We are so lucky to have Nate's mom for so many reasons. This past November she agreed, yet again, to do some family pictures for us. She does such a great job and is so patient with us as we herd the kids around and rearrange things a billion times. I think they turned out awesome. Here are some of our favorites. Nate and I laughed our heads off at this one. Luckily this one redeems him.

You may or may not remember our giant family reunion extravaganza from last year in Beaver. Good times and great memories. This year we did it all again in Brighton, which is up the canyon from Salt Lake City. Linda found some amazing cabins in the mountains and we enjoyed lots of family time there. You must watch this video that Devon put together. Major kudos to him. It makes our family look so idyllic! This year the theme was dragons, and all the kids did dragon art and read dragon books and even got to hunt for their very own dragon puppet scarves. There was food, games, and walking in the woods. We had lots of face painting, we sang some songs, picnicked, and just hung out. Aria and I were totally twins this day. We didn't even plan it. Elaina and Lindsey We found the treasure chest! Ace, Embry and Sky Micah keeping hydrated. We had a teeny tiny bit of rain during this walk in th...