Snowboarding and Sledding

We had so much fun, we went snowboarding on Christmas Eve. We went with my sister Ashley, my brother Kyle, and his girlfriend Kaitlyn. David was such a good sport going snowboarding. He did awesome for it only being his second time.

We also got to go sledding with my dads family down in Mount Pleasant, Utah. We always do it every year with the extended family

It was so much fun seeing my Uncle Don, Aunt Jana and their kids that we don't see much since they live in Arizona. After we went sledding we had the family luncheon we always have afterwards. Mmm...Grandma's soup!

Christmas Day

We had such a fun Christmas this year. We spent it at my parents house in Spanish Fork, Utah. We actually moved to my parents house for a few weeks after moving out of our house in Provo. We had so much fun being able to spend time with the Shelley side during the holidays.

Jackson just loved eating popcorn out of our Christmas popcorn tin. We usually get one for Christmas every year.











I wasn't quite sure what Jackson was doing here. But I thought it was a funny picture. He also loved putting these beads around his neck and then would take them off. He'd do it constantly. It kept him busy for a while. He does such funny things sometimes.









Jackson modeling with his beads.



Jackson had so much fun playing with his cousin Alexa and Nathan on Christmas. They had so much fun with their Christmas toys.




We got Jackson some fun toys like the Little People City, an Elmo sleeping bag (Jackson just loves Elmo) and some Elmo movies, lots of clothes, a teepie, and lots of other fun toys. We also got lots of fun gifts from Jacksons grandparents on both sides. Thanks so much!
We are sure blessed to have such great family that helps us through everything and makes us who we are.

Mommy spending time with the girls

It was so much fun, I was able to spend some time with my girlfriends from Highschool before we left Utah. We went to Olive Garden and had dinner together. Now that we all almost have children it's not so easy to all find a good time for us to get together. It's always so much fun though when we are able to. Left to Right: Katie, Karen, Lauren, Libby, Amber, Amber, and me (Amber) He..He...

This was me with my two other friends that are both Ambers. In Highschool it was so funny when we were always together and people would say Amber and all of us would turn around in response. It was always so funny. We all always had so much fun together.

I love all these girls, thanks for being such good friends!

Lights at Temple Square

We had so much fun going to the Salt Lake Temple during the Christmas season. The temple always looks so pretty with all the lights.

It was pretty cold there so we weren't able to stay forever.
We didn't get him out so that he wouldn't be running around, but he seemed to really
like the lights. A classic tradition of course. It seemed like

everyone else wanted to continue the tradition too. It was packed

completely the Sunday before Christmas.

Jackson loves wearing his BYU beenie. It reminds him of the BYU football games we always had fun going to.

Jackson In Balls

I got Jackson some balls for him to play in. He was so happy jumping in them while in his crib.

OUR TRIP TO CALIFORNIA FOR THANKSGIVING

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palmtrees! We had so much fun going to California for Thanksgiving this year. We enjoyed the nice weather, being able to go to the Los Angeles Temple and doing a session while Davids parents watched Jackson. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

We also got to eat some Korean food in Korea town, which wasn't very far from the temple with Davids parents. We all loved it. Mmmm..... kimchi!

We also got to see Uncle Marc and Aunt Cindy and their kids. Grant is such a cute kid. Always so full of energy. We had such a blast playing kickball and football one day with them at the park. They were all such great athletes.

Jacob was always so good with his baby sister Cambrie. It's so fun to finally have one neice on that side. Hopefully there will be more granddaughters.

Downtown Indianapolis

Before we left Indianapolis to fly to California we had some time to spend in the downtown of Indi, so they call it. It's a pretty big city. It's nice because it'll be only 45 minutes away from where we will live.


Here are some pictures we took around the city.

Jackson got pretty scared of these mammoths even though they really weren't real. He's so funny sometimes.

I love this picture of Jackson on a saddle. He was all smiles with his BYU beenie on. We walked around the Indiana State Museum which was humongous. We weren't able to go inside, maybe next time.



This is Davids work Cummins that he'll be working at starting February. Its not the prettiest building to look at, actually it looks like a dungion, but it'll be a great company for him and our family.

We got to rent this really nice car while we were out there looking for a house.







We spent many hours in the airport flying to Indiana and California. Jackson did really good for flying about five hours to Indiana then four hours to California and then a few hours back to Utah. He started to feel at home in the airport. He loved to run around the airport while we had many hours of layovers in Pheonix, Arizona.

This is a picture of David and Jackson right before they got on the plane.

Jackson was still smiling although the long hours we just spent on the plane.

HALLOWEEN!!

Sorry these pictures are so late. It's been a crazy and busy few months. We had so much fun throwing the Halloween Party for my family this year at our house though. What a good looking bunch. Everyone looked great! As you can tell, Kyle and his date Kaitlyn came as a farmer and a cow which was a way cute idea, loved the udder and the overalls.

Tyler and Kristi dressed up as a couple from the disco years and little Alexa was a cute little cat. We loved the hair you guys!!!

Alisha and Ronnie dressed up as indifferents and little Nathan was a cute little froggie. They're always so creative with anything you can find. Such a fun idea.

Grandma and Grandpa Shelley and Ashley were the 3 blind mice. Mom, you are always so creative. I couldn't have ever thought of such an adorable idea.

We then had a few games during the Halloween Party. We had a mummy contest of who could get a whole role of toilet paper roled around one person the fastest. We also played Halloween Bingo. It seemed like they got pretty wound up.

It was so much fun winding Kaitlyn, Garrett and Ronnie up in toilet paper. It got pretty messy. Ronnie, Alisha, Tyler, and Kristi won the mummy contest. Then Kaitlyn won the game of Bingo.

WE LOVE YOU GARRETT!

We were so glad that our little Garrett was able to be at the Halloween party. He just left to go on his mission to the Dallas, Texas mission just last Monday. We love you Garrett! Good luck, you'll be an awesome missionary out there.

For Halloween this year we dressed up as Lois Lane, Clark Kent (superman in disguise) and little superman.

We went trick or treating this year with Jackson. It was a little cold so we didn't get to go to many houses, but it was plenty for him, and of course a few for us.

Jackson loves to look for airplanes flying in the sky. Here he saw one even at night...or maybe he saw Superman...

We had so much fun carving these pumpkins. Lets see if you can all guess who carved which one.