California in December

We planned a trip with Brad's family to California. Poor Miles got sick for a day and had to miss the trip to Disneyland. I stayed behind with him while Brad took Mars to Disneyland. Miles and I had a day in together watching Christmas movies, playing UNO and SkipBo, reading books, and sleeping. We also took a little trip to Target to get a Lego set to put together. Miles was sad about Disneyland, so we decided that we'd look on Craig's list to see if we could find discount tickets to Legoland for him...we found some and spent our last day there together. Some of the other fun things that we did included going to the beach, the kids went Christmas caroling to our other villa next door, playing games, and going swimming. The kids had so much fun together. What a great trip!

Jingle Bells

Marley and Miles's school classes go caroling each year to an assisted living home. Marley was asked to play the piano. She decided to play the songs Jingle Bells and Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer. Brad wrote out a simplified version of each song and helped her practice them. Marley spent much time preparing for her performance. Ms. Romie said that she did a wonderful job and was so confident and excited as she played her songs. We are so proud of Marley!

Mesa Temple Lights

We met up with Brad's family and my sister Melanie and Asher to go see the temple lights this year. Brad always makes hot chocolate to bring along with marshmallows and candy canes. We love being on the temple grounds.

Thanksgiving 2011

We had such a fun Thanksgiving this year. We first met some cousins at the park to play while the boys played football. We played games and made turkeys. We then ate dinner at Brad's grandparent's house. All of his family gathers and meets there. They always rent a bouncy slide for the kids to play on. We then headed to my mom's house for dinner and to spend time with my family. The kids always enjoy playing with Asher and seeing aunties. We have so much to be thankful for!

My 33rd Birthday!

I turned 33 on 11/22/11. I had a wonderful birthday! Brad and the kids planned a surprise party for me. I was blind folded as we drove to dinner at Outback and to Bass Pro Shop to do all of the fun kids Christmas things together there. It was such a perfect day:)

Stitches

Poor Miles got hit in the face on accident with a hard plastic bat at school during recess. I took him to the emergency room and sure enough he needed to get 5 stitches. Miles was so brave while they gave him a shot to numb his lip. Brad and Marley came to bring him a Jamba Juice and play games until Miles was released. We were there from 1pm-7pm. In spite of being in the ER for so long, Miles and I enjoyed spending time together playing many games of tic tac toe, connect the dots, looking for items in I Spy books, and watching cartoons together. I am so thankful that he was alright and so brave.