Pre-Christmas Festivities

Yesterday was our first annual Christmas Tea Party at my Aunt's house. She went all out with little cupcakes, scones, and brownies to go with our tea (hot chocolate). Here is the big girl table... and the little girl table. Brooke and Kaylee were in heaven with cupcakes in reach.

Cousins and Aunts all dressed up for the party.

Thanks Angela, we had a wonderful time!!

Jake and I went on a date to temple square. It was really cold -I'm not used to the cold weather.

Cute Brooke enjoying the snow.

We are off to Logan soon for Christmas!!

First Semeter Done!

Jake finished her fist semester of Grad school today!!! We are so excited for the break! School doesn't start again until the 11th of January so we get a whole month off! We fly to Utah next week for 3 weeks of visiting family and friends! I am so excited. I already have a Temple Square date planned for Jake and I (I don't remember the last time we actually went out on a date.)

Brooke and I have had a cold this past week. Poor little Brooke couldn't breath very well. I held her all night one night and didn't get much sleep- but at least she did. Now that Brooke and I are on the mend Jake and Kaylee are getting sick. At least we'll get it over with before we get to Utah.

Jake has another internship interview before we leave with a company in Iowa. I wasn't too excited about the prospect of moving to Iowa even just for the summer until I found out that Cedar Rapids is only about 3 hours from Nauvoo! I would love to visit Nauvoo!!

Finally- a picture of Kaylee's best friend. She got this bear from my grandparents for her 1st birthday. As you can see he has been well loved. His fur is matted, and he is missing an eye. "Teddy" gets to wear bows and dresses (despite the fact Kaylee calls Teddy "he"). She can't sleep at night until she has Teddy. Santa wonders if a new Teddy would be acceptable.... but Teddy is probably irreplaceable.

SNOW!

It rarely snows in Texas but we were lucky enough to get some today!! It was really coming down with huge flakes for a while, but it has turned to rain now. We got some good playing in while it lasted.

Kaylee had a great time making "snow castles" with her bucket and shovel. She didn't want to go inside.

This was Brooke's first real experience with snow. She kept saying "ooohhh!"

Cute family!!

We decorated the Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. Notice Kaylee put all the decorations on the same branches.

We had Thanksgiving dinner at our apartment again this year. We had 2 other couples from our ward over. I forgot to take pictures. We had lots of good food and ended up with with 6 pies for 8 of us (including Kaylee and Brooke) and 5 of them were pumpkin.

Jake just received an internship offer with Lockheed Martin in Forth Worth (by Dallas) this summer. That means we move once again after a year of being in Lubbock. That seems to be our tradition- we've moved every year for the past 4 years, but we'll come back to the same apartment this time.