Coming August 2011...

Couldn't be happier.

Masquerade...ish...

Its that time of year again at Livi's school when they hold a special Daddy-Daughter Dance. This year's theme was Masquerade Ball. As always Olivia had a blast with her Daddy. And how blessed that my girls have a daddy that truly looks forward to spending time with them and makes it a top priority!

Abbi, as always, wasn't about to be left out!

On a more random note.....beautiful flowers from my love.

We take our ABC's pretty seriously...

Well done squishy bear.

cool girls...

We are blessed...

Christmas Eve

(Thanks Wilcox's for sharing it with us!)

Christmas Morning...

Hope your Christmas was peaceful and joyful!

A little Christmas fun...

Ward Christmas Party...always a blast!

And Santa was there.....

Christmas Concert....

My parents were involved with a very special Christmas concert put on by their stake and we got to go to it. My Dad arranged most of the songs for the performance, wrote orchestra parts, spent hours making every note beautiful and my mom was a soloist and in the choir.

IT WAS FANTASTIC!

I could not have been more proud of my mom and dad. The music arrangements were AMAZING and my mom blew her solo out of the water! She TOTALLY nailed it. I cannot convey through a blog just how amazing it was. My parents are by far two of the most talented people I know. Here's a few shots from the night...

Dad getting ready for the show...

"Do it right, or else"

(Ha, can you imagine my dad ever saying that?)

Sound check before the show, not yet in full costume.

My girls were beaming when they saw their "boo-boo"singing!

(I was too.)

After the show...

My girls were in love with the ballerinas.

CANNOT WAIT FOR NEXT YEARS SHOW!!!!

mmmmm, mmmmmm good...

This year we spent Thanksgiving at my parents house in San Diego. My little brother and his wife and baby surprised us all and drove down from St. George, and my brother Paul flew in from Utah, so my whole family was there! It was awesome. Plus, a whole bunch more people I love; Grams T, the Wilcox's, the Kaufman's, and DuVall's brother Ryan and his family!

Here's a few shots of the day...

The turkey frying...

The master turkey frier cutting the turkey. BOTH turkeys were AMAZING!!!

Stealing rolls BEFORE the meal....caught you Dad!

Proof that my brother Paul was there....he's the one in the background covering his face. How he managed to evade all cameras that day is beyond me. Love you Paulie!

(Brady you look very nice.)

Brady and Megan (or Brady with two heads, one is very pretty.)

Livi-lou (with straight hair)

Tom-tom! My nephew.

Mom and Grams, aren't they beautiful!

Abbi-girl, growing up too fast.

Ryan and his family. We LOVED having them stay with us!

Wilcox's not pictured because I didn't get a picture of them!!! What was I thinking!

Well, they were there and we love them.

Happy Thanksgiving!