Costco Party & Anderson scones

COSTCO Christmas Party!

Spence's work is really amazing and he loves it but they do really fun things too for families.

We always do our annual Christmas party at Costco with breakfast and then shopping!

Eating breakfast with our bunch.

Let's hope they cleaned the floors before we came :)

They had a fun scavenger hunt and Austin won!  Way to go buddy; an awesome gingerbread house kit.

After the party, it was time to head to Sky and Matt's for our annual Christmas Scones with my dad's side of the family.

I love, love this tradition and it is so much fun every year to visit and catch up with my family and see all the cute kids!

*Jeff, Sky, Betty and Corinne*

I love this picture so much.

Cutie girls with their Papa - it's so adorable and sweet.



Grandma Marsha with Blake - he was loving spending time with her.

Playing a game of HORSE with uncles and cousins.

It was cold out but the kids and "big kids" AKA uncles had a blast!

Matt, Austin, Logan and Spence

Cody getting ready for his next shot...

*Spence, Logan, Jake, Kayla, Gabe & Ella watching on*

Go Jake!

What a fun family we have - we're so lucky to have so many fun people and we love to see each other.

Love traditions!

My cutie Blake is getting bigger and my passionate Jax

Oh this baby is so much fun and is SO good!

He honestly does not cry for anything except a dirty diaper.  What a sweetheart and blessing he is in our home.  We're so lucky to have you Blake.

I had to take some cute bath pics while he is still little and actually still sits in his bath chair.

He loves bathtime just like the others.  I mean, who doesn't like to splash in the water?

After the bath, I had to take a few quick pics of how cute he is in a towel!

My warm and cozy boy!

Love you cutie pie.

Blake had his 9 month appointment in December and he is growing great!  Such a tall boy like a few of his siblings.

These kids are so funny and they love to come with me to the little boys appointments too because they love getting a "prize."

Mustaches for these handsome devils - don't you love their faces?

And a little purple dog for Rio.

He's doing so great!  What a big boy he is! Yes, that's 97% for height!

Who me?

I don't make messes mama!

Oh this Jax...

He is such a passionate little man.  He is always so loving or so angry or so intense or so sincere but it's never middle of the road for him.  Whatever he is feeling or doing, he is 100%.  Great characteristic...if we use it correctly :)

Anyway, this little snowman comes out every Christmas and every year Jax just LOVES him and wants to have him all the time.  Well, of course that isn't happening with 3 other kids that want him too so we had to let them have him for 3 days at a time and this cutie pie was so tired one day and wanted to take a nap.  I didn't think he would really sleep but well, he did and what did I find when I peeked in at him?  His little snowman friend, "Jingle Bell" was sleeping with him.

Love you Jax and I hope and pray we can teach you to use that passion for good and greatness!

Preschool Christmas Program '14

Not going to lie, these are not the best pics but of course I forgot my "real" camera and camcorder so we have phone pics and phone video :( but it is still so cute!

These kids have learned so so much and I'm amazed at their little memories!

Tons of songs and poems!  AMAZING!

I love their preschool so much!

Can you see them?

They are in the middle of that front standing row.

Rio is between the boys and is wearing a black and white dress.

Cuties!

Both grandparents came and supported the kids of course!  They're the BEST!

Daddy was there too of course - it was so much fun to see their accomplishments.

Love you 3 and I'm so incredibly proud of you!

Super blurry pic but Logan was so cute and made sure he told each of them "good job" and gave them hugs!  I love that they love each other.

Cute kids!

Way to go you 3 on your program.

What a great day to show your amazing intelligence and memories!

 

 

Candy Cane Hunt, here we come!

South Jordan city had a super fun candy cane hunt this year with candy windows and once you found all the candy canes in the window, you turned in your form for prizes.

What a fun thing to do with the kids this year.  They had so much fun and we even took Lennox with us :)

Hiding away in the warmth of the candy cane castle.

Mommy, Blake and Lennox too - yes, I know that's silly but we didn't think we'd have to walk around to all the spots and figured he could stay in the car but that was not the case...so he came with us!

(Love how Blake is looking at him)

Daddy with the kids at this beautiful, huge tree!

(A little closer pic)

Me with all these cuties.

After the hunt, we stopped off for a delicious cookie at this yummy cookie store nearby.

Fun, fun day as a family.  They were so good too even though it was super cold outside that day.

1st Dance Recital for Rio & the Nutcracker

What a fun week we had in December!

Rio got to preform in her 1st dance recital and was SO GOOD and SO CONFIDENT and we also got to watch cousin Ella as "Clara" in the Nutcracker - what an honor that was for her to be chosen out of her whole company.

The after show included Gabe playing "shoes" (a Spencer classic game) with his brother Luke and my trio.

Cute Anna was a little mouse in the show and she was so adorable!

And there is Clara herself!

Ella is an amazing dancer and she works so hard for all she does.

She was amazing!

Ella and Anna with their very proud grandparents.

And there is my Rio...I was so incredibly proud of her.  She is my shy, timid little lady and yet when she preforms or sings at church, she has always been amazing and yet, I was still super worried about how she would feel on that big stage but...

she was so good and honestly so happy to be up there.  I was so proud of her for her hard work but more proud of her for her courage and happiness she was able to show.

Love you Ri!

Bad pic but cute, cute girls!  Rio is right in the middle.

Love that smile!


She is so silly and was totally excited to have so many support her.

Hopefully, the first of many fun recitals to come.  Love having our only girl and share in her joy :)

Grandpa and Grandma Morris with Rio

A couple shots of Kari and Marc with our little lady - she was so happy they were there to support her.

Love you Rio - we are so very happy and proud of you!

Grandma and Grandpa Anderson with our little sweetie.

Thanks for always being so supportive!



What a beauty you Rio!

 

So proud of you Rio and we love you so much!