photo phun...

getting so excited to head to arizona for some family time!!!!

i decided to have a little fun with my camera on our last vacation.  

 here are a few of my favorites:

happy tuesday!!

monday

it's monday!  

the weekend was awesome.

went to abe's basketball game.  i love watching my kids!  he worked so hard.  he felt sick and tired form his night out with the scouts but he gave it his all and played well.

we then went straight to the byu game to cheer on the cuz.   ty took the boys in the locker room again and they think it is so cool.  they always come away with a gatorade that tastes way better cause it's straight from the locker room.

sunday, i loved sacrament meeting.  i loved the talks about reading the book of mormon and one man spoke about diligence= knowledge and once we gain knowledge we can be obedience= intellegence, which includes revelation.  it was so good and inspiring!  i realize how much i need the enabling power of the atonement and personal revelation everyday to direct my life and help my little family!  i love my calling in the primary and feel the spirit there every week! 

 we had family dinner at my brother's house.

such a great time!  

now it's back to the grind.

finals week for sadie and abe. 

they are both trying to finish strong.

this week also consists of:

basketball practices, games, team dinner, 6:00am bball practices, 6:30 am violin lesson, 7:45am piano lesson, scouts, primary meeting, dentist and doctor appointments, dave's call day, abe's birthday prep, and packing....

thursday after school, we are headed to

 FLAGSTAFF!

so excited!  can't wait to smell the ponderosa pines, see friends, drive through our old neighborhood and eat at our favorite pizza place.

then, to warm weather and my nephews wedding.  we will stay with some friends from medical school.  so much fun!!

let's all hear it for 

THURSDAY!!!

sadie is finishing up a painting class.  she learned she has a new talent.  this was one of her first paintings.  she entered it in reflections and won an award.

she gave it to my mom for christmas with the award taped to the back, since my mom made sadie a stitchery she had entered in the fair.  she gave it to sadie with her blue ribbon taped to the back:)

winter campout

abe survived his first winter camp out with the boy scouts.  

he looked frost bitten when he got home this morning.  

 he enjoyed mystery soup, sledding, and sleeping bag wrestling....he didn't enjoy getting up to go to the bathroom in the night, his frozen pillow, cold toes and and his clothes that were frozen together in the morning.

resting up for his basketball game later.

rough

this little girl has had a hard time sleeping ever since she got her shots--about a month ago.  some nights are better than others.  

last night was definitely one of the "others".

she woke up at 1:30am and screamed....i tried pretty much everything.

finally at 5:30-abe (who was getting ready to go to basketball practice) asked her if she wanted a piece of bread.  she nodded yes and he gave it to her.

she ate it and fell asleep!

what the?!  where were you abe at 1:30!!!!!!

it was rough!

max and kai decided that they were tired too and both wanted to stay home from school.  i felt pretty much whipped and decided i was too tired to care.  so we are having a stay at home, i can't live without you day.   maybe vivian will take a good long nap and i can get the boys to help me take down christmas:)  

celebrations

abe played cello in his christmas concert.  he rarely practices at home :) so it was fun to see how much progress he has made.  his teacher really thinks he does a good job.  i'm finding our abe is a pretty musical kid.

i was determined to take a day and spent it together doing christmas-y things as a family.  first, we went to the symphony sing-a-long.  the kids liked it and also got a good laugh.  it is fun to have teenagers!

 tim, holly and jade came along and took us out to lunch.  tim somehow gets all these deals for a dollar.  

 then, we looked at the candy windows downtown and did a little christmas window shopping....ok vivian liked being in the window:)

 wore vivian right out!  ended the day at abe's futsal game in orem.  he scored about six goals.  it was the perfect ending to our fun filled holi-DAY!

(this picture pretty much sums up how i've felt since christmas! it was so fun and exhausting)

 dave's family spend an evening together at temple square looking at the amazing lights.  i stayed home with the littles, who were feeling sick, but i'm so happy some of us got to go and be on temple square at christmas time.

snow days

 look what i found outside?  almost frightening.

 but underneath it all--- my smiling max.  happy is one of his talents!

the boys enjoyed a ski day together.  boys only.  dave works at snow basin a couple times a month.  scheduled ski days:)  he loves it.  he took abe with him last time.  hopefully before the winter is over, they will each get a buddy date with their dad on the mountain-- skiing and observing dave fix people up will be neat for these kiddos!

ho ho ho

christmas was wonderful.  we had some neat experiences as a family...

and when things quieted down, i looked over and saw vivian reading to herself in her new "ho ho ho dress" jammies.  it made me so happy to see her climb up in front of the fireplace and "read" to herself.

 then she would drop the book and get another one.  

i loved watching her toe point perfectly when she leaned over.  

made my heart smile.

merry christmas!