January 18-31st

More hot springs swimming fun near Emmett. This place was awesome because we had it all to ourselves. It was like swimming in a big warm hot tub. But the kids favorite part was the owners cat that wanted to hangout. He was the nicest cat and my kids loved him!

Avy wants a kitty SO bad!

But this is why we cant have one....

the water looks really green and sick but it was so clean and nice. Not sure why it looks this weird.

We took the kids bowling and it was hilarious. I think Jett got the high score and it was like 70.

We went to Kong Fu Panda 3....Avy loved it. Jett was really good until the last 15 minutes and Chris had to take him out.  They will have to watch the end of the movie later sometime. But they both loved the Panda at the movie theater!

Dec 28- Jan 17th. New Year!!

Back to Boise! Christmas break was SO wonderful, but it was nice to get back home. We took down Christmas after new years and I got the organization bug... I took about 4 large bins of baby clothes and stuffed animals to DI. It was a little sad but we are running out of space! Other then that, the kids have just been enjoying their Christmas presents.

Anni gave Avy her old mermaid tail and suit. Avy LOVES it and requests to wear it every bath. 

 Christmas tree is down!

 For New Years, we went swimming at the YMCA and the kids had a blast. It was fun to see our kids in the pool again! They love it so much. After swimming Chris wanted to make a fun dinner to celebrate so he got some huge, nice shrimp. Well, turns out that we dont know how to cook shrimp and they were pretty disgusting. HA. At least we made funny memories!

My favorite Christmas gift from Santa is this spinner swing. My kids love it!! So fun to have a swing in our yard.

This picture is not good, but I wanted to document the week our furnace broke. Not only did it burnout, the ducting under our house needed repairs. So that was an expensive little Christmas present I did NOT want. But it was kind of fun cuddling by the fire to keep warm :)

 Chris and his new toy. Love my cute robin hood.

 Avy playing princesses. This picture perfectly describes Avy and what she loves :)

 Jett playing his tractors. Sometimes Ill find him upstairs playing this all by himself. He loves it!

My other favorite Christmas gift-The Bounce House!! Avy and Jett LOVE it!! And I love how it wears them out :)

We took our kids up to "The Springs" in Idaho City. Its a big hot springs pool. It was so fun to swim outside in the beautiful mountains in toasty warm water!

True January boredom....Avy painting daddys toes. Such a good dad :)

 This is the most snow we have gotten all winter. But it made for a pretty cute snowman

Christmas!

We spent Christmas in Rexburg with our families. It was about -15 degrees the entire time we were there so we didn't play outside very much but it was such a nice relaxing weekend spent with the people we love the most.
We left on Christmas eve and got to Rexburg just in time to make Santa cookies with Grandma Janet and go to the Gardners Christmas eve party.

Cutest little Angel

 The "must be Santa!!" song. Such a weird but awesome Christmas tradition :)

Avy made and decorated her cookie for Santa all by herself. Then she drew a picture for Mrs Clause. SO CUTE!! She was so excited to see that he ate the cookie and took the picture. Its all so magical :)

Christmas morning was pure happiness. I love Christmas morning more as a parent than as a kid. Jett loved his tractor, little motor cycle and dart gun. He is total boy! Avy got so excited every time she saw her name on a present. She kept saying "A-V-Y!! this one is for me!!" She was most excited about all her new barbies/princesses and zoomer kitty toy.

Then it was time for the famous, incredibly delicious, grandma Janet Christmas breakfast! One of our favorite Christmas traditions. And then playing with toys :) All day long!

The Thomason Family Christmas party was the next day. Jason cooked amazing prime rib and shrimp. It was so delicious!! Warren read the Christmas nativity and all the dads played the puppets that Bonnie had. It was really cute and the kids loved it. Such a good night. Im so lucky to have amazing in laws that I love so much

This was once the grownup table but the kids have taken over!! :)