St George/New Years

So we had already decided that we'd go to St. George, like we do every year. But we switched from going on Christmas night, to going on January 3rd. Randy & Kim went down first & Nick stayed home to keep the lot open. We sunday, December 30th, Nick's mom calls us and says, "Where are you!?!" "Um...at home." So she asks when we're coming down and I told her on the 3rd. So she put Randy on the phone and I put Nick on the phone & they made an executive decision to not work on new years eve. So we went down on Monday, the 31st and got to enjoy the warmer weather until tuesday Jan 7th. It was a much needed break and we so much enjoyed our time there with Grandma & Grandpa Powell. We did a little too much shopping (as always), a little too much snacking (again, as always), and we even sneaked in a couple of date nights. It was great. Emma got to paint with grandma and she loved it. We really did enjoy our time down there and are grateful that KP & Sherry were so kind and generous.

Christmas catch-up

So I've been slow on posting our Christmas pictures, sorry. But it was an awesome day. Here's the review. Maggie woke nick and I up at 8:00...whew we got to sleep in!! We tried to wake Emma up, but she was pretty dead to the world. Hence our awesome picture, she'll hate me for that later. Once she woke up and we reminded her it was Christmas day, she had no problem getting into the spirit of the day. She opened lots of her own presents and probably all of Maggie's. What are sisters for right? After we all had a good morning, we decided to clean up a little bit and we headed to Grandma & Grandpa Cook's to visit with Mari, Aly, James & Jerrica. We'd already spent Christmas eve with all of the Powell family and they were all headed to St. George. We enjoyed lunch at the Cook's and then all headed to Chris & Patricia's for games and visiting. We played a game of dice, and Keaton so kindly demonstrated how to steal every single one of Nick's hard-earned points. All while Emma, Maysen, & Jacey played dress up. It was a very fun day and we enjoyed being able to spend the holidays with our family members. I hope you'll understand that I didn't post a picture of myself because I look like, well, like I just woke up....fancy that.