Home Again

Happy New Year!

We are officially Home From the Holidays....

Heres our 3 week Holiday recap:

(Of course most pics are of Jake since we are living the holidays like a kid again.)

We spent Christmas with Stephens fam in lovely St. George. Santa Came early and brought Jacob a car! He was ecstatic to say the least.

He was obsessed with chasing the cat and maybe ate a few cat crunchies along the way.

Speaking of eating- We ate lots of Nielsons Concretes and Bajios Salads. Two places I miss the most.

We spent a lot of time just warming up by the fire and talking.

I took off for a couple days to go do Wedding Photography for my cousin Dana (see samples at www.truly-you-photography.com/index2.php#/gallery/1/3/ )

Came back and saw lights at the St. George temple.

And what would a family trip be without some competitive game playing. "Would you Rather" was pretty hilarious with this family.

Love these guys!

Of course, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were pretty Magical. For many reasons.

We spent New years with my family in Provo.

I did Lots of work on the business with Rach and Becca.

We went to Savior of the World- incredible.

Visited with some old friends.

Did lots of shopping at all the modest and modestly priced stores such as Shade and DownEast. We continued eating DELISH food in my mom's fancy new kitchen.

Of course we went Bowling- its tradition.

Jake played in the snow for the first time and didn't love it so much. Speaking of snow, this trip made me rethink our Alaska option. I could barely adjust to the 30 degree weather. I am a baby.

Santa left another car in Provo for Jacob- a fire truck!

We had a New Years party with the best food EVER! and Jacob pulled an all nighter- ok just a 11pm-4am all nighter. And that was After the two hours trying to get him back to sleep. He is such a partier. Here he is trying to get cousin Noah to wake up for the countdown.

Stephen and I had our first Date night in a long time- and I must say Avatar greatly exceeded my expectations. Its a lot more than a bunch of blue people flying around. I also must say that the Princess and the Frog was really cute. Going out was a Win Win. Gave my mom and dad some real quality time with the little guy.

And to end the trip, Stephen did a little shmoozin at the U in hopes he gets a residency there for next year. We'll find out January 28th if we will yet again be Utahns.

Jacob sure does love all of his grandparents (and his grandparents houses- SO much to explore!) Of course he has a blast with the aunts and uncles, too. Thanks everybody for all your help in giving me some breaks and making our stay so much fun! We love and miss you all.