Christmas 2011

Christmas 2011 was a lot of fun!

We booked a little cabin in the Smokies for a little weekend get-a-way for our 3 year anniversary. Our cabin was really awesome! It had a fireplace, hot tub, jacuzzi, pool table-just a nice retreat from school and work. It was in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, birthplace of Dolly Parton. We went to a Ripley's museum, did a fun/funny tour bus around the town and had our guide show us all the lights that were set up to attract tourists like ourselves (and we got to sing the whole "12 Days of Christmas" song as a bus). Fun. We went on a hike, went shopping, relaxed, and had a great time.

Christmas at the Hill's. Let the pictures speak for themselves, right? It was a lot of fun. Our pseudo Christmas Eve on the 22nd (which ended up making Christmas seem like a never ending season, excellent). Nativity reenactment. Pajama party. Electronics. Christmas treats. Boise State football. Big family party with cousins. We Bought a Zoo. Time with Jeff. Curtis and Mellissa came up from Vegas. Brody and Ansley werea ton of fun! We got to meet our cousin Lisa's new husband. We got to see Matt and Dewey at Denning's Showcase. Moved Karlee out of her apartment and visited one of Scott's best friend Ryan at his apartment in Rexburg. Lots of fun family hanging out, playing games (the Ungame was a real hit on New years Eve :)), laughing, eating, and just enjoying being together.

Christmas at the Lawson's. Christmas morning at the Moore's. Found out they're pregnant with their 5th, and it's a BOY! BYU basketball game for the guys. Sealing session at the temple with the fam. Addie and MaryAnn came out from L.A. Family day at Lowes Extreme Air Sports (a trampoline and rock climbing wall with foam pits to fall into). Addie took us all out to a Lawson family favorite Indian restaurant, Bombay House. We went out to Tin Tin, which was so fun to see. We made a really fun trip to Temple Square to see the lights and the church history museum. Late night game night playing Setters Of Catan and staying up so late we got pretty slap happy. Running by the Provo River and swinging on the big swing. Baptism photo shoot for Emeri. Scott was incredible and digitized all of the Lawson family scrapbooks from the last 30 years (almost 2300 pages).We got to go see the triplets Lovey used to nanny for. We got to see some of our best friends Catherine and Brad. Lovey got to go to breakfast with two of her best friends Brook and Katie.

Flying home was a long experience, but profitable. Our flight was full so we volunteered to get delayed and receive flight vouchers. It was pretty great because we each got $400 worth of flights. So we made $800 in under 5 hours. WOO hoo! Now we can go see our families whenever a special event might happen :)!

2012 Resolutions Print Off

Here is a little page I designed to put my 2012 resolutions on. Anyone can use it if you like!

Hill Family Pictures

Here are some of the family pictures my mother-in-law, Sonia had taken of the family this summer. We had a lot of fun getting them done.

the babies

Here are some pictures and a little bit about the sweet triplets I nanny for. They are all so adorable and sweet. They are my little cuddle buddies and friends and my oh my do I love them! We just have so much fun all together. We are like a little team that does everything together. It is going to be so hard saying goodbye when they move this Friday. I am dreading it!






Josh is so funny and loooves to make people laugh! He is pretty gutsy and is friendly with new people. He is my little entertainer!


This is what Matt does while we swing at the park - closes his eyes, leans his head back, and sings passionately at the top of his lungs. It is soo fun! Who knows he might be a rock star someday. Matt loves affection and figuring out new tasks.

Oh and he is very ticklish.


Kate is super playful, eats like a speed demon, and looooves to chat and be held.

Isn't she just pretty and sweet?! Don't worry she's got spunk too!


Scott has had a lot of fun helping me with the babies on weekends. The babies love when he comes over because he always makes them laugh and throws them up in the air and they just love it! SO my life is really fun taking care of these kids. I have learned so much. I am so thankful that I have been able to have this experience for the last 6 months!

DC

The Lincoln memorial. And us. and other visitors. :)

We got to visit a good friend and convert from Scott's mission, Rae Carol! It was so fun to talk with her and see how much she loves Scotty!

We got to visit Kerry Harding, the ward mission leader from when Scott was out in Bethesda, that Scott became great friends with. It was so fun and he took us out to an amazing restaurant that he used to take to missionaries to all the time.

We got to go inside Scott's old apartment in Bethesda. It was attached to the Church building. It was so fun to see where he lived.

Washington Monument baby, woo hoo!

The beautiful capitol and reflecting pool.
We spent sooo much time the walking from place to place at the national mall.

Christmas with the Lawson family!

My sweet beautiful sister Charity and her amazing husband TJ whom we love so much!

Scotty with cute little Josie - Oh how we miss those Moore kids!

Scott and I were Mary and Joseph in our family nativity skit.

Josie was a shepherd, I think, or just a crazy person.

My awesome brother Addie and our cute nieces Emeri and Anabelle. They adore their uncle Addie, can't wait for him to be the best uncle in the world to our future kids.

Addie and Josie just being adorable.

My wonderful parents. This was the night we celebrated Christmas, but it was also my Daddy's birthday. They are so sweet to us and we love being in their home and with them. I am so incredibly thankful for them!

The girly girls.

My Daddy-o opening his birthday gifts. He is the sweetest man alive truly!

Our Christmas dinner that my sweet devoted mama made for us! Yummy.

Girls day out - the rec center. It was so fun, we did some running on the treadmills, some strength training in the gym, and swam laps in the pool. We spent soo much time at this place throughout my childhood. It was fun to go back. Lots of family memories.

My good friend Steben came by and had breakfast with us. It was really good to see him.

It was so unbelievably good to see one of my closest friends, Katie. We were only there for such a short time we had to meet at Target to talk. It was just so fun to be with her. I miss her so much and wish she was my next door neighbor.

OVERALL this was just a really good trip. We got to spend time with so many people that mean so much to us! We are very thankful that we got to go see all of them.