christmas vacay

we spent christmas with the warrens this year. cody and laura were able to fly in all the way from TN which was a huge treat!!! taft and kk came from UT. and we all met up at rhett's parents then a couple days later headed up to a cabin in the mountains. we hadn't had any snow all of decemeber, so i was bummed knowing we were not going to have a white christmas. lucky for us though it started snowing christmas eve and we had the most beautiful christmas. christmas eve tacey decided all the grandkids needed to do the nativity. they did it all on their own. it was the cutest, sweetest nativity i had ever seen. riggs and colton took turns being baby jesus. brylee was the angel. tacey was mary. and caden was joseph. once we were up there we realized we didn't have a tree!!! so we all went out on a hike and found the saddest looking christmas tree i have ever seen. it was kind of hilarious. christmas morning was magical as always. the kiddos were beyond excited and overly spoiled. santa needs to back off on the presents probably. on our way home we stopped in twin falls for a little leg stretch and went and looked over the canyon. beautiful. it really was an awesome christmas. i cherish the time we get with any of our siblings because we just don't see anyone enough. here's another post with an overload of pictures.

brybry is 5

my sweet little bry is 5. i can't even believe it. i feel like five is a big milestone for kids. kindergarten is just around the corner:( i am not looking forward to having one more kiddo at school, but she is beyond excited. she asks me everyday how many more days until kindergarten. there are so many things i love about my sweet, smiley brylee. i haven't never met another child quite like this girl. she has some special gifts that i can only hope she keeps for the rest of her life and continues to grow them. i'm so grateful for brylee. riggins adores her. he is always so bored when she is at preschool. this girl is pretty dang awesome. brylee's birthday is only a few days before christmas. i thought i was going to do a party with friends for her, but december got the best of me and i didn't get the party planned in time. on her birthday we ended up having to pack up our bags to head to boise for christmas. poor girl had to spend the day traveling across the state. but we luckily had lots of fun people waiting for us when we got there!! and so i rushed out got her some decorations and we had a party that night. i always feel bad that her birthday gets a bit mixed in with christmas, but she always loves it because we are normally with cousins that she doesn't get to see very often.

i sure love you brybry. keep on being you. keep asking your zillions of questions and learning. keep your sweet, sweet heart. keep on being a good friend. keep it all. we love everything about you cute girl.

chrismtas take 1

we celebrated christmas with my mom and sisters a couple weeks early this year since we would be spending actual christmas with the warren side. my mom went all out for us kids. we stayed at the nicest hotel i have ever seen. it was beautiful. pretty sure we spent a good two hours just browsing the place. it was so warm and cozy and decorated so gorgeously for christmas. we tried to fit everything in the two days we were there. we saw kk and taft for a few hours! we also were able to shop all my favorite places that aren't around in idaho. we ate at the yummy blue iguana and went to temple square again. this time there were way less people there, but it was much colder. the next morning we woke up and a photographer came and took some family pictures of us at our hotel. we went to my moms later and had a yummy feast and opened up our christmas presents. thanks mom for such a special weekend. i will treasure those amazing memories forever and i know my kiddos will too.