Cousins 24/7

Ava absolutely loved being around her cousins. It actually made for a rough couple of days once we were back home. I guess Mommy just isn't as fun to play with.


Nana quickly won the hearts of these kiddos once she introduced them to Youtube.




One of the other gifts Ava got for Christmas was a stroller for her baby dolls. Lucky for Ava, Maddie was more than willing to push Ava instead of a baby doll around in the stroller.


One of the days while we were out in Utah we traveled up north to visit my cousins. Of course, they were all way more excited to see Ava than Josh and myself :) I'm so glad that the snow stopped falling for one day so we could make the trip up north.

Christmas

Christmas Eve was full of delicious food. Thanks Shelby for all the hard work and effort that went into such a feast!

After dinner all the kiddos put on a wonderful performance of the nativity story. Now don't laugh, but this seriously is the best picture I had of all the cousins. I wish you could see Anna's costume, she was the cutest donkey I've ever seen.


After dinner all the cousins got to open one present. Surprisingly they all got Christmas pj's in their packages.


Early Christmas morning all of the crew gathered in the living room for some present opening fun. These little girls look like they don't have a clue what's going to happen next. But Josh does!


Ava must of been good little girl, because Santa was very nice to her. I bet it helps that she didn't have to worry about being nice to any siblings. These little velcro fruit were a total hit with Ava bug.


Later that night the boys gathered for a very competitive game of risk.


All in all, it was really nice getting to spend Christmas with our family.

Let there be snow

This year we got to spend the holidays with Josh's side of the family. I was totally excited to get to see snow while I was there. But I don't think I was ready for this much snow!


But I must admit, the snow sure is pretty to look at. Even if I'm now too chicken to drive it in. CA has sure made me soft when it comes to weather extremes.


Here's our little snow bunny getting ready to go sledding for the first time.



Ava was a total sledding junky! Once at the bottom of the hill Ava would keep repeating "Nor, nor!" (Ava translation: More, more)

Simple Joys

I wish you were all here to witness just how proud Ava was of herself for putting her pants on all by herself.


But she did need my help with buttoning them. Especially since the buttons and zipper were in the back.

I'm in Love...

...with a robot. It's true! His name is Scooby. And we've only known each other for a week, but what a wonderful week it has been. I think Josh is quite smitten with him too. He vacuums, mops, and dries our kitchen floor all by himself. He doesn't even complain, well, unless he gets stuck somewhere. Then he lets out a beautiful little beep to let us know that he needs help. Here is a picture of Ava with our newest family member. He probably weighs more than she does :)


I decided to get the Scooba for Christmas this year. Since my husband is a kind hearted man, he let me open it a few weeks early. Knowing it would keep his ever growing pregnant wife happy. Thanks honey!

Sorry Santa

I think the picture pretty much speaks for itself.

Forgotten Photos

So I was downloading the pictures we took at our ward Christmas party and realized that I hadn't extracted our Thanksgiving photos from our little point and shoot. Some of the pics were just too cute to not post.

Ava discovered that is was just as fun to push the stroller as it was to get pushed in the stroller. Too bad Ava didn't have any of her older cousins around because the adults in the house can only handle pushing a stroller on your knees for so long.


Josh has been working nonstop and was beyond stoaked about Thanksgiving break...aka the week of Xbox. But sadly right before we left Mr. Xbox died. The only option was to mail it into Microsoft, pay a ludicris amount of money, and wait a few weeks for it to be fixed. Since that was absolutely out of the question, Josh ordered a little fix-it kit online and while we were up in WA decided to preform surgery...on the box.

After a lot of perspiration and prayers, Mr. Xbox pulled through for a full recovery. And just in time for Krysten and Jared's arrival. It was a Thanksgiving miracle!

Storytime with Grandpa.

Uncle Jared and his favorite niece! (I can honestly say that since it's his only niece)

Gobble Gobble

The holiday season is my favorite time of year. I love the family, food, and Josh hanging out all day! We're finally getting our lives back in order after our week long vacation up at my parent's house. So I have finally found the time to upload some pics of our family fun. Enjoy all the pics!