Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I have not made time for blogging lately, but since I didn't send out Christmas cards this year, I thought I would post some pics of what we've been up to lately.

We spent Thanksgiving at our house with some of my family and some of Troy's family. So much fun! I cooked my very first turkey and it was delicious! And I didn't take a single photo of Thanksgiving. I am disappointed about that, but I was so busy cooking and hosting and having fun that I forgot about the camera.

The Christmas season was a busy one for us. I was excited for Jordan to have some traditions and for me to have some memories of his first Christmas.

We went to the Festival of Trees, Lights at Temple Square, extended family parties x3, plus Christmas Eve with the Fuller's and Christmas Day with the Koon's. What a wonderful Season to remember our Savior and His life. I have been counting my blessings this season - there is nothing like a 6-month old at Christmas to remind me how blessed I am. Jordan is truly a delight. He is full of personality, loves to snuggle, but wants to be independent and roll around the house. He watches every word and sound we make with our mouth and experiments with his own sounds - he is quite the talker (like his mom). We feel so blessed to have him around, and cannot imagine our lives without him.

Here is a photo story of what we've been doing the last month:
Festival of Trees:



Jordan found his feet and is now obsessed with them:

Jordan met Santa at Daycare and was not sure what to think:


Downtown to see the lights with the family:

Cousin Luke would not be cold!



Christmas Eve at Grandma & Grandpa's:


I am in love with his Christmas PJ's:

Santa found our house (and we set up toys from Grandma & Grandpa so he could play with them too):







At Grandma & Grandpa's Christmas Day:
(Jordan's face is hilarious in this picture)

Chillin' with Uncle Kyle:

Grandma's Special Present:


I realize that I took mostly pictures of Jordan over the holiday season. Troy and I need to do a better job of putting ourselves in the pictures! We were there too. We had a wonderful Christmas and think that Christmas with kids is awesome!