The Close of 2014

Savannah hosted her 2nd annual gingerbread decorating party and these cuties also made some impressive Ugly Christmas Sweaters to wear to school!

If you were to ask any of us our favorite holiday of the year I'm pretty sure our answers would be unanimously CHRISTMAS!!! The gift giving that takes place between cousins is always heart felt and brings the season full circle. 

The highlight for our family was being able to experience just exactly a white Christmas feels like!

One week in the mountains of Utah spent snowmobiling, snowboarding, and snowball throwing. There was plenty of snow to play in and we loved every minute of it. 

It's A Charlie Brown Christmas

Picking out our tree this year was simplified quite a bit being short 2 opinions of the perfect tree. Gerald walked right up to the tallest skinniest tree on the whole lot and was convinced he had found it! The girls and I looked at eachother turned around and kept looking at our options but for some reason we all kept going back to the tall Charlie Brown Tree. We decided that Gerald should have the final say this year in picking the perfect tree after all, he is out numbered 3-1 these days in just about everything. After a little trimming on top and more on the bottom our Charlie Brown Tree is a perfect fit! 

Our favorite part of getting our tree every year is picking out a tree for the missionaries as well. Delivering it to their door without being seeing is always exciting and keeping a secret proves to be near impossible. This year we have a set of Elder and Sister Missionaries so it  was twice the fun! 

Trevor and his roommate Jordan made it home and were able to help decorate the tree. The Elders even popped in to help too! Between ukulele Christmas Music, trying to get lights to the top of our 15 ft tree and lots of laughter, it officially feels like Christmas! 

Almost forgot Halloween...

We may not have carved pumpkins this year, but Halloween did still manage to come.
Savannah rocked the hippie costume! 

Lancer Season Ends

Trevor's 2014 football season ended with a lively crowd in the stands cheering him on. Family from Idaho, Utah and Arizona were all there to support! Savannah said it best while driving in the car on the way to the game. "I really like how supportive our family is!" I couldn't agree with her more and to tell you the truth it brought unexpected tears to my eyes on Sunday evening when reflecting on the weekend. We are so fortunate to have both sides of the family that love and support one another through it all. Family that is willing to pull an all nighter just to play at the beach for the afternoon and catch a football game... only to get back in the car and drive home!  

FAMILY ~ We may not have it all together...But together we have it all!

SOLVANG, CA

 Trevor's second to last game was in Santa Maria, CA. We've been fortunate enough to attend all of his games this season and it was definitely in our favor this weekend! While driving to the game on Saturday we went through quite a bit of rain making Sunday the most beautiful Fall day ever and having Trevor with us was an added bonus. Outdoor adventures and picking berries off the vine in the fresh cool air had each of us appreciating Gods creations at their finest!

Yes...Gerald is inside the porta-potty!