January 2025

My parents gifted the kids tickets to see Beauty and the Beast at the Hale. Nate and I tagged along too. We went out to Iceberg for shakes first and then saw the play. It was so well done! We had a wonderful time.

January also meant lots of sickness. It passed through most of us. Poor Brennan was especially sick. We spent an entire Sunday waiting at the Urgent Care to get him some antibiotics. Everyone seemed to be passing sickness around.

I loved using my new puzzle board and put together a lot of puzzles throughout the winter. It's so theraputic!

Nate joined Graham for "Dads and Donuts."

Callie started Young Womens! She was so excited for her first day and she loves it so far!

We celebrated our friend Jason with a Pickleball party. It was a lot of fun! We love these neighborhood friends!

Basketball season was going strong. I love cheering on my boys!

We renewed our fitness center pass. Callie tagged along with us one Saturday to work out. We love living by the rec center and we use it a lot!

The election was a hot topic of debate for a while. Trump vs Kamala Harris. Aiden gifted me this hat so I wore it on election day and only got a few nasty glares haha.

Brennan went to Colt's birthday party where they did the Flowrider. He has such an awesome group of friends!

More puzzles...

And winter also calls for lots of baking...

Aiden's team lost in their tournament but they had a lot of fun despite the loss.

Now that Callie's in Young Womens, all three of the older kids can go to the temple! I checked them out of school early one day for a temple date. It was really special to watch Aiden baptize his younger siblings.

My dad turned 65. We celebrated at R&R BBQ with my siblings. 

Nate and the three oldest kids went on a youth ski trip. The older kids have done this for the last few years but it was Callie's first time to go too! Our Bishop owns a small ski resort in Idaho so he generously invites the youth to go up to enjoy it. The kids had a lot of fun! Callie didn't get much sleep so that was rough but luckily Nate was there to grab Callie in the middle of the night and let her sleep in the leader's cabin. But the kids had fun and there was plenty of snow this year!

While they were away it was just me and Graham. We made the best of some time with just the two of us! One of the nights we went to the movies to see Mufasa. Usually Nate orders the snacks so I had no idea how small a "small popcorn" actually is. Graham's reaction to tiny cup of popcorn was hilarious.