Hooray for Grandparents!  Grandma and Grandpa Adams were able to come out for visit this past week, and it was so much fun.  Of course there was baseball for Zach, good food, blastpad for Emma (Grandpa was more fun than me and went outside in the cold and wind to watch), more good food, and…

I love the day after Thanksgiving… growing up, my family always used to go cut down our Christmas tree on this day and it was full of so many fun memories.  Now, far away from Flaming Gorge and the $5 live tree, our family builds up our Christmas tree on the day after Thanksgiving.  Even…

Isn't this the cutest hat!?!  It is a Christmas tree beanie knitted by a sweet lady in our ward.  I think Carter loves it as much as I do! 

Dear friends and family -  We love this time of year to reconnect!  Hopefully a click here and there will give you an idea of what we've been up to this year, as once again we have neglected to write a Christmas letter.  We are grateful for our associations with you over the years and…

For food (see Emma drinking the container of sprinkles – it started out more than 1/2 full – her Thanksgiving feast)…friends (the kids had the time of their lives running out into the freezing night, scaring themselves imagining "bad guys", and running back in to their "secret safe meeting place" downstairs)… family (here is little…

Here she is – our pretty ballerina in her latest dance class "recital".  She took the class this time with our little neighbor friend and she LOVED everything about it.  Her favorite part was the scented stamp her teacher gave at the end of each class… and she'd always come running out with the biggest…

Then I certainly am over the limit.  But I just can't help it!  I love the way he lays down when he's worn out; the big grin, the little feet that rub against each other while he eats, the squealing, and the snuggles.  Here are some of my favorite recent photos of my little munchkin,…

We had a little friend of Zach's spend the weekend with us when his parents were out of town, so on Saturday Nate took Emma to run some errands, look at toys, and go to lunch.  She came home positively beaming – partly from her soda (that I couldn't get her to stop sipping, even…

Zach adores Carter, and Carter adores Zach.  Zach talks to him in his special "Carter voice" and Carter grins and squeals and is so happy.  Here is a picture taken after I gave up trying to put Carter down for a nap because Zach kept talking to him and he kept laughing.  

The first official snow of the season – flurries don't count – and of course the kids were out and playing in it by 8 am.  (This ended up being a good thing because it was pretty much melted by 10…)  Oh to be a kid again and be so excited to have cold hands…