Thanksgiving 2012

 Andy, Dad, Taylor, and me playing Whirly Ball.

 Thanksgiving Day with friends, and family.

 Grandpa and the kids at Chick Fil A.

 Callie and Dallin.  She was such a great helper.

 Grandma and the kids playing a game.

 We had a picnic and then went on a hike.  It was 80 degrees that day.  Way too hot for November.

 Preston and Baylee.

 We had early Christmas with my family so we didn't have to ship the presents.

 All the cousins.

Grandma bought the girls matching christmas outfits They were excited to wear them to church.


Wednesday afternoon we had a picnic and went on a hike.  It was such a nice day.  Wednesday night all the adults went on a date.  We went to a barbeque place and then went to play Whirly Ball.  It was so fun.  It is a mix of bumber cars, lacross, and basketball in one.  We got to play for an hour.  Thank goodness because the last 30 minutes I finally got the hang of it.  The cars were fun to just drive around.  On Thursday Ashley, my Mom, and I cooked all morning and Andy fried the turkey.  Everything was delicious.  The late afternoon we went to Taylor's family friends for dessert.  Thursday night Ashley, Taylor, Andy and I went to Walmart for early black Friday shopping.  We didn't get home until 12:30.  Ashley and I were so tired.  We got hardly stand it.  It was fun to be together.  Friday morning we went shopping and ate lunch at Chick Fil A.  Saturday  we went to the movies and saw Wreck it Ralph.  It was actually really cute.  The previews didn't do it justice.  Sunday we went to sacrament and then drove home.  We really enjoyed hanging out with my parents and Ashley's family.  The kids didn't get sick until we got home.  We all got colds, coughs, and pink eye.

Dallin's 1st Birthday!

So Dallin's 1st birthday was not very special.  I felt bad.  I had to take Baylee and Sydney to school so Dallin got to ride facing forward in his big carseat.  He smiled the whole way.  For some reason he was super fussy.  He refused to take a nap.  He opened some presents.  Unfortunately he is allergic to everything but bananas, strawberries, mangos, rice, and potatoes.  So no cake for him. After school was out we picked Baylee up and headed to Texas for Thanksgiving.  Dallin cried the first hour an a half.  He finally went to sleep after he ate dinner.  We got to my sisters house at 9pm and he didn't fall asleep until 12:30am.  It was a rough day for Dallin.  Poor Dallin.  Hopefully he will grow out of his allergies.

We love Dallin so much.  He is the cutest, sweetest little boy ever.  He melts my heart.  I never understand the relationship that Moms and sons have, but now I do.  This year has been really challenging.  His allergies have been hard for all of us.  I have grown so much in my faith and testimony.  I am very grateful to have Dallin in our family.  Even though he has been a fussy baby this past year he is so important to us and we would never change anything about this year.