Christmas

It's taken me awhile to get this one out but I'm finally getting it done. :) We had a wonderful Christmas and I don't have a lot to say about it just that we enjoyed spending time with all our family. Here's a glimpse of our Christmas through pictures. :)

starting with Christmas Sunday...

 Christmas Eve was spent with Scott's family eating dinner and decorating graham cracker houses...

Christmas morning opening presents...

it snowed Christmas day! :) Scott took the kids outside to play in it.

Bowling and Santa

The week before Christmas we decided to get out of the house and have some family fun. After Thanksgiving we all took turns getting sick and so after being cooped up for a few weeks it was nice to get out. We went bowling. It was fun, but the lane that we got was pretty warped or something... we all did pretty badly. Everett's favorite part was watching the ball come back up the return machine. :)

We walked around the Riverwoods afterwards and ran into Santa. We decided to let the kids go sit on his lap. Claire was a little nervous and had to be gently pushed closer. :) They both were able to tell Santa what they wanted for Christmas though (a toy butterfly and a toy turtle). Love our kids. :)

from our family to yours!

Glimpse from Thanksgiving

This year, since my parents were back from their mission, we all got together with my family up at the Kerby's for our Thanksgiving dinner. We spent a couple days beforehand playing with cousins at my parents' house and it was a crazy but fun couple of days. I didn't get many pictures, but here are a few from the dinner. We had a good time eating, being thankful and playing games. :) 

The next evening was spent down in SF with Scott's family. We got to watch the annual SF light parade. It was fun and I think the kids enjoyed it. But even the warmest winter night can get chilly and Scott had to make it to work so we didn't stay for the whole thing. It was a fun evening though as well.

Putting up the Tree

I guess we're one of those families that likes to decorate before Thanksgiving. :) At least when Thanksgiving is so late in the month. Right before family came for the holiday we put up our Christmas tree and lights. Kids loved putting the ornaments on and they love turning on the "pretty lights" every morning. :)

Family Pictures 2014

Once upon a year we took pictures... We chose our outfits and picked a day and went outside and realized it was like 0 degrees so we rushed through a few pictures. I had to take the kids out another day to get some individual pictures of them. But it happened and this is what we got. :)

football fall 2014

when last we saw our intrepid hero of the gridiron, he was coming off a fun, but slightly disappointing spring football season. after my time with the spartans, my friend (and new owner of the league) invited me to come play with him on a new team he was creating, the warriors. in contrast to the spartans, i was going to be asked to do one thing for the warriors: catch touchdowns. while playing receiver is what i want to do most, it was a lot of fun being asked to do it all and i did find it hard to sit on defense this past season. and while we did have a strong armed qb who definitely favored me, we didn't have an all-out passing attack like i wish we did. i was, however, fortunate enough to be third in the league in total touchdowns, which is cool. this is my highlight video (not the best video angle for highlight videos, but i tried to make it easier to find me with some arrows - keep an eye out :) ) and some pics of the season:

i was personally super excited for the fall uvu flag league. we had done really well in the spring league, most of the guys were coming back, and this time i had back my favorite qb i have ever had. things were looking good. and they went well. we finished the regular season 8-0, winning by an average score of 42 to 10. the first playoff game was a breeze, but the second game was a battle. back and forth we went, neither team able to stop the other. with just over a minute to go, i intercept their pass to the end zone. fully capable of returning it for a touchdown, i decide to do the sportsmanshiply thing to do and take a knee. with one minute to go, a 25 second play clock, and the opposing team with only one time out left, all we had to do was take a knee three times and we would be heading to the championship game. after three knees and a mere 15 seconds on the clock, we started to celebrate. one member of the opposing team however decided to jump off sides. he then proceeded to convince the refs (incorrectly) that a penalty stops the clock. the refs totally buy it, we are forced to punt it, they drive using the sidelines (all credit to them), and score to steal the game. after the game, we went to the refs and said show us this rule in the rule book. after a minute, the refs admit their mistake, we should have won, but it was too late and nothing could be done. needless to say, me and my team were not too happy. thankfully the cheating team lost in the championship on a last second touchdown or i'd have really been mad that they cheated their way to a championship. karma.

well, despite the sad ending, it was a great year of football. i can't wait to play again next spring. oh, and a little while ago i contacted the city of spanish fork to get a hold of our championship game from way back in 2007. i was so young!