december 

my mom and i took tess to the nutcracker for the first time.

she loved every second of it. me... not so much. snoozefest.

fancy sugar cookies and hot cocoa. a perfect december night.

a lotta plaid.

couples night out in redmond. 

we LOVED the new star wars movie.

bellevue nativity is the best.

CABO.

boat ride to lovers beach.

our hotel was unreal.

our room had an outdoor shower. INSANE.

i got all the girls matching fans and beach bags. 

san jose del cabo was magical. 

we loved this taco place. 

and their churros!

we went back twice.

loved this little courtyard.

love my mom and aunts.

fish out the back of our boat. 

the water color!

behaving on the boat....  kind of.

on the other side of lovers beach is divorce beach. SO PRETTY. worth the swim out to it.

 live music!

they played christmas music out by the pool. i was in HEAVEN.

flora farms was cool and also kind of basic.

a mexican cow.

came home just in time to meet my parents' new puppy, willa.

and to get our christmas tree. 

snow up at the cabin!

allllll the girls.

picking out toys for kids in need.

meeting santa.

followed by snowflake lane.

we especially loved our tree this year. 

wreath sugar cookies. 

gingerbread houses at the sheraton with grandpa rod, grandma cheri and ryan. 

christmas carol tradition is strong.

KEVIN!!!!!!!

the boys found this game at megan and david's.

ice skating queen.

i hosted a hot cocoa night for the youth in my ward. loved these little gingerbread houses made from brown paper bags.

christmas brunch in duvall.

cozy little afternoon with hucky.

meeting all her favorite peeps at the fun center. 

hucks favorite santa. he kept saying "actually, its ga".

haaaaaaaa.

the laser tag vest was bigger than huck. didnt stop him.

snow globe sugar cookies. 

baby yoda gingerbread house, duh.

annual gingerbread houses at megans.

all ready for santa!

 tagg insists on the wrapping paper wall christmas morning. 

the year of face socks.

WILLA.

christmas evening at the cabin. 

sledding!

everyone came up. it was very fun.

my mom's delicious and beautiful yule log. look at that swirl!

we hosted craigs family for christmas too. so fun. norm.

SMITHS.

merry christmas 2019. it was a great one.

november

huck had croup. none of my kids have had it before, so it was quite scary. i had to rush him to childrens when he woke up from his nap not being able to breathe. beyond grateful for otherwise healthy children & modern medicine/knowledgeable doctors when we need it. 

my dad and craig took the boys to iappa. they had so much fun at the convention (they even opened it to the public one of the days!) and disneyworld.

we hosted friendsgiving and im getting quite proud of my thanksgiving hats collection!

our group might be getting lean and mean but we still have such a blast whenever we get together. 

toast to friendsgiving!

sully had such a great season of soccer.

i know i shouldnt film in the chapel but this was just too cute. 

elsa, all ready for frozen2. 

my dad srsly called dibs on taking tess to frozen2 as soon as the credits started rolling in frozen. so stinking cute. 

my mom was feeling pilgrim chic in zara.

sully and i went down to portland to play with our best friends.

hbd, joce. theres no one i would rather scooter around & get piercings with than you.

field trip to the farm. 

getting the table ready for the big day.

my little pie helper. 

our first thanksgiving at the cabin was magical.

girls.

finding a tree in the forest! we didnt wanna deal with cutting down a big tree so we just got hucky's size.

craig was right. a cabin is fun.