Pre- Holidays

We had a wonderful holiday season this year. 

We sent our first official family Christmas card, as pictured below.

This Thanksgiving we stayed in Utah and celebrated with my grandparents and extended family.

William loved my cousin, Sarah, especially when she played peek-a-boo

The whole gang

It was a beautiful day on Thanksgiving and we even got some park time in.

Over Thanksgiving week I took William to the zoo for the first time.

He enjoyed it, but I'm sure he'll be more into it next spring. 

He met my friend's daughter, Caroline.

Caroline and William were only born one day apart. 

We met one of my besties, Maren, at the zoo (Caroline's aunt)

It was a little tough getting all of us and the zoo animals in the picture :)

Ben and I also went to Catching Fire over the break and loved it!

In the beginning of December we got a picture of William and Santa randomly at RC Willey. Luckily he was not scared and sat very still. 

I put our Christmas decorations up early, and one of Will's favorites was the singing clock.  He would stop whatever he was doing each hour it chimed and clap afterward.

One night we had the Allreds over to watch a BYU basketball game.

Although difficult to see, the babes were sporting their BYU gear

A few weeks before Christmas BYU had its' facult Christmas party. 

We enjoyed their crafts, donuts, games and bookstore coupons. 

One of my best friends got married on December 14th in Mesa, Arizona.

William and I flew down for the event and stayed for three additional weeks through the holidays!

All of my friends flew in and we had a phenomenal reunion.

Brittany made such a beautiful bride.

We got to be friends-maids in our gray dresses. 

Thanks for the fun times, girls.

My sister and her family also flew in before Christmas.  

Abbie, Jackson, and William became great buddies.

Ben flew in the next week just in time for Christmas lights at the Mesa temple.

We had a lot of fun before Christmas, but one of the highlights was the Phoenix Zoo. 

William was trying to talk/yell to the animals. 

He was very lucky, the baboons came right up to him in the window. 

Grandad and the cousins.

The kids had cute matching Christmas outfits and the boys sported their first ties.

A few days before Christmas my brother and Annika flew in and the whole family got to be together.

We also got to see some of our Ithaca friends where William and Miya  were reunited. 

Check out my post above about the Holidays 2013

(more picture overload)