BYU Basketball

We had a great time as a family attending the BYU / CSU basketball game on Saturday. We made the trek up to Fort Collins and cheered Jimmer and the Cougars on. We were able to sit with three other families of our Cougar friends which was fun too. It was a loud sellout crowd, but we Cougar fans made our presence known. It is so fun to watch BYU play this year when they are so good. The boys enjoyed their hot dogs, pretzels, soda pop, and candy. That is still the highlight for them, especially for Tanner and McKay. Colorado State tried to make a run for it at the end of the game to catch BYU, but BYU was able to hold on and ended the game: BYU- 94 CSU- 85. Jimmer tore it up with 42 points; he really is amazing! It will be so fun to see just how far the Cougars can go this year. GO COUGARS!

Celebrating Christmas

We had a great month of December preparing for Christmas. We were able to take in some zoo lights with cousins, and hit up the Bass Pro Shop's Winter Wonderland with some friends. This made for two Santa visits. I was surprised how much Tanner loved Santa and was not scared of him at all, even with his stranger anxiety. Every man that has a long white beard is Santa to Tanner. He even called a man in the grocery store the other day Santa because his beard fit the profile.

On Christmas eve we were lucky to go enjoy a wonderful Christmas program at our friends, the Yorks. All the boys dressed up in nativity clothes and put on a program with music and scripture. Even Tanner got into the all dressing up and was the fourth wise man. I am not sure exactly what Carter is doing in the picture, but I guess he thought that is what a wise face would look like.

Christmas morning was spent on our own. The boys hid from Santa early Christmas morning and were able to watch him deliver their gifts. They were so excited for what he brought them. Below are the boys enjoying some of their gifts. It was a really nice and relaxing family day.



It was good to have a relaxing Christmas because the early next morning we were off on a 8 hour drive to Utah. The drive was not too bad and the weather, for once, cooperated. Even though some illness plagued our week, we still had a great time. Below my Dad, Lamont, Carter, and McKay are enjoying building up their coin collections.

Tanner enjoyed playing blocks with cousin Cameron.

The three boys enjoying Toy Story 3 with Grandma.