Winter Has Arrived

After a dry, warm December -finally some snow!

 Matt's "mini-man"

January Skies

Happy Birthday, Scott!

I can't believe Scott is 18! My sweet little, enthusiastic, fearless, talkative boy with the big smile is all grown up.  Big things are ahead in the next year and I am so proud of the path Scott is on.  

Happy Birthday, Scott!

Merry Christmas!

I didn't take pictures of the kids with their presents this year, but don't worry, Santa didn't forget them.  Here is our tree after all the presents were cleared out, since I forgot to take one before Christmas.  It always looks a little lonely after Christmas is over, but it's still the last part of my Christmas decor that I take down.  I always hate to see it go.  'Til next year!

Christmas Eve

 Christmas Eve Prime Rib dinner with Grandma and Grandpa O. and Mommer and Grandpa L.

 New PJs were BYU sweats this year

 Obligatory asleep on the stairs picture.  This worked better when they were a little shorter.

 I'm not sure what prompted this picture.  They look like they're guarding the Christmas tree, but I think it's one of Scott's tough guy poses and everyone else is copying him.

Finally, everyone is smiling normally! These pictures can be hard to come by.  Merry Christmas!

Soccer Team Service Project

Camille's Home!

...And she gets a turn at gingerbread house making, too!

Matthew's Choir Concert

Matthew performed in an awesome Christmas Choir Concert.  Even Santa thought so!

Lasagna Party

We had our annual Lasagna Party with the Lane family at our house but I didn't get a lot of pictures -just this one of a newspaper search game.  One highlight -Steve and Karleen (far left in the above picture) announced their engagement!

It was our last time seeing Olga before she returns to Russia.

Heartbeats

This year I had the opportunity to sing with a choir called the Heartbeats.  It is made up of volunteers from the Weber County Medical Alliance, which is made up of spouses of doctors in Weber county.  We started practicing in September and spent the first three weeks of December singing at various senior centers and other locations around Ogden.  It was a lot of fun and very rewarding.  I made many new friends and spread some Christmas cheer.