Lincoln's Birthday

Lincoln was SO excited for his birthday!  He came down in the morning to find banners and balloons and yelled out, "It's my birthday party and now I'm 6 years old!"  He's the best!  The day before his birthday, a saturday which he called his "birthday eve" we had a birthday party for him and went to Chuck E Cheese with Boston Updike, Davis Dulgarian, and Preston Erickson (all from his primary class).  They were all so cute in the car and I loved listening to their little chatter in the backseat about what they were most excited to do at Chuck E Cheese.

Lincoln helped me make his birthday cake which was extremely delicious.  He was super excited about putting the Kit Kats around the sides.  They are his favorite!

Chuck E Cheese was a huge hit!  Poor Griffey was sick but everything else was amazing!  The boys loved every minute!

The next day, a Sunday, was his birthday and he was SO happy!  We woke up and opened presents and went to church.  

After church we came home and partied the rest of the day.  He is such an amazing boy and so full of happiness.  His favorite food is yogurt, favorite color is red, loves school and playing with his friends, favorite toys are legos, and he loves skittles.  He has currently lost two teeth so far and checks his teeth each night to see if any are wiggly.  

1. Linkers.

2. Lincs.

3. Lincie Boy!

Christmas Break in Utah!

Wow, I don't know where to begin to explain Christmas Break.  Honestly, it was magical!  The drive there was slow and cold but we made it and that's all that matters!  The boys were in heaven and loved every second.  The day after we got there was my dads birthday so we hung out there and celebrated him and my parents anniversary.  

Trevor got asked to a dance...it's so fun to have a brother in high school!! 

  Went to the children's museum with Grandma Claire.  She is such a good sport to hang out with us and take us to lunch!

 Watching Planes with Papa and Trevor!

 The Dustin Family Extravaganza did not disappoint!  We went bowling and this year had a gingerbread house making competition.  Every was so fun about it and built great houses.  My boys loved the bowling!

 That face loves a good bowl!

 The Mellor Family party was so fun as well!  We partied hard on Christmas Eve with delicious food, games, gifts, and playing in the fresh snow!

 And acting out the story of Christ's birth

 I got to hold Navy a bunch which made me extremely happy!  I can't wait to hold my baby!

 Christmas Day was so magical.  Lincoln asked Santa for a watch and a trampoline, so the tramp was delivered to Colorado and the watch was at Nanas.  He was so excited!  Griffin had asked Santa for a train and loved the one he got!  It was so fun to watch their sweet faces light up when they saw their gifts.  They are the best!

 Headed to church!  It feels so right to have Christmas on a Sunday where you can go and sing and think about the real reason for the season, especially that day.  Love this crew!  And my ever growing belly :)

 I love this picture of Lincoln and his watch, notice the picture on his watch.  It's the pic he had just taken of me and Brett :)

 Christmas day fun!!

 Very happy Lincoln with a watch and a camera!

 Sledding!

 We went to an aquarium at the Layton Mall with my mom and Trevor.  It was awesome!  Griffin was in heaven!  This pic is blurry but he was so ecstatically happy the whole time!  (This pic was him look at the giant snake behind the glass, I don't know how he loves it so much but he does!)

 We went into a cage and fed the birds and Griffin's happy squeal the entire time was the cutest thing ever.  He was insanely happy!

 We went to Bob's office where he removed a bump from the top of Brett's head.  Fun to see Bob in action and so nice to have that bump gone!

 It was a great break and so fun to be with family!  We loved every second and are so grateful to have such incredible people in our lives.  We are truly so blessed and feel so lucky!  Wishing we were still there partying with family!

1. Christmas

2. Family

3. Being together!

December Highlights

Before leaving for Utah, this is what happened...

Watched the Christmas devotional with the boys...

 Went to Brett's "Roarin' 20's" work party downtown at Hotel Monaco...

 The boys watched Papa Dustin's "favorite movie" that we rented from the library...

 Enjoyed seeing Santa at the Ward Christmas Party...

 Enjoyed being with these fine gentlemen..

 Taught Lincoln's class for the last time...

 Watched Lincoln do math with goldfish. 1+2=3....

 Got to volunteer for Lincoln's class christmas party...he is the cutest!

 Loved Griffin's post-nap face...

 Went sledding when it was zero degrees outside and yet, the boys still loved it...

Santa

My favorite thing about Brett's job is his versatility.  He works from home a lot and it is so fun when he takes little breaks to play with the boys.  Our unfinished basement has proven to be the most valuable part of the home for the boys.  They love to play down there for hours on end.  Their favorite activity is called "Road Trip", of course made up by Brett, where they zoom around the basement (always following Lincoln), fuel up at different gas stations, and zoom past barricades and through paths.  They are so fun to watch!  Griffin is surprisingly fast at it too!

 On this particular day we went and took the boys to the mall to see Santa.  We went during nap and school time so we were able to just walk right up and talk to him.  It was so great and the boys were star struck!

 After we walked around and got some dinner at the food court.  It's days like that where I stand back and am so grateful for my life, my husband, my boys, and my next boy to come.  It was a fun afternoon.