Christmas is so fun and magical with our little ones. And busy! Here's a look at last year's Christmas festivities at our house! A revelation by Asa. Very profound. Nate edited a book outside of work this past year for a super nice guy. How nice, you ask? The guy was so nice, in fact, that he went to the mountains and cut a fresh Christmas tree for our family room! He delivered it right to its resting spot. The smell was heavenly! A baby at Christmastime is a delight. Mike's favorite perch. Christmas also means lots of baking and treats for friends and neighbors. (And us.) Decorating gingerbread boys with the cousins was so fun. All the kids really got into it! We met someone special at the ward Christmas party. We tend to be major concert-goers in December, because that's when all the best music comes out.  Tabernacle Choir concert where we got to see Uncle Aaron play in the bell choir (thanks for the tickets, Aaron!) ...

Since school is in, I thought I'd take this opportunity to wrap up the summer blogging. So here's a smorgasbord of everything we've been up to for the past several months. Look at this awesome artwork of Addison's! A beautiful bouquet gathered from our yard. A new van! Woohoo! Bryn having a drink in the secret hideout. Planting our garden Asa's a top bunk man now. He and Addison moved into a new room downstairs. Asa loves to "plant his garden" of pins in my craft room chair. Mike in his happy place. A mother's day hike. The kids collected a bouquet of yellow (my favorite color) flowers for me. Capture the flag. Someone's not very happy about the end result. A pregnancy pedicure. So luxurious. Storytime fun for Asa. A date with Bryn to a piano recital and the Cheesecake Factory. On Memorial Day we took a little trip up to Logan and Providence t...