December

December is always a busy month. Christmas, Wesley's birthday and our anniversary! Busy, busy. But always fun! Wesley always gets 2 weeks off at Christmas as well so it makes for a nice Christmas break. This year we spent Christmas with Wesley's family and New Years with mine. Since my parents moved to Utah a couple of years ago, it's been nice, especially at Christmas to split the time. We spent about 5 days with each family and had so much fun, nothin's better than spending time with family.

Happy Birthday Wesley
Wesley likes things simple. He doesn't like to make a big deal of birthdays. Yes, we are VERY different that way. For his birthday, all he wanted was a set of ski gloves. He had had the same pair for 20 years! Crazy! He went skiing one Saturday and got his new set of gloves. He was happy! On his birthday, I made his favorite: Sweet and Sour chicken wings with fried rice.... yeah, it tastes as good as it sounds! And he asked for German chocolate cake. I also had him go get a massage the night of his birthday. It was a quiet but fun birthday!

Does anyone else have children that do this? Cooper will not let the books on the shelves stay put!
I turned on a movie for Jake in the play room, walked in a bit later and found the two of them sitting on the floor with the blankets next to each other, too cuteJake does such funny things. I walked in the kitchen and he had opened every.single.drawer and cabinet
My mom got Jake this blazer and tie. He's too handsome!

My sweet Cooper
This is where we keep diapers, wipes, socks and some shoes.
Christmas Prep
To be honest, I don't ever recall doing a gingerbread house before. It was fun to do with Jake. Although, putting it together was a hoot. The roof wouldn't stay together, completely slid off... too funny.

By the tree
Christmas at the Edwards
Playing in the snow at grandma's


Tubing
Seeing the lights and Christmas Village
Sherri & Brad's family
Our familyLisa and Dallas
The grandchildren that were there for Christmas with grandma and grandpa
The Treehouse
We went to the Treehouse one day in Ogden. This place is one of my favorites to visit. They have so many fun things for the kids. Jake on the horseDallas on the horse

CooperInside the teepee
Future President? Uh, hope not!
In the 'oval office'
Lisa and her cute Dallas
Cooper thought the lego area was amazing. He kept trying to climb inside this wheel barrow


Firefighter Jake
EMILY
One of my best friends, Emily just had twins. We were able to go visit. They are adorable! It was so good to see her!
NEW YEARS at the Vick's
Jeremy & Brooke, Shad & Jen, Alex and my parent
Dallen looking oh so cool. All the boys requested super spiked hair
After New Years... or actually I think we went for 11pm
Happy New Years!
Some didn't quite make it to the new year
Adult Night Out
We usually are all together with the kids. There are over 20 grandchildren on my side so adult time doesn't really exist. We decided to take a night without kids and we went to Carinos. We had so much fun! I am going to requ