The rest of December 2011!!!

A few other things we did to finish off 2011:

A visit to Temple Square

 




A sisters overnight getaway!



this is how we fashionably keep track of the room key while in the hot tub!



We went to lunch with mom at Gardiner Village and then the plan was to take Sister Pictures. This was kinda the only great one we got because it was literally FREEZING!!! The wind was blowing awful and just added to the cold. There were a few others but they are some of the ones I can't seem to get off the DVD.



Playing at the Wall to Wall Trampoline and foam pit 'Get Air' facility at the Sportsplex!



Lots of fun park time!

 



Being silly and having fun with cousins

 

Our Wonderful Christmas Eve and DAY!
(I have a ton more pictures I would love to share but all these pictures I took with my mom's camera and I was having a hard time getting them off the DVD's I burned. Maybe another time!)

 

 

 

And then Bringing in the NEW YEAR!!!

2012...Here's to a great NEW year!

What better way to start off the New Year than with a Baby Blessing! My nephew Allen was blessed and it was beautiful. Love you Brent and Shalamar!



Olivia was LOVING the brownies and just plopped herself at the dessert table and helped herself!



The weather was so wonderful! We totally took advantage





My BFF's 2 yr old Eli





Carrie's 4 yr old Jace. Him and Jayden had fun playing together!

 

WE were blessed with an opportunity to go meet up with my Brother Jaron and his beautiful little family in Logan



Janine's little Micaela was laying on the floor for Jacob to walk over her. Soon there was a line up from other kiddo's at McDonalds!



Finally some New Year Snow! A Packer family Tradition



 





 



Grandpa plans the best Family HOme Evenings!



 

I'm just about the luckiest girl EVER (my hubby missed me!)



Maliyah's Creation she made from her scrapbook/craft kit.



Our return home was fun, and eventful (tickets {again!} traffic) But we were so happy to be home and with Duck.

Yay! Snow! The kids had a blast and our little town looked beautiful!







And what treat do you indulge in after your body has frozen in wet snow?



Well snow cones of course!

Sledding and New Years! Happy 2011

I took the kids sledding one afternoon this last week and it was FREEZING! The wind was blowing so hard and it was seriously like 15 degrees. Savannah and Jayden lasted about 3 minutes before I put them in the car with a movie. I only went outside occasionally to take pictures of my two die hards...Maliyah and Kyson who lasted for 45 minutes! They are crazy. I just enjoyed watching them from the warmth of the car!





 



 

See that powder that was on his hat!? That's not from sliding down the hill. This was before we even got to the hill, that was just the snow blowing on us!



We went sledding again on Friday with Dad at a place called Annie Creek. It's just below crater lake and probably has snow year round! It was pretty cold too, but there wasn't wind thank heavens, there are firepits at the top of the hill to stay warm by and a small lodge with a stove and picnic tables. It was super fun and totally perfect (well okay about 15 degrees warmer would have been perfect!) But a ton of our friends headed up there and we all had a blast!(of course no pictures)

Happy New Year! We enjoyed a relaxing new Years eve and New YEars! In fact the whole week was awesome. I totally slept in every morning, we went to the GYM late, played with the kids, sat around...was LAZY and it was awesome! Just to for once in heck a long Long time...we just spent some relaxed time together and I'm SO not excited for our craziness to start again tomorrow.

Watching a movie waiting for midnight to come!

  

The rest of the New Year pictures aren't anything fabulous, but we had fun making lots of noise, eating Pumpkin pie and icecream and staying up until 1 am! I put them in a slideshow below.