Merry Christmas!

Here are a few shots of our family Temple Square trip to see the lights.  It was soo cold and windy!  We got to see my parents and little sister before they went back to California.  The temple really is beautiful!  

 Some highlights:

~While we were there, we stopped at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.  An nice elderly man offered to buy Nate for 115 million dollars.  Sorry, you're going to have to increase your offer for lots more than that!

~We got gingerbread cookies from Deseret Book.  If you haven't been to the updated one near temple square, there's a really cool train inside that "makes" gingerbread cookies.  Yum!

~A group of Madrigals sang to us.

~We saw Richard Elliot (or so we think) in the Tabernacle playing the organ.  Cool!

~A bagpipe player (who really needed some serious winter clothes on-not just his Scottish costume) played Christmas tunes for us. 

Cousins

Yesterday, we took a quick trip and a long drive to St. George for my grandpa's wedding.  I've never been to an all-white wedding before, but I thought it was beautiful.  The sealing was simple and sweet.   My boys were much better than I expected for the drive, even though it was long.

Faye was so cute giving Grandpa a kiss, but kids are too quick for the camera. 

Camden sure loved being a big boy with his cousins.  

They were pretty good sports about letting him tag along.

 

Grandchildren and great grandchildren (Camden and Nate) with Grandpa

Love you, Grandpa!

6 months!

 Nate is already 6 months old!  He is on the skinny tall side, weighing 16-and-a-smidge pounds and is 27.25 inches tall--which means he has less than an inch until he needs to be in a big boy car seat.  I can hardly believe how fast he's growing up.  

Nate's 6 Favorite Things:
 1. Camden laughing.  Camden jumping.  Camden running.  Camden squishing him (but not too hard).  Camden_________ (you fill in the blank).
2. People.  He is rarely grumpy in public because he likes to be around so many people.
3. Food.  (oatmeal, apples, pears, carrots, green beans, and bell peppers)
4. Being tickled
5. Bath time!
6. Newspaper

Nate's 6 least favorite things:
1. Having the toy he's playing with taken away (including if he didn't even like the toy--he still gets mad--or if he drops the toy he's playing with.)  Boy, does he have a temper!
2. Not being able to crawl forward.  He scoot/crawls himself backward until he gets stuck.  Then he gets MAD.
3. Loud sudden noises.
4. Feeling as though he's being ignored
5. Sitting in his car seat or high chair very long
6. Being hungry

Nate backed up and got stuck under the piano bench. 

Fall leaves

Ready to crawl!

Smiles!

Close to tears