Gymnastics...the new adventure!

Starting in January, Noah and Paige are now taking Gymnastics. I love the name of Noah's all boy class, "Sick and Twisted." To help the boys gain skills for tumbling, snow boarding, rock climbing, skate boarding, and doing flips on the tramp. He loves it. Paige is in a co-ed class and loves that her gymnastics class is at night and each time there is something new to do (climb a rope, balance beam, tricks on the tramp, uneven bars, etc.). Always entertaining to watch and they love it.

Cousin Ollie is an Angel

Awwh...isn't he so cute. An angel. I love to peak at Ollie when he is sleeping. Here he is taking a nap. What a cutie. We love him.

Christmas Sunday Best

Jeremy and Noah are like lightning when we come home from church. They were out of their Christmas church clothes before I could blink and ask to take a family Christmas photo. So here is our mother-daughter Christmas Sunday photo. Paige and I are showing off our new outfits we got for Christmas.

Christmas Morning 2010

Here are a few Christmas morning photos. We feel very blessed and a little spoiled. Giving gifts is fun.

This Christmas we were lucky enough to have Grandpa Roger, Grandma Cami, Aunt Hillary, and Cousin Oliver spend it with us. We had a yummy dinner for Christmas Eve, followed by a fun and spiritual Christmas Eve talent show. We traditionally go snow skiing Christmas day, but the kids were too attached to their new toys to leave them for even a moment. I being pregnant couldn't go, Hillary and my parents didn't want to go, so Jeremy was a good sport and stayed home with the kids. After our traditional Swedish Pancake breakfast, we hung out till we went to a movie later that day. Christmas is the best!

Visiting With Family for Christmas

For Christmas Aunt Laurel was in town so we were happy to go and visit her along with Grandma Karen and Grandma Thompson. We exchanged gifts. The kids were excited to get to open a few Christmas presents a few days before Christmas. It was nice to spend time together.

Christmas Is About Giving

This year our family, along with Grandpa Roger, Grandma Cami, Grandpa Michael, Grandpa Sharon, Uncle Taber, Aunt Mini, and our friends the Smith family and the Richardson family, gave Christmas to another family. We did this instead of giving gifts to each other as extended family members. We hope to make this a tradition. It was really nice to give to others that really need and appreciate it. Especially when we feel so blessed. Giving really feels the soul more than receiving.

2010 Christmas Ward Party

For our ward Christmas Party the kids and I decided to go in festive attire. Thirty minutes before it started I went to each of our closets and pulled out our most Christmas festive casual items. I even put poinsettias in Paige's hair. We had a good time at the party. We love our ward. Lots of great people to see and talk to.