Christmas 2014 Utah Trip

The flights there went pretty well. We were full of excitement!

Katelyn started to get restless towards the end, and started crawling everywhere. So thankful for patient people who sat by us! Ben was behind me with Troy. We switched the next flight.

New pajamas from Grandma are exciting to these boys. The boys made themselves at home very quickly.

Liam found my dad's bugle. He carried it around the whole day. Fitting, since his name is Liam Timothy. 

Skip ahead to Christmas morning.. this boy loves his Grandma. It was a very fun morning! It was probably the best Christmas ever because we loved being home with our families so much and Troy and Liam really got into Christmas morning. 

Katelyn warmed up to people a lot quicker this trip. 

I'm always really bad at getting pictures with my family because I would rather hold my nieces and nephew! We took these pictures for Alan and Malika's wedding. The idea was good, but the actual picture taking was kind of hilarious. 6 kids 5 and under = bad pictures.

This was the best we got..

Hahahaha. Katelyn was crying. Hayden was falling over. Halli was refusing to sit by anyone. Tim was picture perfect as always. Troy had to be convinced with candy to smile. He was pretty convincing though. We forgot to warn them that we would be in church clothes for the pictures. Troy does not like collars. Liam can't ever stop moving or putting his hand over his mouth when he's excited by everyone's attention. I decided by the end to just take individuals at another time. Probably would have been smarter from the beginning. 

Katelyn loved my mom's cupboards. I thought she outgrew this.. but it kept her occupied for quite awhile. Luckily, my mom is very patient! It can be quite the change to have a toddler messing in the house.

Grandma (Kaylene) got the kids coats. Hurray! They wore adult gloves and went and played in the snow. 

Once they discovered the Wii, it kind of ruled our lives. We had to be very specific about when and how long they could play. I think Troy could have just saw there for days. They haven't played nintendo since ours was struck by the lightning. I'm not sure we will get another one... but I'm glad they enjoyed it on the vacation!

Alit showed the boys how to do pushups. Troy has been doing them ever since. He thinks they are so cool and asks me to watch him.

Ben and I got to go skiing! It was actually a really good day when we went. Loved this date.