We had a personal visit from Santa!
Jude was terrified at first & ran into the kitchen.He warmed up a bit.
Golden Star came again this year to visit. One of our favorite mornings was to see his mad Etch a Sketch skills!
Christmas Eve--the ONLY time the entire season at the mall--to see the train for Jude who's obsessed & say hi to Tayah while she worked.
He even tried to share w Santa
We made one of our favorite treks down to Provo to see Grandpa Tingey, eat & sing with family. It was raining on the way their & while driving back, it has just started to turn to snow. Keat really wanted a white Christmas & he certainly got one Christmas morning!
Christmas was on a Sun this year--my favorite! We were able to go with Kara & Marty's family to Sacrament before we headed over to Grandma & Grandpa's.
JoD made her awesome blankets for all the cousins 
The boys played in the snow for hours with their cousins. Poor Grandpa was sick & was in exile upstairs.
We then made the trek down to Jas & Kristina's. It was slick & we were going slower around 50/55. Jas was in the carpool lane, but the snow was getting packed so he tried to cross over to the next lane & another car was doing the same. We started fish tailing & jas had to correct like 5 times. We almost hit the railing multiple times. I said a prayer vocally while it was happening. It was one of the scariest moments. Jas was calm and able to correct the van. I know we were blessed & Heavenly Father answered our prayers. It shook me to the core. It certainly changes your perspective & reminds you how fragile life can be.
After a delicious meal thanks to Kristina, Nana read a story to us. 
We ended the Season exhausted & unfortunatly sick. Now here's to 2017 looking forward with our dreams and faith.
We drove home tired & grateful for not only all our blessings, but to also be alive.
Dec. 26 was a much needed down time after a 13 hour Christmas away from home. The boys had a blast playing with their awesome remote control cars that Santa brought!
T & I put together his Trio castle--quite a feat!
Hilarious game!
Grandpa Scott joined in the wrestle mania!Grandpa Scott & Grandma Rita came into town & we were busy from Salt Lake Eve to dinners, playing games & sledding!
