A Christmas miracle

A good picture of Addie. That's what we're calling a Christmas miracle. No weird poses or weird smiles. Her eyes are open and she's looking at the camera! What a cute smile and she looked so cute in her Christmas dress.

Kyler looked cute, too!

Lights at Temple Square

We went to Temple Square the Saturday before Christmas. It was crazy busy, but we still had a great time!

Christmas Traditions

One of our traditions, in the time Mike and I have been married, is to buy a new Christmas book each year. At the front of the book, I put the names of the people in our family and the year. This year I bought our tenth Christmas book! I decided to buy one with Christmas carols. I was happy to find this one with both hymns and other Christmas favorites. We will read one each day before Christmas, and on Christmas Eve we read Luke 2. Another tradition is one I'm starting this year. Every day in December we'll read a scripture, a thought, or sing a song about Christ. Then we'll put one ornament on a little tabletop tree. This year I think I'll just use things I have around the house for ornaments, like tiny homemade paper stars and snowflakes, ribbon, etc. Then by Christmas day, the tree will be decorated!

Thanksgiving in Moab

We had a fun Thanksgiving weekend. We ate a wonderful dinner with Mike's family in Salt Lake. After a yummy dinner and great company, we left for Moab. We hiked all day Friday and most of Saturday. We hiked to Morning Glory Bridge and Corona Arch (probably our favorite hike) on Friday. Saturday we hiked to Landscape Arch and Double-O Arch in Devil Gardens. The weather was great. The kids had so much fun and did a great job hiking (well, Addie spent most of the time in the backpack). Kyler is our little hiker and rock climber. We hiked over 11 miles those 2 days. Go Ky! We would love to camp inside Arches National Park sometime. Moab is just amazing! (Picts to come)