I probably say this a lot, BUT I can't believe how time flies! It seems like yesterday that I was posting about thanksgiving. The beginning of this month went pretty normally but also quickly. We had something going on every weekend.
December 1: Baby prep and a short hike
December7, 8, &9: Brandon's work Christmas party, temple trip, & the Messiah program
December 14, 15 & 16: A party with our San Clemente friends (We really need to take a picture next time we have one of these get-togethers). The Dana point boat parade, great as usual but also cold. And last but certainly not least, a wonderful pre-Christmas dinner and bell concert at Diane's house.
December 21-30: We went to our ward Christmas party planning to leave right after dinner and get home to bed before our 6am drive to Utah but Brandon being the service oriented man he is, we were one of the very last people to leave after taking down all the decorations and cleaning up! Early the next morning we started out on our 11ish hour drive to Orem, Utah.
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| I started in the drivers seat and made it all the way to Mesquite (1/2 way) then Brandon took over and got us through the snow to Orem. |
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We got to my grandparents house where it was immediately obvious upon opening the fridge that my siblings were there!! All the eggs had eyes too, my grandpa was careful to avoid the "live" ones when he made breakfast the next day!
We then drove to West Yellowstone, Montana where we stayed in a nice cozy cabin for the week, celebrating Christmas, snowmobiling, skiing/snowboarding, and walking the town. I missed out on the snowboarding and snowmobiling but in a month it will all have been worth it!
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| Me and my pillows go everywhere together these days |
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| What happens when you have lived your entire life in the desert of Saudi Arabia! We need to get this kid in the snow more often. |
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| Our sweet ride into yellowstone |
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| Water and snow are my favorite scenery combination, couldn't get enough! |
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| this was not the last time she ended up in the snow, what are big brothers for |
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| Me, Brandon, and the bison. NOT buffalo, bison! |
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| It was cool how you could tell where all the hot spots were just from the steam |
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| love the water color |
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| The two who made it all possible! I love my parents SO much and am so grateful for their love, support, and all the work they put in to make this past week the greatest! |
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| Old faithful. It was cool to see Yellowstone in the winter, unfortunately the eruptions were really hard to see with all the steam surrounding them. |
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| water and snow, I could stare at it forever! |
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| The kids! |
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| The girls! |
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| Baby Seth got his own stocking from Santa. Only 6 weeks until he can enjoy it himself. |
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| Did somebody say gun control? Not in our house!! My dad loves his new Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout tribute gun!! | |
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| Taylor's gift to Grandpa! He wore them until my brother said "You can take those off if you want, I don't mind!" I love my grandpa! |
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| Last year I got the Louis Vuitton and Camree has always wanted one. After watching Brittney and I both open our purses and seeing we got the same ones, she was pretty sure she was getting the same as us also, SURPRISE she got her Louis! |
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| Brandon's first time on a Snowmobile, he had a BLAST!! Racked up almost 200 miles of it this past week! |
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Brittney and Trevor
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| Taylor, Mckenzie, and Brandon stayed home with me on the second ski day because they all had colds. We took the opportunity to walk around the town. |
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| South of Vegas and the snow is still melting off our sun roof. This is after a night spent in St. George. We had about a foot piled on top! |
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| I wonder how many trips from Utah to California it will take before Brandon will pass this sign without taking a picture of it.... |
And December has been the month I figured out that I am constantly making ugly, weird, or mad faces.... Unfortunately for you, Brandon went through and deleted the worst (or best depending how you look at it) pictures of me!
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| In my defense, this was after falling down the steps of the bus in front of everyone with my coat unzipped. Yes, I'm the pregnant lady that fell out of the bus! |
According to Brandon, I always look grumpy when I walk so he set out to prove it to me!
Good bye 2012, its been a great year!
According to Brandon, I always look grumpy when I walk so he set out to prove it to me!
