January

Lots of Rebel basketball games!

Nursery & Primary

On the same Sunday, Trey started Primary and Tally started Nursery! Trey was very excited to go where the big kids go, and be able to sing songs and listen to stories. However, when he walked in that primary room, saw his new teachers, who he didn't know, he freaked out, had a bit of a melt down, and clung onto Jordan's leg and wouldn't let go. Jordan finally peeled Trey off and gave him to his teacher. I checked in on him later, peeking through the primary room door, and he was doing just fine, but still sitting on his teacher's lap.

Tally went into Nursery just fine. However, when Jordan picked her up, she took one look at him, her bottom lip curled, quivered, and she started bawling. I think she finally realized that we had left her there, by herself, for the last two hours. All her emotions and stress came out right then. Then she saw me in the hall and started crying again. Wow... what an emotional day! Hopefully next week will be a little more fun and a lot less crying for both kids.

Here they are after church on their special day.

Vail

Usually, on Christmas Day afternoon we start our drive to Vail, CO. But, this year, Jordan and I decided to leave on the 26th and make the big trip in one day. By the end of the 10 hour drive we were all going a little stir-crazy, but it really wasn't too bad. We were able to relax and enjoy Christmas Day a little longer, and we didn't have to spend one extra night away from home.

Vail was amazingly fun, as usual. There was not much snow on the mountain when we got there, but a couple of storms came through which provided some awesome skiing and snowboarding. Last year, after having Tally just 5 months previous, and still nursing, I only made it out to the slopes one half day. But this year, I went out 2 half days and one full day. It was so much fun and after having lost some weight since last December, I felt much better on my board.

Trey started ski school this year too. Yes, it's amazing that 3 year olds can start to learn to ski! He went four full days. He was always a little sad in the mornings to leave us, but he pretty much had a blast. He can now hold a good wedge and stop on his skis! He's pretty proud of himself. Hopefully we'll be able to put him in ski school a couple more times this season to keep the progress going. (Yes, we would like him to snowboard eventually, but snowboard school doesn't start until they are 5 years old.) Thanks Richard and Carole for such an amazing trip!

Christmas

Christmas was a lot of fun this year. Tally really enjoyed it being almost 18 months, and of course, Trey enjoyed it even more. I didn't take too many pictures, and most of what I did take came out fuzzy for some reason.

Christmas Eve we went to Morgan and Allyson's to eat dinner for Morgan's birthday. It was amazingly delicious as usual. Then, we came back over our our house where all my family met us for games and a white elephant gift exchange. It was really fun. The little kids decorated cookies to leave for Santa and pretty much just were running around crazy with excitement.



Christmas Day we woke up, riffled through our stockings, then went over to my parents' house for a yummy breakfast and presents. Trey and Tally got a kitchen stocked full of play food from Santa. Trey got a CARS GeoTrax and Tally got a pink Plasma car and a baby stroller. Then, we went to Jordan's parents' house for a 2nd breakfast and to open more gifts. It was a really great Christmas and we were glad that we could celebrate with so much of our families!

Trey, Tally, and Papa at The Magical Forest.

Santa's Elves

Santa's Elves visited our house this year! They decided to come early in the month of December, with snow stuck to their little elf shoes, and bring the kids some Christmas pajamas. While Trey and Tally were in the bath tub, they opened Trey's bedroom window, snuck in, left the gifts and a note in the middle of the room, and scurried right back out, leaving the window open! As Trey was walking to his room, noticing that it was very cold, he was shocked to see snow on his bedroom floor! Well, yes, the kids were excited to get some new jammies and slippers, but they were even more excited that there was snow (very crushed ice) on the floor. Ok, they could really care less about the new jammies. They played with the snow for about 20 minutes until it started melting and getting everything wet. Trey slept with the note that night and loved to tell everyone that he came in contact with (for the next week) about the Elves' journey down from the North Pole. It was pretty cute.

The Santa Run

We did the Santa Run again this year! It was at Town Square instead of down town. It was a lot of fun because I ran it this time! Last year my friend Nicole and I walked it, pushing the strollers, while the hubbies ran. But, since I've been tring to lose some weight, I've started running to help me with that goal. Alison, Jessica, Christi, Rachel and I all ran the race. As it turns out, it wasn't even a real 5K!! It was only like 2.5 miles instead of 3.1. Oh well. I think I'll try and keep up the running to do the Stake Track Meet 5K in the spring. Jordan also ran while pushing our new double jogging stroller. It was a bit more of a workout for him, but the stroller really works great and the kids LOVED it.

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving, everyone on Jordan's side of the family was somewhere else, and same on my side, except my parents. So, we all decided to go down to the beach house and spend a few days. We ordered Thanksgiving dinner through Claim Jumper. It wasn't quite as good as our own home-cooked food, but it was still really good. We took our bikes to Newport the next day and a saw this beautiful sunset.