Utah/Arizona

 We had a pretty good flight out to Utah. My mom came out a few days early to help me fly with the kids. Layla was so crazy on the airplane but we survived! :) They were so excited to go visit. Evie still loves Grandpa so much!

 Lucy was a big hit. The kids were actually pretty nice to the animals this time around which was good.

 We went to the tiny dino museum at BYU. The kids had a lot of fun there. 

 

 Layla has gotten very very busy. She is all over the place. Standing up on things and opening drawers.

 Evie was dying to have a princess dress at grandmas house so grandma got her a winter elsa dress. She wears it every day!

 Big Dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving point. The kids had so much fun. They both liked the sand and played for a while.

 Thanksgiving Day. We went to my Aunt Naomi's house and celebrated with our whole extended family. It was so much fun to see everybody. It has been years since I have seen a lot of them. The kids had a lot of fun playing with their 2nd cousins. Andrew played with the older guys and had such a blast throwing balls over the pool.

 We went to a fun Train museum and playground with cousins too.

 We stopped at a lot of Mcdonalds playplaces on our long 10 hour drive! The kids did pretty good in the car just watching shows. Layla was tougher but she was a trooper just sitting for so long. Only one bout of screaming. We tried to drive through the night but she would not sleep only scream so we had to stop for the night.

 Went to visit Daddy at work one day and get ice cream :)

 Andrew had a lot of fun decorating our Christmas tree. Brandon surprised the kids and had a tree waiting for us when we got back. They were so excited!

 We were shopping at the Giant and Santa was there. Andrew was super excited. He is such a believer in Santa and we have done everything to discourage believing in Santa haha. Oh well guess Santa is coming this year.

 Fun garbage day finds. Got a cool table to make into a lego table too.

The wedding reception was a lot of fun! Evie was in awe of Nicole in her wedding "Princess" dress. Nicole was so sweet to dance with her a lot and hold her. She was just so happy. Her face looks so serious in the pictures but she was pretty proud of herself for dancing with the princess. Andrew loved it too. He was such an awesome dancer with his cousin Hannah. They were so cute!