From Christmas to New Years

From Christmas to New Years there was a lot of family in town so we spent most of our time hanging out and spending time together. I took tons of pictures of the family so this post will be documented in those pictures.

We went and saw the movie Tangled on Christmas Day:


We stopped by Kaysville to see the Hansen cousins and play with some nurf guns:


We went and saw the lights on Temple Square:


We did some painting around the house:


Jon and Cristina Wise and their boys showed up on New Year's Eve to spend a week with us:


We spent lots of time playing together:

On the bed-
Smiling and Making faces-
Running errands- (these boys look a little too happy about going through my purse)

And celebrated Austin's 5th Birthday-
And hung out with Morgan for a last time for the time being:

Chicago

In the middle of November I went with Dad to the Greenbuild Conference in Chicago. We stayed busy running registration and other sections that Active Network was in charge of. It was a lot of fun being with Dad. We went out to late dinners, spent one day doing a little exploration of the town, rode in a limo on the way to dinner one night, and I even got to experience the bus and train systems. I only have a couple of pictures from the one day that did some walking around the town, because we were busy working the rest of the time :).

Dad talking to Mom at our Hotel

Chicago

Dad by Lake Michigan. (my camera doesn't do too well when it gets dark)


Gazebo

The Joys of Fall

Fall means it's time for Halloween. But what came before Halloween this year was a little frightening. Erin's 18th Birthday. The little baby of the family is now 18 years old. This year we celebrated by having a family dinner and then going up to Thanksgiving Point to do the corn maze. It was a lot of fun.

Erin made her Birthday cake this year
All the sisters
We are strange, it is true
Going to school
The Birthday Girl


Of course the week of Halloween gets really really cold and it almost always snows. And this year, it snowed through a night and into the next day. It was beautiful, and then it left as quickly as it came.


The weather warmed up a tiny bit and we got some rain yesterday during Trick-Or-Treating. Which happens every year.

Before heading out

Fall is Here

Once again, a month has flown by. It is now October and fall is here! September was spent doing a lot of wedding stuff. Nicole and I threw Toni a Bridal Shower. We had a Bachelorette Party. And then of course the wedding!


The beautiful cupcakes Diana and I made
Diana with her masterpiece
The beautiful bride
Bachelorette Party!
No longer considered the newlyweds of the family
With the bride and groom
So happy
With my new sister
Sister In-laws

Since fall is here, and its chilly outside, my friends and I decided to make some sugar cookies. It was so fun spending the night in the kitchen cooking.
While the cookies were baking


I can't believe fall is here, but I am loving it. The Halloween decorations are out. And Erin and I have already pulled out the Hot Chocolate.