it's the holiday season

This Holiday Season has been so much fun!

i have loved starting tradition of our own with Joey,

and spending time with family and friends.

on the 14th, i made a gingerbread house with these little cuties.

the birthday boy!

cy turned 5!

our ugly sweaters at the ward christmas party

my stocking was too small, so joey improvised :)

joey's stocking

my silly mom and dad on christmas morning

AND

drumroll please..........

the best christmas present from THE best husband ever!!!

my beautiful new kitchenaid!!

i'm grateful for such a great christmas,

and hope everyone else had a great one too!!

**and last but CERTAINLY not least

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE MOST WONDERFUL,

THOUGHTFUL,

CARING,

GIVING,

SELFLESS,

BEAUTIFUL,

CHARITABLE

WOMAN I KNOW...........

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA!!!

LOVE YOU ALWAYS!

it's beginning to look a LOT like christmas!!

i have been

IMPATIENTLY

waiting for Christmas for the past month now.

I have had the bilk of my shopping done since well before black friday.

(although i did make a super-secret mission at 5 am that day)

now there are only a few days.

and i CAN'T WAIT!!!

I need to upload some pictures but we have been doing fun things.

I will post after Christmas with LOTS of pictures

and joy.

until then,

I hope everyone is having a great holiday season

and has a GREAT CHRISTMAS!!!!!

It's practically here!!

hanakka is the festival of lights:

this week for family night, Joey and I

invited my mom, dad and

favorite little brother Nater

out with us to go to the

SPANISH FORK

it's a lighting display on a golf course at the mouth

of spanish fork canyon.

baby dinosaur

(there was a cool volcano by this little guy, but it wouldn't flip!)

we then headed over to salem pond for the

floating tree display

it was such a fun night, i love spending time with the fam!

it doesn't hurt having my dad take us to dinner either :)

this has always been one of my favorite things to do around the holidays

if you're interested in going, take the

price/manti exit no. 258

and follow the LIGHTED signs to the mouth of the canyon

CAN'T MISS IT

it's a drive through

and is only $5 bucks a car!

makes for a fun/cheap date too :)