Christmas 2012

 

Our family picture!

 

We had a wonderful holiday season filled with family and fun! My parents got here from Ohio in the middle of December. The weekend before Christmas we went to Salt Lake City, Utah. We visited Temple Square, Trolley Square for Rodigio's and we saw Santa Claus, and City Creek Center to do some shopping. A huge Thanks to Anthony and Mandy for allowing us all to crash at their apartment while they were in Colorado!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ashley took our family picture at the temple! Thanks a bunch Ashley!

 

 

 Christmas Day in no particular order!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grandma and Grandpa Vermillion made Kaytlin and Alayna bunkbeds for their dolls with bedding. They turned out so cute even on short notice!

 

Then we went to Grandpa and Grandma Dawson's house.

 

Chilling out at home after all the excitement playing with all their new toys!

Even Grandpa getting into the action!

The weekend after Christmas Anthony, Mandy, and Mason came up from Utah to spend New Years with us! We won't get this opportunity much longer because he just took a job in Colorado!

Mason opened his presents from grandma and grandpa at our house and the kids went wild with his toys too!

All the kids had a blast playing with their cousins and grandparents!

 

 

 

We played cards and just had a fun time with everyone here. Below: Josh, Brenda, Carl, Ashley, Mandy, Anthony, Mason, Brayden, and Grandpa Vermillion. Grandma Vermillion took the picture and all the other kids were off playing!

 

On Monday night (New Years Eve) we were invited to Carl and Ashley's home for games, food and to ring in the New Year! Thanks for having us up! We came home and slept in the next day.

Resting after all the excitement!

 

In all our partying and fun and games we do miss my sister and her cute little family! They are thought about alot and we constantly keep them in our prayers!

Have a fabulous 2013!

 

Dance Recital

 

This week Kaytlin had her dance recital! She was learning Jazz and Hip Hop. I am not sure it's for her though so we are looking for a tumbling or gymnastics class.

 

 She gets to meet so many new friends!

 After the dancing Santa Claus came to visit!

Brayden and Kaytlin ran to get in line but Alayna refused to get anywhere near the guy!

 We had lots going on that evening including scouts for Brayden but they are never to tired to tell Santa exactly what they want!

This is only the beginning of the Christmas season!

May you all be careful and remember what this season is about!

Happy Halloween

 

We hope you all had a safe and Happy Halloween. The kids enjoyed themselves. We had a Ward Dinner and Trunk or Treat Night that we went to and enjoyed lots of different soups. I also took the girls to the library Halloween story and singing time. The girls and I also went to Brayden's school for the school costume parade. It is so neat to see so many creative ideas! On Halloween we started the night out by taking Kaytlin to the doctors! She has a sinus and eye infection! We then went to a few friends homes to trick or treat, stopped at grandma's, and did a few homes in our neighborhood of people we knew. We try to keep it as safe as possible and still allow the kids to enjoy themselves! The snow we did have all melted and we couldn't have asked for better weather for trick or treating!

Brayden = Magician

Kaytlin= Elmo

Alayna= Pumpkin

Now it's November and we have to get Christmas figured out! With November and December comes concerts, dance recitals, shopping, gift lists, treat making, family visits, etc... The list goes on and on with little time!

We love You All!

 

Our 1st Snowfall

 

Our first snowfall came on Oct 25th. We woke up to about 4-6 inches on the ground. Kaytlin was so cute when we told her it snowed. She ran to the window and said lets go get our boots on now. Mind you, at 7 in the morning boots aren't needed but she wanted to wear them! We took Brayden to school and came back home to play in it. Mommy shoveled while the girls played.

 

They played for about 10 minutes and had enough!

SOCCER

 

Brayden played soccer again this past season! He enjoys it and its something he shares with Josh. Josh refereed again this year as well!

His team name was the Roadrunners.

 

This year ended much better than last year because the end of last season found him playing in snow.

Way to go Brayden!

End of Summer

September & October

2012

 

 

We have had so much fun this summer and we are sad to see it go! All good things must come to an end. Although snow is just around the corner we are still enjoying a few nice days. This past weekend we went to Boise for the Boise Temple Open House!

 

 

Some other things we did while we were in Boise. We went to the Idaho State Penitentiary.

 The outer wall which had the guard towers.

 One of the many that served time there!

 Warden's House

We decided against the tour of the Penitentiary because we had the children with us! The tour consists of  over 100 years of Idaho’s unique prison history with a visit to Solitary Confinement, cell blocks, and the Gallows. We felt this would traumatize the kids so decided not to tour it but Josh and I would love to go back and check it out!

The State Capital Building

 At the Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology.

This brought back some fun memories from my childhood when we would go exploring and find geodes with quartz in them. We used to call them crystals and we would treasure them and take them home to keep.

 

We had fun in Boise but it is always good to be home!

 

A few weeks ago we went to Yellowstone. It was so beautiful.

 We were driving and Josh said that it would make his whole trip if he saw a bear. Of course I was thinking it ain't going to happen. I was eating lunch in the car when Josh hit the brakes and said BEAR! So I dropped my lunch and grabbed the camera! This black bear came out of the wooded area to our left and crossed the street in front of our vehicle and was gone in a flash.

 The same day we went to Yellowstone our newest baby nephew was born to Jason and Gwenda. They named him Zander. After so many problems at birth he was finally able to go home! We can't wait to meet this little guy!

 

 

We got comfortable for conference.

 

 Snow is in the forcast for us here in Idaho so stay warm and have a safe Halloween!