Sunday, February 11, 2018

Merry Christmas!

While December would not be very snowy we would be bombarded by sickness! There was a flu epidemic and it hit us hard. I won't go into the details but it seemed December was full of colds and flu. 

 We still enjoyed the season despite it all!
 This is the only picture I have...Grandpa Ewell passed away two weeks after Thanksgiving. We headed back to Utah to be with family and his funeral. We love our grandparents and I feel so blessed to have married Kameron and get to be apart of his family. Some of the best people. We will miss Grandpa Ewell and his big hugs, but know we will see him again.
 Christmas festivities at preschool...
 I also started working part time, I know. Crazy. I print claims for a gal in our ward, who approached me about working with her. We stop by the post office quite often...

 The first snow of the season! It has been a very, very mild winter!

 Christmas Eve, eve. We spent the weekend before Christmas (the beginning of our serious flu battle stared with Kameron and I) we headed to Mesa for some much needed DeRusha time.

 Merry Christmas!
 We decided the excitement from children is what truly brings that Christmas morning excitement! What a fun day! I was so sick I slept through Christmas eve :( and my pictures are lacking. I am just so glad the kids were able to enjoy the special day!




 Kameron headed to Mesa with the boys, Leah and I stayed home still recovering, It was Kam's dad's 60th Birthday! They played lazer tag and had some fun times with the Johnson bunch!   
                                                   
A few more Chirstmas activites....



 Kameron built our fire pit, I like to think of it as the "ring of fire"


Thanksgiving in Utah

Enjoying the cool weather!
 Happy Birthday Kameron!! The kids love playing "tag" with daddy and wanted to get him an iron man mask :)
 I'm really, really did not get great pregnancy growth pictures, here's the best I have headed into my third trimster!

 We just love our new ward, complete with play group!
 This girl! If I remember right we were in a hurry but this was just too cute!

 We headed to Utah for Thanksgiving, we had such a fun time and Leah is really into practicing her cooking skills.










 On our way home we cut down our Christmas Tree. Everyone was tired but the tree turned out to be the perfect Christmas tree!


Jeter Turns 7 & Happy Halloween!!

I'm well into my pregnancy, this would prove to be my most physically taxing pregnancy, maybe form all the camping! But the baby is healthy and doing good!
 Our land has lots and lots of rocks...so what else do you do other than paint them?!

 For Jeter's birthday we headed to Arizona Mill's Mall and visited the aquarium! It was such a fun day, free from moving stress and just a fun family day!


 Jeter loved seeing all the Sharks!

 Black Tip Reef Shark




The Celebrations continued back at home with presents and cake!


 Oh my heart! First grade pictures!




 Doney Park (The area within Flagstaff where we live) is known for having some pretty gusty wind...
 Somehow Kameron convinced me to go camping, just for a night, when he says Natalie and her family will be there it is hard to turn down such fun company!




 We also headed to Utah for more family fun, I forget why we went to Utah, but it looks like fun!


 Back at home we kept un-boxing and started getting excited for the holiday seasons!
Halloween was here before we knew it!

 I would say it was one of the Best YET!