Holiday craziness!

Well the holidays are off to a very crazy start....

First a whilrwind trip to California for Thanksgiving, then a long list of holiday parties and holiday shopping (including Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company December show and the Utah Symphony/Viviace December concert and party).....    next is finals and the end of an exhausting semester....

....and then hopefully some time to relax and enjoy the season!

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

 Emma, Sophia and Jen

 Feast with the Beasts!  at the Zoo on Thanksgiving.....  Daniel, Hannah, Troy and Miles.

 Hannah

 Daniel

 Troy

 The wolf eating her Turkey

 Leopard (Vladimir, I think) guarding his pumpkin full of meat. 

 Daniel and Hannah with the leopard

 Troy and Vladimir having a staring contest... haha!

 One of the tiger "cubs" feasting

The other two "cubs".... they aren't very small anymore...

 Husani, the new gorilla....  He's still getting used to the zoo.  Last time Troy was there, Husani was pounding on the glass. 

 Husani

 The baby orangutan (sp?)

 Troy and Hannah

 Hannah

 Hannah and Daniel on the monkey bars.... a little snow doesn't scare them

 Miles and Daniel

The girls in their party dresses..... Sarah, Hannah, Avery and Emma

catching up....

First big snow of the year...  I really do live in a beautiful place!

Henry and Aunt Jen... Thanksgiving Weekend. He is growing up so fast!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, although I think we are skipping getting a tree this year.  Finances are tight and we will be out of town anyway..... So I will just enjoy this little tree on the table.  :)

The supposed "biggest blizzard in 50 years"..... yeah... not much of a storm at all, let alone a blizzard.

Henry going for a ride with us.... it was very exciting.... we went and got drinks and some candy.  Haha!  Although he seemed to enjoy it!  I am winning him over slowly!  :) 

 

Henry enjoying the candy and drink we picked up while we were out....  I am not sure he ever drank the juice.  Haha!  Just carried it around smiling.  :)  

Thanksgiving Day....

What Thanksgiving Day would be complete without playing Rock Band?? Especially when its the Beatles! And of course, we couldn't leave out the wrestling either...I just noticed Etta had milk dripping all over her face while we were snuggling.... probably should have wiped it up.... what a terrible Aunt I am... Haha! Its hard to be a serious rocker when you are wearing superman pjs, but Troy is trying his hardest...
Luke and Etta were a big help to me on the guitar.... Mandy - the serious rocker! I think Etta won this match... haha!

Thanksgiving Trip

Troy and I headed off to California for Thanksgiving and had a wonderful little vacation. The weather was absolutely gorgeous! 70 degrees on Thanksgiving Day.... just heavenly! We met up with friends for the ReAL vs La Galaxy Championship game, spent a day at Sea World and just had a wonderful time hanging out with family. We even met with our wedding photographer to select photos for our album.... it was so hard to narrow the count down.... there were just too many great shots!

Troy and I went to see Santa, hoping Luke and Etta would see how fun it was, but they still didn't seem to like the idea. Christmas Tree at Fashion IslandEtta attempting to go for a drive in my car...
Beatles Rock Band was a hit with the kids and adults alike... the kids all like the Yellow Submarine song. :)

Thanksgiving

Troy and I spent Thanksgiving this year with his whole family... it was a house full! Last time we were in Salt Lake for Thanksgiving was 2 years ago and I think we also had everyone in town for that one as well. While it seemed like a larger crowd, we only had one new addition - little Henry. He was a total trooper that day and didn't seem to mind being passed around between all the Aunts, Uncles and Grandma.

We continued the tradition of going around the table with everyone saying what they were most thankful for this year... for me is was my health and family.. both Troy's and mine. Love you all! For Troy it was being almost done with school! Haha! I agreed whole-heartedly that was a big thing! I am thankful for that too!

Here's a few more photos...

Troy, Jen and Henry (Daniel in the background)

Emma and Henry

Avery

TJ, Joe and Avery

Matthew...

Emma and Avery are so cute when they play together...

Daniel and TJ (With Henry and myself in the forefront... me looking quite goofy! Haha!)

Joe

Darren with Hannah and Sarah