Temple Square 2008

We took a trip to temple square early in December (back when it was 50' and not 10) and here are the pictures of a beautiful night.
The nativity in the reflecting pool in front of the temple was so pretty.

The number of lights on each individual tree was truly amazing. How long do you think this took?!

Here are Matt, Wendy and Ethan in front of the Tabernacle. Why is it always done in pink lights?

It reminded us of Valentine's Day or Easter with all the pink and yellow, so cute!

Let's not forget the Savior, especially during this Christmas season. Isn't this beautiful.

And here is our family in front of the temple where Matt and I got married 18 years ago. Wow are we really THAT old?

Christmas Eve with Oma and Papa

Christmas Eve was spent with the Clark family at Papa and Oma's house. We had soup, salad and dessert and a lovely dinner theater. Brinley narrated the Christmas story.

Jordan and her doll were Mary and baby Jesus while Ethan played Joseph the super hero!

Alyssa was a visiting shepherd. Look how well she takes care of her little lamby.

Cousins Courtney, Caitlyn and Kimball came as the three wise guys and brought lovely gifts that Jordan gladly accepted on behalf of her doll.

And before we went home, all the kids got the traditional gift of PJs! Here they are with Oma showing off their new look. Aren't family traditions just great? I love Christmas eve!

Finally......new family photos!

So we finally had pictures taken of the family. Let's see, last time we did this Ethan was in diapers and was barely able to sit up. He seems to be much better at it now. We had a fun day and had some cute pictures taken. Wow, are all those kids mine? They sure are getting big fast!

We went to a cute little place called Star Mill in American Fork. It was great. They have an old mill (seems obvious), an old barn, an old shed, an old tree, so on and so on, so we got some rustic pics! (Notice the Coke sign in this one--I requested that!)

Halloween has come and gone with beautiful weather. We're talking 70 degrees baby! Of course as I write this it is snowing outside, yes only 4 days later. Since all Hallows eve was so nice the kids trick-or-treated for hours and we got gallons of candy (I literally filled 2 gallon sized bags for each child) so you know I 've been eating well. I love the chocolate frenzy until I step on the scale! Hope you all had as much fun as we did:)

Love, Iron Man, Ninja Girl, Olympic Gold Medalist, Mother Nature and Capt Jack's best girl!

Lagoon with Cousins!

Frightmares at Lagoon, woooooooooooooo

Our cousins from California (the Meservys) came for a visit. They were on a mission: conquer the Haunted House at Lagoon. So we decided to help them by tagging along. As you can see it was very scary-right Jeremy!


Ethan isn't really a fan of rides that make you dizzy or puke, so he played it safe and stuck with what he knows--cool cars that go (kinda) fast! He must be reading Matt's Car and Driver, he picked out a classic.

All in all, a fun visit with our fun cousins. Thanks for coming to see us!

Alyssa has been playing soccer this fall. Her team is called the Hornets. She has really taken off! She averages 2 goals per game (last year it was 2 for the season). She has gotten faster and her footwork is great. She is so fun to watch and really loves the sport. She loves it so much that she is going to be a soccer player for Halloween. I just hope she can find a costume.

She scored both these goals in the same game. Isn't she awesome!

CAMPING!!

Look how cute; they are pretending to like each other!

We went CAMPING!!

This is the tent that Ethan and mom put up all by themselves! And yes, we even spent the night in this tent. It was a long, uncomfortable night for mom and dad, but the kids had fun. The tent was on a slight incline so by the time dawn finally broke and all the little forest creatures had quieted down, we found Ethan at the bottom of the tent. He had slid down his air mattress and would have gone right out the door if it hadn't been zipped tight. Best parts of camping were Dad and the kids seeing 2 bull moose in the forest, a squirrel that threw pine cones at us and s'mores, s'mores and more s'mores!