Disney on Ice

My sister won tickets to Disney on Ice and let us go with her and her family. We are so happy she invited us (THANKS AGAIN!). We had such a good time! Zack absolutely loved it, and like a lot of things, he keeps asking if we can go again. It was a lot of fun to go with my nieces too! They are so funny!

Zack's first time bowling

We had a family night where we took Zack bowling and then to dinner. To say he loved bowling is an understatement!! We all had so much fun, and he asks all the time now if we can go again. Haha, he even beat Jared's score!! And honestly, Jared was trying! Too fun!

February Fun!

We had a busy and crazy February, with not many pictures to go with it. SAD! But to do a quick recap...
We were able to go to a friend's cabin for a weekend, and that was a lot of fun! We went got to go on snowmobiles for the first time (yay!), we took Zack sledding, and we just relaxed a lot. I am seriously so mad at myself for forgetting my camera that weekend, since it was a lot of firsts for all of us. Either way, it was a fun time!
For Valentine's Day, we took Zack out to dinner with us, and then to Toys R Us where he picked out a new tool! He loves his tools, so it was a fun time for him!
Then we were able to go to St. George to visit the fam and also go to the Parade of Homes. There are always a lot of fun homes there, so we were glad for the time away, and just to have an extra excuse to go south!

Monster Truck Show

For one of Jared's Christmas presents, I gave him tickets to the Monster Truck Show. I had never been before, but Jared said they were fun. So we went on January 7th, and besides the loudness and smell of exhaust, it was a lot of fun!!! We'll probably take Zack next year.

December/Christmas Fun!

Well it's time to post Christmas!
What a fun time we had in December this year! We kept busy with family and friends and just being the three of us! Some of the things we did through December were the Festival of Trees, Christmas party with friends, one with Jared's family, one with our townhome community, and one with our ward. Zack got to sit on Santa's lap at a couple different places. I also played the piano for the Christmas choir program again this year (a lot of time and work, but always worth it in the end.).

For Christmas Eve this year, we took Zack on the Frontrunner train downtown and then took Trax into Temple Square to see the lights. We all loved that! It was such a fun night together, and Zack LOVED the train!!



Christmas morning we opened presents from Santa, and it was such a blast having Zack so excited to FINALLY open presents (He was so patient all through Dec. seeing them under the tree.)! After that, we went to Jared's parents house for the usual brunch and gifts. Following that we went to my grandparent's house to visit them for Christmas.
My mom and sister's were able to come from St. George over the New Year holiday, so it was fun to spend some time with them, even though most of them were sick!

Happy 90th Birthday, Grandpa!

I love this picture of him... having Christ in the picture with him describes him well!

On December 2nd my Grandpa Black turned 90 years old!! What a sweet and cute old man he is! I have some really fun memories of him and have looked up to him and his example for so many years. It was so fun to be able to celebrate his big day! There was an open house for him on December 4th, and it was great to see all people who came to show their love.

Thanksgiving in St. George!

We got to go to St. George for Thanksgiving this year, and what a fun time we had! It was still cold there, but nothing like what home was, so we were happy to be warmer. We left on Tuesday and just played and got ready for the big thankful day! Thanksgiving dinner was super YUM (thanks Mom and Jo for the yummy-ness!) and after dinner we went to see "Tangled". What a cute movie. Could be one of my fav's from Disney for a while now too.




Then onto Black Friday! This is always a highlight for all of us!! Jared, Beck and I went to the Walmart midnight sale. WHAT A JOKE!!! St. George is not the place to shop BF for sure. Lots of people (and I know what a lot of people are, but this was bad!). Then we were going to go to Target, but after seeing Walmart, we were done for the night (LAME, right?!). But we were up early and out the door and were still successful.

Later Friday night, we went to the St. George Temple for a little devotional type thing and lighting of their lights. That was really fun to be there for that.

Then on Saturday night we went to Tuachan to see their lights, go on a little train ride, see Santa, and a live Nativity. HIGHLIGHT of my Christmas so far (And yes, it's only the 2nd of December, but it will be a hard one to beat!). What a fun time... Zack and Talon loved the lights, seeing Santa, and the train the best! What a great way to get into the Christmas holiday spirit!!





THANKS FAM FOR EVERYTHING... I LOVE YOU ALL!