Maddy! SWBy's Halloween party was on Maddy's birthday...so here she is at his party!
Trick or Treat!
The kids wore 2 different costumes this year. One for Halloween and one for our neighbor's Halloween party. Above they are just about to leave for our neighbor's party.
Happy Birthday to Maddy!!! Because Spencer had school on Maddy's birthday we celebrated the night before her birthday. It was so cute to watch her this year because she was actually excited to open presents and understood what was going on!
We made home made donuts for her birthday!
A friend invited my kids and me to go with her and her kids to a nursery near us that gives free hayrides to a pumpkin patch where the kids get to pick a pumpkin! The kids loved it! It's always so fun to do things like this!
Happy Birthday to Spencer!!!
Spence and I...Pirate and Wench...going to our ward Halloween party! I love these costumes...my mom made them a few years ago for a pirate party she threw!
Happy Birthday to Spence!!!
This picture and the one below are of Maddy and the strange places she falls asleep! The picture below I was really worried because I couldn't find Maddy...I kept calling her name and she wouldn't respond. So I was checking all over the place and ended up finding her in the toilet room of our bathroom on the floor asleep! I will never understand why she thought this would be a good place to lie down.
For SWBy's first preschool field trip we went to the Dinosaur Park! It was so fun! I love the picture above! It's SWBy and Maddy and their cute friends!
No, you are not supposed to climb over the railing onto the rocks and yes...that would be my son so proud of himself for climbing up there!
I forgot to post this picture last time. When we were in Arizona in August my mom threw my nephew a reptile birthday party. Bailey hid in her room terrified and I don't blame her, but SWBy was pretty intrigued! He loved it! Here he is petting the ginormous snake!
