White Christmas

On Friday, December 21 we left the Valley of the Sun for our White Christmas. And that is what we got.  Although our thinned out AZ blood nearly froze, we all LOVED the snow! Even our puppy...

Watching my little girl try to crawl in her snowsuit was just too funny. "I can't get up!" -Name that movie...

I got to go skiing with everyone this year and it was beautiful being in that powder again.  Never mind the snot-cicles and frozen face.   It's just too much fun!

A big highlight of our trip was being able to Skype with Elder Shields in the Philippines! I have never seen him so happy and chatty before.  You could really tell that he truly loves the Message he is sharing to the wonderful Filipino and knows how true the Gospel is.  He is a great missionary and will definitely change people's lives for the better.

Getting a picture of these two cousins was not easy but they looked adorable in their Christmas Eve pajamas.

I love her little Santa bum.  And I love the way that Brycen looks at her.  And I love her crawling to her mama. It's pretty wonderful.

We had a fantastic Christmas morning.  And as you can tell, we were definitely spoiled.

Our little Adelaide went to her very first BYU Basketball game at the Energy Solutions Arena.  It was very nice seeing all those cougar fans in Salt Lake. BYU Blue is a beautiful color.  Just sayin...

In this next picture, I don't know if you can tell how excited Brycen was to meet Cosmo.  Just a little bit... He came back shouting "He touched my hair! He touched my hair!"

Overall, we had a fun week being together, playing games, having some volleyball tournaments, staying warm, and watching family love on our Sunshine Girl.

Laila loves Grandma- and carrots. And although bath time was a bust...

 She loved being with her family.  Especially her cousins...