Last night we went to a live nativity in Alpine as a way to focus on what Christmas is really about. We knew it was going to be cold, so we bundled up as we left the house, making sure everyone was wearing multiple layers. I made some hot cocoa (from scratch — yum!) and …
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Early Black Friday Shopping Haul
After we’d totally gorged ourselves on our deep-fried turkey, we sat around in a tryptophan-induced coma for a while, played some games, and let the kids watch a movie in Grandpa Gary’s office. As the evening went along, the kids grew restless and so to give Manina and her dad some time to chit-chat, I …
A St. George Thanksgiving
We traveled down to St. George to have Thanksgiving with Gary and Kathy this year. We missed out on the semi-annual Cryer Thanksgiving extravaganza and Jake was bummed to miss out on our neighborhood turkey bowl, but we had a great trip. We split up the food preparation. Gary took the turkey, I did the …
Ellie is 4!
Yep, my baby turned four this month. She is growing up so quickly! I don’t necessarily want time to stop, but I do wish there was more time in the day to enjoy her. She is adorable. She makes me laugh, smile, and cry all at the same time. Talking is something she loves to …
Happy 10th Birthday Katelyn Paige!
Sure enough, it is that time of year again that sweet Katelyn turns another year older. Didn’t that JUST happen not too long ago?! She is growing up far too fast. This was her year for a “friend” party and she wanted to have an art theme so we hired her art teacher to come …
Halloween 2013
Another Halloween has come and gone. I feel like this year has been a bit of a whirlwind and Halloween crept upon us before we even realized it. Each of the kids, with the exception of Katelyn, created some type of costume from the items we had laying around here (or chose to use costumes …
Our little soccer firecracker!
After Ellie’s last season of soccer I had decided we would wait at least a year before giving it another try. She mostly cried and preferred to roll around with her friends on the field rather than actually play anything that resembled soccer. However, after some coercing from a friend of mine, I succumbed and …
Cascade Springs
When the weather man reported a high of 75 degrees, we figured we better jump at the chance to head up the canyon and see the fall colors. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t quite as good as had been predicted, but the colors were above and beyond expectation. Our good friends, the Denney’s joined us and …
Bad Ankles
Sometimes genetics smiles upon you and gives you the best traits from your mom and dad. But sometimes, you get chromosomes that would be better off remaining at the bottom of the gene pool. Jacob got his old man’s ankles. Too bad for him. He went down hard in his soccer game on Saturday. Neither …
Drew’s in Kindergarten!
Whoa! Time, please slow down! If you can believe it, my little Drew is starting school. He couldn’t have been more excited to join his older siblings in this adventure. What a handsome little man! Mrs. Beck’s Kindergarten Drew has several kids from our ward in his class which has made it an easy transition …
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