Sledding and Gretchen's Baby Shower (Day 2)

So the day before we flew into Utah in snowed a whole bunch and then it continued to snow. So Justin and James went sledding with all the boys. I didn't get to go so I was unable to take pictures. But I did get this cute one of my 2 men bundled up before they went out to the big hill.

Aunt Tallie and Sariah at Aunt Gretchen's baby shower.

Aunt Gretchen opening presents for Hank who is due February 25th.

Sariah and Sean chillin in front of Aunt Gretchen

Sean was so cute he kept copying Sariah while we were in Utah.

Aunt Gretchen, Cousin Hank, and Sariah

Cuteness

We love Aunt Gretchen and are so excited for Hank to arrive!

I forgot to take pictures of all the awesome presents. Aunt Rachel and I got Hank some cute outfits and a bumbo. I am sure he will love them.

Visiting Utah (Day 1)

Our Day started off super early...we had to be out of our place by 5 in the morning to catch our 7am flight. This was made possible by our wonderful chauffeur Beth who took us to the airport. She is amazing! We got to spend most of our first day in Utah instead of traveling because we left so early. Even though I didn't get much sleep due to lack of packing and Sariah's sleep habits, it was nice to spend the day relaxing at Mom's house.

Grandma Ladybug and Sariah
She still doesn't crawl but Grandma was doing her best to encourage her.

Kisses and Giggles with Grandma

Justin and Cousin Sean (notice everyone is in blue shirts, James is sitting in the back ground with Sariah)

Figuring out the high chair thing for the first time.

Abraham and Sariah eating yummy cookies on Grandma's couch....when I was growing up food wasn't allowed in the front room....now babies get to eat cookies in there...times sure have changed.

Abe and Sariah are going to be best of friends...we hope!

Taken before Utah

So I had a few pictures on my cell phone that I took before we left for Utah that I thought I should share before I start uploading the 200 plus pictures that I took while we were there...seriously I don't think I will get all 200 pictures from our trip posted...we will see!

Justin and Sariah

Cute little man

Justin really loves to hold his sister when I give him the chance.

Sariah will no longer sit in her bath chair...she has grown out of it....so these are the last pics before she moved on to sitting by herself....sheesh...where does the time go?

Such a pretty girl who is growing too fast!

Made it home

Yes I am calling Texas home. After being with my family in Utah for a good long vacation it was nice to come home and see my husband who came home a week earlier. Oh how I missed him....I think I missed him most when I was on the flight home at about 9pm with 2 very tired kids and no him. (I am so thankful that some friends from the ward were on our same flight and helped get me to baggage claim in a speedy manner.)
There are a ton of pictures and stories to blog about....I can hardly wait. Just wanted to let everyone know that we are here safe a sound. I miss my family back in the great state of Utah, I enjoyed every moment I had with everyone. Thank you for making our time there so wonderful! I will start counting down the days soon of when I get to see them again but for now I love being home with all the suitcases that need to be unpacked and the grocery shopping that needs to be done.

Home for the Holidays

We are out and about this holiday season with family and loving it. I am taking pictures and enjoying the time we have together. Promise I will update a whole bunch when I get back but for now I am going to be enjoying the time with my family! Merry Christmas to you all!

Snugglers

Justin and Sariah love to snuggle.

Playing in a box

At the beginning of the month I had to do some cleaning out of Sariah's closet. Make room for the new size she was moving into and get some warmer things to put on. Well while I was doing this she spent a good hour entertaining herself in a box. I spent a good 15 minutes just watching her and taking pictures cause it was so darn cute. Seriously, how do I get anything done with so much cuteness!!!

11 more days

I can hardly wait.....11 more days and then I will be able to spend 2 and a half weeks with my very large family that just keeps growing. I can hardly wait to see everyone....and I mean every last one of them....I even get to see my Arizona and Idaho family as well.....oh wait a minute...there is one brother and his wife who will not be there...sad...very sad...but I get to see everyone else! Wahoo!!! I have been counting the days for over 2 months now....and we are down to 11 days...technically it is 10 days and 11 hours till the plane lands in Utah...that is just a rough estimate. :)

Thanksgiving

So it's been over a week since Thanksgiving and I have not posted a thing. Sariah has been giving me a rough time in the sleeping department. She had her first cold about 3 weeks ago. The snot and cough kept her up most nights with me holding her on the couch so we could both sleep. I use the word sleep lightly in my area since I don't sleep the best holding a 6 month old. Sheesh. Once she was back to sleeping regularly after the cold she started to cut some teeth I think...because her sleeping is back to crazy and back to the couch with low grade temp, lots of drool, and chewing on everything hard. Her and I are trying to figure this thing out because the couch is not my favorite place to sleep.
Anyway...here are some pics from Thanksgiving. We had a blast with our friends the Carter's who invited us to their house. It was a great day with great friends and great food.

Chillin' before food time

My brother Hugh was able to spend the holiday with us playing a game on his phone.

The beauty Savannah

Becca and Justin in the kitchen cooking.

Eating yummy food

Scrumptious pies, apple and pumpkin

Kids table.

More eating of yummy food

After dinner there were games played by the guys.

James pretty much dominated the leg wrestling

Except for the one time Hugh flipped him...and that is the one action shot I got!

Phil has really long legs

Then they played this finger dagger game.

It was a fun night with the Carters and the guys burned off some of the calories.