Christmas...catch up

In December we got some free tickets to go to the North Pole Experience in Greer.  My mother in law, sister in law, Kyler, Braxten, and I all went.  I have been to the North Pole Express in Flagstaff and this was way better!  They take you to Santa's workshop and you get to make toys with the elfs and give you a cookie and snowman soup.  You get to see Santa and go to Elf school.  It's so much fun!  Inside everything is decorated so amazing, they spent alot of time in the decorating.  It was incredible!! Words can't even describe how neat it is! Brax was tired because we went at 8:30 at night and so he was a little bit of a grouch but we still managed to have a good time! Brax walked and got right up on Santa's lap and wasn't afraid at all.  I was really surprised.  After, they take you back on the trolly to where you started, Mrs. Claus reads to all the kids. If you have not yet gone you need to!  So worth it! It was a great start to our December!
 We went and cut our own Christmas tree again like we do every year. We had alot of fun decorating it and B broke alot of the ornaments and balls.
Kyler enjoyed decorating our house like always and worked all night Thanksgiving night.  So we could have them up after thanksgiving.  He looks forward to it every year! They looked great!
We spent Christmas with my family this year.  We sure had a good Christmas and can't believe its already gone.

Baby #2

In September we found out that I was pregnant!  

We waited a while to tell everyone since the last time we had a mc.

I am now almost 16 weeks.

I have been so so sick.

This pregnancy has been way different then with Brax.

I wasn't too sick with him and with this one it's been a whole different story.

I finally actually have energy to do things.

I am finally starting to feel better.

We find out on February 9th what we are having!

I've heard the heartbeat and have had 1 ultrasound and the baby is healthy!

This pregnancy has gone by way too fast.

We are very excited we are going to have another little one the first of July!

Halloween

 Had such a hard time trying to get a picture of our silly monkey.

We had a great Halloween this year.  Thanks to my good friend Chaundra for letting us borrow a cute monkey costume for Braxten!  It was a hit, and we thought he was so cute!  Kyler also got to dress up for work, so he dressed up as a mummy.   We went to the trunk or treat and went to a few families houses then we were all Halloweened out! Good thing its only once a year!

Birthday Boy!

 We went to visit my family a couple weeks ago, we had a little birthday party for Brax. Such a fun needed visit, we didn't want to leave.  We bought Braxten a little tike basketball hoop for his birthday and it was the best decision ever, he loves it! I can't believe he is already 2 but we love to watch him grow.  He is talking all kinds and he is at such a fun age. Happy Birthday little buddy!

Mission Call

Colton got his endowments a few weeks ago and Kyler got to be his escort.  He got called to serve in the Resistencia Argentina Mission.  He leaves February 1st.  We are so proud of him!

Just because

Look at this cool dude!  He loves his new sunglasses.

We have been doing alot of this...

We have been wood hauling for the past couple months.  We have gone and got alot of wood for ourselves, helped Kyler's grandparents, did a service load, and have sold a few loads.  It has been alot of work but worth it. We have gotten a pretty good system and have gotten pretty good at it.  Kyler cuts and splits and I load and stack the truck. Who knew I would ever be living up in the mountains hauling wood? It has really been a fun activity for our little family.  Braxten gets dirty from head to toe but sure loves being outside. It has been so pretty up in the mountains since the fire, everything is so green (besides the black trees). That sounds silly I know but its true.