Christmas 2012

I was a little worried about being ready for Christmas after moving so quickly, but luckily we had all our gifts wrapped before we left so we just moved the tree and decorations and we were ready to go!

On Christmas Eve, we went over to Grandma Robin's.  Cam was so excited to go play with Daxton!  We played lots of fun games and ate yummy food.  Cam loved playing bingo!

We came home that night and opened our pajamas and got ready for bed.  Cam made sure we had some cookies and milk out for Santa.  We also left some carrots for Santa's reindeer!

We woke up on Christmas morning and opened all our presents and made breakfast!  Cam loved opening presents this year and loved seeing all his new toys!  We spent the day relaxing in comfy clothes and enjoying each others' company.  It was perfect!

 Camden got two race tracks for his cars, train tracks, puppets, movies, games, action figures, a big boy bike and a cool bike that hooks up to the TV!

 Parker got a few new baby toys (luckily he won't remember this)!

 Jared got new skis, boots, poles, bindings and a season pass to The Canyons.  He also got some new clothes, a razor, a BluRay player, movies, and some other little things!

Elyse got new skis, boots, poles, bindings and a season pass to The Canyons.  She also got a ton of new clothes from Jared, shoes, jewelry, perfume and some other girly stuff!

We had a great Christmas and were spoiled rotten!  We are so thankful for our sweet little family.  Our boys are the best gift we could ever ask for.  We are so blessed!

Move to Layton!

We finally decided that we had had enough of our scary apartment in Pleasant Grove.  Jared's job at Vivint was such a blessing to us financially, but after weighing out the pros and cons we knew it would be better for us to live somewhere closer to home where we could be closer to family and Jared to get his Master's degree. We decided on a Tuesday that we were just going to pay money to get out of our lease and move up to Layton!  By Friday, Jared had found a job in Salt Lake and we found a house to move to in Layton.  We decided to rent for the time being until we find exactly where we want to end up.  It was a crazy couple of days!  I have never packed so quickly in my life!  I think I was just so excited about getting out of our apartment that I didn't stress out about the packing too much.  Cam stayed with Camille's family for a few days so we could quickly pack and move.

Our cute little house!

 Front Room (still working on decorating/furnishing....)

Front Room

 Hallway

 Mud Area/Downstairs Bathroom

 Downstairs Bathroom

 Kitchen

Dining Area

 Living Room

 Living Room

 Living Room/Kitchen

 Parker's Room

 Parker's Room

 Parker's Room

 Toy Room (how cute is he?!)

 Toy Room

 Laundry Room

 Upstairs Hallway

 Camden's Room

 Camden's Room

 Camden's Room

 Master Bedroom

 Master Bedroom

 Master Bedroom

 Master Closet

 Master Bathroom

 Kid's Bathroom

We are loving it here!  It beats our gross apartment with scary neighbors any day. :)  It is so nice to just be a few minutes away from both of our families!

Cousin Sleepover!

Camille and Jared were painting their front room and getting things ready for Taylor's baby blessing, so we took the kids for a few days!  Camden was SO excited to have his cousins sleep at his house!

 We met Camille in Salt Lake, then brought the kids down to Pleasant Grove.  We went to the University Mall and the kids played.

Cam loved having a boy to run around with!

 For dinner, we had a pizza picnic and watched The Lorax!

They played trains all night!

 They could have stayed in the tub for hours!

 They were so cute reading books in Cam's room before bed.

 The next morning, we went up to Park City.  Jared wanted to ski a few runs, so I took the kids to lunch and did some shopping.  We ran into Sponge Bob at lunch and Mason was the only one brave enough to get a picture. :)

 That night we took the kids to Thanksgiving Point to see the Christmas lights.

They even had real reindeer!

We had so much fun having Brynlee and Mason come stay with us!  Cam can't wait until the next cousin sleepover!

Thanksgiving Weekend 2012

The holidays came so quickly this year!  It seems like Halloween ended and Thanksgiving arrived before we even had time to blink!  A few days before Thanksgiving we went and celebrated at Grandma Robin's house.

Cam loves hanging out with Daxton.  He follows him everywhere!

We spent Thanksgiving at the Adamson's house this year.  Camden was so excited to "eat rolls and play with his cousins."  He is pretty easy to please. Haha!

Taylor, Mailey and Parker.  Parker doesn't look too thrilled!

After we pigged out for a few hours, we went and took family pictures.  I can't believe how big our family is getting!

Jared had to leave that evening to go back to Pleasant Grove.  Thanksgiving weekend is the busiest weekend of the year at Vivint, so I knew I wouldn't be seeing him much so the boys and I stayed over at my mom's.  Later that night, Camille and I decided to do a little Black Friday shopping.  We met up with my Mom, Steph, Lauren and Kendra at WalMart and were ready to hit the sales!  I just about finished my Christmas shopping in one night!

The day after Thanksgiving, Deseret Book sent over the galleys for our cookbook!  It was so cool to see it put together!

We also drove up to Logan to hang out at Kristen's house with all of the girls and do our annual ornament exchange.

 We were excited to finally be home and see Jared again!  What cute boys (And yes, that is Cam in Parker's crib)!

 As soon as we were home and settled, I had to turn right back around to go on Studio 5.  There was such bad traffic, I didn't think we would make it in time!

 Luckily, my Mom came with me and helped get everything set up so I could pull it off!

Phew!  What a weekend!  Let's hope next Thanksgiving weekend is a little more relaxing! :)