There are so many things I love about this picture I don't know where to start.   The one boot?  (characteristic – she is always walking around with one foot bare and one foot in something interesting…) The baby tucked under her arm that she is "reading" to?  (constantly found doing this as well, I…

(A snapshot of 3:00 on this day where Emma was the only kid healthy enough to have gone to Church) Emma playing me in Monopoly Jr. (although if I was a second too slow she'd take my turn for me…:) Zach finishes his last requirements for his Bear Meg wreaks havoc in her "corner" And…

For Christmas my dad had given the kids their choice of bowling or skating with Grandpa… so we spent New Year's Day with skating, hot chocolate, and the grandparents.  Grandma graciously offered to watch (super tired!!) Meg so I could skate with Carter, Emma got to take her new doll with her old skates, and…

To welcome in the year of the snake:   Nate got the flu, in spite of his flu shot, and spent the entire 4 day weekend completely miserable in bed and missing out on all the fun.  ( I kept telling him 2013 has nowhere to go but up…) We had dinner New Year's Eve…

I do realize none of these pictures are of a baseball camp.  However, we signed Zach up for a 2 day (all-day) baseball camp over the holiday in a town that was about 45 minutes away… and those two days were the bulk of a huge, multi-day snowstorm,  so instead of driving home the second…

Christmas was a perfect day!  We spent the day at home cozy by the fire with fresh snow outside, playing with Christmas toys, building Legos, eating when we felt like it… it was such a relaxing, happy Christmas!           

My absolute favorite Christmas event all growing up (and the one I missed most when we lived out of state) is the Christmas Eve Sing at my grandma's corner – for 50+ years they have been gathering for an hour early on Christmas eve to sing carols around a fire, with cookies and hot chocolate.…

The Christmas event we'd been looking forward to as a family the whole season was the night we went Temple Square!  We made a whole evening out of it – dropped a last-minute note in the mailbox to Santa, ate dinner at City Creek, and went for a carriage ride downtown before wandering around Temple…

We sure have lived it up being near family this year!  This was the second cousin party, and so much fun.  The kids had a great time at Jungle Jims riding the rides, playing the games, and cashing in their hard-earned tickets for some very carefully chosen prizes.  (I absolutely love to watch Emma cash…