december is one of those months that is crazy busy and before you know it its over. besides christmas we also get to celebrate mya's birthday and our anniversary. they happen to be on the same day so in order to space things out a bit jason and i celebrated earlier in the month. we booked a hotel room downtown slc, went to dinner, and walked around temple square. most of all we enjoyed a quiet kid free (well almost, griffin was with us cause he goes where i go) night and just enjoyed being together. it was probably the last relaxing night we'll be having together for awhile. the last 9 years have been full of ups and downs but mostly ups. i am so grateful to have jason as my husband and best friend. i'm so grateful for the relationship he has with our girls and pray that it always stays strong. he will be a great example to griffin as to what a husband and father should be. i'm also so grateful for the relationship he has with the lord and the respect he has for his priesthood. it is a huge blessing in our house. pretty much i'm the luckiest girl in the world!
here is the simplified version of our crazy month.
olivia had a mini dance recital. she looked adorable which was good cause she didn't dance very much. she really didn't like having people watch her.

it wouldn't be december without going to cabela's to see santa himself. i'm telling you if you haven't done this you are missing out. as you can see hes the real deal and they give you the picture for free. not to mention they give fudge samples out while you wait in line!

we spent christmas in bountiful with my parents, rob's family, his friend ali, and rosie. we ate way too much food. played sweet valley high. which is the world's best game!! and took care of my cute mom. she thought it would be a good idea to go ice skating and fell and broke her wrist. maybe not the best idea shes ever had!

of course we acted out the nativity story on christmas eve and ali and robert were the wise men. i don't know where they found their outfits but they were awesome!

santa came and the girls were on the nice list so they were spoiled rotten.




candy for breakfast of course.

mya turned 2 on the 28th. we were lucky enough to have 2 of our cute nieces, who were visiting from cali, come sleepover with us. the girls spent the day playing dress up and modeling. we had cake and ice cream that night with jason's family and more the next night in bountiful with my family.


opening gifts.


typical mya face before blowing out the candels.


olivia got to roller skate for the first time. she loved it and looked pretty cute doing it!


so thats our december in a nutshell. now we're more than half way through january and little griffin will be here in about 6 weeks. somedays it feels like he will never come and others i feel very overwhelmed that i'm about to have 3 kids! mostly i'm just ready to have my body somewhat back to myself. i'm not exactly the biggest girl so i'm really running out of room for both of us. i've tried to explain to him if he wanted to come a bit early he would be more comfortable. a girl can wish right! as good as i am about blogging he will probably be here by the next time i get around to an update. wish me luck!

we spent thanksgiving with jason's parents this year. we ate way too much. then we ate some more. its was quiet and relaxing and we had a great time. the girls wanted to play outside so daddy and papa took them out to run around. when i went to check on them this is what i found.



yes, they somehow talked fat, tired mommy into getting in the leaves too. it was gross.