2011 Baby Playdate

Fourteen ladies in our ward had a baby last year. I hosted a playdate in attempt to get them all together to "play" and to take a picture. We only got 8 of the 14 babies plus we had a few others who just missed the cut off. :)  It was really fun and I love the pictures.  Joshua is the 3rd from the right.

View

One of the greatest things about our new apartment is that we actually have a "view" and actual sunlight.
When we first moved into the apartment, a friend came to visit us. Upon entering the apartment Gavin quickly grabbed our friends attention and said, "You HAVE to see this". He led her back to his room and led her to the window and told her, "LOOK, LOOK out there. See that? That's the city. You can see the city in our new apartment." " In our old apartment you looked out the window and saw the Garbage."
It was true. We were on the first floor apartment and you could only see the building next to us and the back alley down below where they kept the garbage. NICE. Needless to say, we are VERY happy with our view.

Preschool Fun

I love these little friends!

Snow Day

We had our first real snow day of the season. It didn't come until the end of January and even then there was only 3 or 4 inches on the ground. There was just enough to go sledding. Gavin, unfortunately, missed it. But, we don't feel too bad because he was at a fun birthday party. It was nice to give Eli some time with us.

The "Boys Only" trip to Denver

While I was spending some quality time with this cute little guy..

My other 3 boys were off doing a little bit of this...

Over the MLK weekend, Boyd took Gavin and Eli to Colorado to visit his brother Joel and his family.  We don't get to see them much and Boyd decided it was time for a visit.

While they were there they went snowboarding.  Really, Gavin ended up being the only one who did much snowboarding.  Eli tried it once (with a teacher) and refused to do anything else that day.  Boyd said he sat in this position the whole time whining about going home..

Gavin really enjoyed it. 

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Thanks to Uncle Joel, Gavin got to try the ski lift and actually go down the mountain. 

They had a great time with their cousins

They visited Great Grandma McGinnis

They played Lazer Tag

They went to a Japanese Steakhouse

I enjoyed a lot of quiet time with Joshua.  I did have a "girls night" at my house while they were gone and had a great time. 

Thanks again to Joel and Coryn and fam!

Gavin's Polar Express Song

One night right before Christmas when Boyd was singing the boys to sleep, Gavin told Boyd he had a song he made up.  He told him it was to the tune of jingle bells, so Boyd accompanied him.

St. George

We went to St. George the day after Christmas to join the rest of my family who was already there.  They even waited to have Christmas dinner until we got there.  We had such a wonderful time. It was especially fun for the cousins.  Some of the highlights for me were the talent show and gift exchange, Grandma Call meeting Joshua, the New Years party the kids through, and Snow Canyon.  Oh and the fondue New Years party for the adults!  It really was just so special to spend a whole week with the family.  We also developed a great love for St. George.

Great Grandma Call and Joshua.  She was so happy to meet him.  Her joy was palpable. 

Nativity!

Some guitars from the gift exchange

Snow Canyon was absolutely beautiful.  We did some climbing and a little hiking

We went down into a cave.  It was pretty adventurous with 8 kids under 9. 

McDonalds with Dad's while the ladies went shopping

AT the park

We got to go to dinner with Julia and Nathan

We went to Snow Canyon again and spent some times in the Sand Dunes

Jereme fixed my flat tire in 2 minutes

Boyd, Anna Min, Jereme, and I went on a bike ride in the Canyon

The kids planned and threw us a New Years party.  It was really special.  They decorated and planned games.  We provided the treats

We had an adult fondue party!