Fun in the cold and Happy #12 Eden!

We combined two fun things today!  We have wanted to get out and see if we could still cross country ski and we wanted to wish Eden a Happy Birthday #12 - a day early!  And we did both!  We also enjoyed the new movie, Mary Poppins Returns and lunch at Wendy's.  We actually did pretty good at skiing...it was cold and windy, but still fun!  And it was good just to get out together for a day!  And it was good to wish our sweet Eden a happy birthday.  Can't believe she's 12!  

Eden has the honor of the first birthday of the year 2019 in our family!  

Happy New Year - 2019!

We celebrated very low key this year!  We went out to dinner with Bean, watched a couple of movies and then set off a sparkler after the movies!  The next day we enjoyed morning hike on the Red Hill and a beautiful afternoon bike ride in Snow Canyon!  And that felt just right for celebrating to us! 

The last thing of the year - Happy Birthday Mom!

Aunt Georgia and Jana Cheney made sure to wish Mom a Happy Birthday on Decembner 30th!  It would have been #97.  I'm sorry we missed wishing it to her in person, but so happy she is with Dad and was not here suffering for it.  

And then it was Christmas 2018!

We started our Christmas rounds with the Randalls on Christmas Eve. Grandma, James and Bean joined Paul and I for that visit.  We usually visit them on Christmas Day, but there was a chance of snow that we didn't want to deal with.  

Supe and Auri joined us for Christmas breakfast and some visits.  Beacher had to work the morning shift at the hospital.  

A visit to the Smiths.  Colony's kids spent the holiday with their dad, so we missed them.  

Auri was fascinated with Kaebri's Christmas tortoise Sheldon and loved pestering Roxie and stealing her bean bag chair.  

Kai kept us entertained at Moss and Christie's!  

The Borrowmans were next.  They entertained us with Gaige and Koen's new segway.  

The Weaver's came down for a Christmas dinner with Lance's family and stopped by for a Christmas visit to us on their way!  

The northern Lillywhites sent darling videos to let us share a little Christmas with them!  

And when Beacher got off work She and Supe joined us for lunch and some Merry Christmas!

It was a wonderful Christmas made most wonderful by the blessing of knowing that because of the greatest gift of all -  our Savior  -  and the knowledge that through that gift we can continue loving and enjoying family life together always!  

And then it was Christmas Adam - dinner and games at the Smiths!

When our kids were little they decided that the night before Christmas Eve should be called Christmas Adam!  This year they wanted to get together and celebrate and the Smith's were nice enough to host this gang for dinner and crazy fun games! 

As a group we made parts for a clay Nativity and put it together.  Brenden made and added the most important and last piece...Baby Jesus.  Then we divided into 4 teams and played our crazy games!  

After the games Paul and I opened some of our gifts from the family!  

YSA sucess story - a life together begins!

Paul and I serve as Ward Clerk and Member Coordinator in a YSA Ward.  It is a wonderful calling.  One thing we do is call on ward members who are less active and invite them.  Sometimes it helps.  In this case it did and in the process it brought two ward members together and they fell in love and got married!  We felt privileged to be asked to serve as witnesses at their wedding!  Leslie Ferguson and Bobby Fulsom - Mr. and Mrs. Fulsom!  

Saria's debut in Once Upon a Time!

Sarai decided to be brave and try being in her 1st play!  She was a fairy - Iridessa and looked beautiful and did a great job too!  So proud of her!  

December birthdays...thick and fast!

We started of with breakfast with Brynnli - she's our oldest grand child and this was #19!  How can she be that old already!  

Then Grandpa and Noah shared a little celebration!  #10 for Noah!

And then Grandpa celebrated again...#66!

And then it was time for Gaige to turn 13!  We love them all, young and old!  

Kicking off the Christmas holiday with The Christmas Carol

Brady and Ellie did great jobs on their parts in The Christmas Carol ala Western Style!  it was a fun way to kick off the Christmas holiday!  Ellie was NOT happy that she had to hug a boy!  Brady played the Spirit of Christmas Present and Ellie played Mr. Scrooge's sister Fan. 

More fun over the Thanksgiving holiday...and Zion's birthday!

 The duck pond never disappoints!  

The Desert Garden and the Red Hill are also a hit!  

We did Girl's Night at Capelletti's and played crazy, fun games afterwards! The men did a night at George's too, but got no pictures.  

And we visited the "Crazy Park!"

We also celebrated Zion's 4th amid all of this fun in the sun!