Lauren at 6 months

Here are some recent photos of Lauren and one with Brandon and Briana too.

Christmas Day

We had a couple surprises left on our doorstep over Christmas week and because of that, it has helped make this year's Christmas merrier and bright. This year the kids really got into the whole Santa thing and they were so excited to get presents. We made sure to try and teach them the whole reason for the season and even sang "Happy Birthday" to Jesus on Christmas Eve and had birthday cake. It was such a treat to watch them open presents and see their smiling faces!!

Lauren's Blessing, Disneyland, and Temple Square Lights

The last two weeks have been busy spending time with family and friends. We drove out to CA after dealing with very cold Utah weather and looked forward to warmer and sunny skies. We even hit -18 degrees as we drove through central Utah!! While in CA, we blessed Lauren at my grandpa's house with my family present. She even wore the same blessing dress that I wore as a baby. It was really nice and even more special with my brothers and grandfather there to help with the blessing. We did the same thing for Brandon and Briana's blessing while in Texas a couple years ago for Christmas with all of Craig's family. We also spent a day at Disneyland to celebrate Craig's 40th birthday!! As soon as we got back to Utah, my dad came for a visit and we headed to Temple Square to see Christmas lights - in 23 degree weather!! It has been very cold here but I'm looking forward to spending Christmas here at home with lots of snow on the ground.

Blessing pictures

Disneyland pictures

Temple Square with Grandpa

Lauren and Logann

Craig's sister Kathy and her family stayed with us during the Thanksgiving holiday and I took a short video of Lauren and her cousin Logann who is 2 months older. The other video is of Lauren making baby noises that I thought I'd share.

Once there was a snowman...

It snowed yesterday and today the snow was perfect for making a snowman. I had to add a couple accessories to it so it didn't look like just a big blob.

Random Pictures

Here are some random pictures from the last couple days.

Family Pictures

We got family pictures taken today for Christmas cards and just to have an updated family photo as well. I got the kids dressed and took some pictures of them from my camera and then my friend Kathy came over with her much better and way more expensive camera and took pictures for us in our family room. I bought black sheets from Walmart to hang on the wall for our background and the pictures turned out great.

Lauren Pictures

Lauren is now 12 weeks old and is doing great. She is sleeping through the night (hooray!!) and I feel like a new woman getting some decent sleep again. She is such a joy to have in our home and can't believe that it's been 3 months already!!