Skiing!!!

Spencer's partner has a condo up on Switcher Mountain and they let us use it one weekend. This was our first time skiing. I was a little nervous not knowing how the kids would do. But they had so much fun and did so good! It was the best day! The condo was so nice and it had an outdoor swimming pool and hot tub that we hung out a lot in! We can't wait to go again!

A Little Bball!

We signed Aiden up for basketball this year. We kinda snuck him in since he isn't in Kindergarden. But he had so much fun and learned a lot. The first game we played the black team and they killed us :) but by our last game when we played them we held our own. 

 Spencer helped coach the team and really enjoyed it. Of course Mason had to always be right in on the action.

 Getting ready to score!!

Dodgeball Valentines!

This was by far one of the funniest Valentines dates ever! We got 12 couples together to go and play dodgeball. We had so much fun. After every game we would switch teams using different methods, age, hair color, how long you have been married, and so one. It was great cause not everyone knew everybody. 

 The gang!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! We had a super fun new year. We went to dinner at some friends house were we ate lots of yummy chinese food and had a disco dance and counted down the new year at 8:30 :) Then we came home, put Mason to bed, and spent the rest of the night playing games and eating treats with the kids. It was great!

A whole bunch of Christmas!

We did the nativity for our ward christmas party. I was in charge, it was some work but I think the kids were so cute. Aiden was Samule again and Emma was Mary-it was the luck of the draw.

 The hospital put on a Christmas party for the family, the kids had their own little party while we had ours. At the end they put on a show for us.

Posing for mom after the party

 Christmas Sunday

 Santa aka Brother Smith came to visit us at our house. I was just bummed that Mason was sleeping.

 A few of the primary kids went and sang for a nursing home and then gave out the mini trees that we had decorated as a ward. This is Mason and Payge in their costumes.

 Getting packages from Grandmas is always lots of fun.

 I was in charge of Emma's Christmas party. We played lots of relay games and had tons of fun!

 For Christmas Eve we hosted a PJ party. We had breakfast food and then a hot chocolate bar at the end. The kids had so  much fun just running around.

 We were the M&M family!

 Decorating cookies for Santa:

 Christmas morning! The kids loved everything they got and it was so fun watching them open and play with everything.

What a great Christmas!!

Happy Birthday Spencer

Spencer had the day off for his birthday, so we kept Emma home form school and made a day of it. We headed downtown for lunch and shopping for new black church shoes. Then we opened presents at home. He got a card from Emma, a hoodie, and cologne. That night we watched Emma in the Nutcracker :)

The nutcracker

In September Emma tried out for the Nutcracker and made it! She was cast as a Bon Bon girl! So every sat for two months she practiced her dance. And then finally the big day or should I say weekend arrived. 

The girls did a lot of sitting and waiting but they were so good about it.

 i signed up to be a backstage mom and it was really fun being there with Emma.

 Last minute costume check.

 Haylee, Alex, and Anna came to see her.

 Our backstage room was also the costume room for the professionals so it was fun getting to see them. Some were really good about making a big deal about the girls. This is "Mother Ginger" who the girls danced with he was so nice and funny! The girls just loved him!

 We were lucky enough to have Emma's dance teacher Miss Peggy as the teacher for the nutcracker too!

 Some of the costumes the professionals had to be sewn into every night!

 The girls and mother ginger

 The sugar plum fairy. She was my favorite to watch!