This Christmas was a little different. We were not close to family, so it was just our little family creating traditions.
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| Our first turkey! Wayne is trying to find the neck.... It was still a little frozen. |
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| Big girl singing jingle bells and dancing in circles. |
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| Christmas morning! From kitchen to excavators, and dolls to treats.... it was definitely a success. |
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| Kaylee learned how to say please on Christmas because there were so many treats and goodies. |
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| The day after Christmas, we hit the road to go to Beaver Dam, AZ. We stopped at the Las Vegas temple. |
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| We spent a few days with my grandmother, parents, and sister. We visited the St. George Tabernacle. |
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| Landon and Kaylee loved playing with their cousins! |
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| We also went to the St. George temple. |
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| Melissa and her kiddos |
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| The lights were beautiful! |
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| Although it was a little chaotic at times, we had a wonderful time together. Thanks Grandma for letting us invade your house! Thanks Mom, Dad, and Melissa for coming to see us :-) |
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| On the way back to Cali, we stopped at Lake Mead National Rec. Area |
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| And... Hoover Dam! Pretty awesome. |
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| This is from the bypass bridge looking down to Hoover Dam. |
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| Landon was more interested in the bridge. |
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| We were on top of that bridge on the left. This is the Hoover Dam from the opposite side. |
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| This little girl loves to cook like Mommy. |
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| Although it was after Christmas, we decided to use the cookie cutters Landon gave me for Christmas to make cookies for FHE/New Years Eve. We were all getting colds, so we just chilled at home. |
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| Wayne says this is therapeutic. Glad to help! |
Although 2012 has been an interesting year with many challenges and changes, I am grateful for them. We have grown closer as a little family. Hopefully 2013 is a good year! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
