The one with the family fun

I always end up with pictures that I never uploaded to my blog of Facebook so I need to get them out there for people to see!! Her are a few favorites of some of my family members.

Polly and Lorin playing Kinect together :)

For being a snowboarder, Lorin has good ski form :) I couldn't believe how quickly Polly picked it up. She did really well playing on the Kinect - I'm sure she'll be a great skier, too!

I guess this isn't a picture of family... But, all the siblings (and Polly) went to watch Erin in Christmas Around the World at BYU. Erin was in two dances - American and Mexican - and the opening and closing numbers. It was a lot of fun seeing how different cultures dance and celebrate Christmas. Afterwards, Chad and Marie's family met up with us and Erin for pictures and congratulations. She looked beautiful!

This, I stole from Paige. She took it on her (super nice) camera and the rest of the pictures are from my phone :) But, this is the finale at the end of the show.

Ok. I stole this, too :) Polly fell asleep in the middle of the show and was in and out of sleep afterwards. She was so excited to give Erin the flowers. After we gave them to her and posed for a few pictures, we took them back from Erin and gave them to Polly. Then, Polly actually got to give them to her :)

Chad and Marie's family with Erin :) It's so fun to have family so close and share so many memories with them! Although we didn't get to sit by them, it was fun to seem everyone after the show.

The other day, Ben and Courtney both got the stomach flu. I felt so bad! I brought them Sprite, crackers and popsicles and took Clara for the afternoon.

This was in Crazy 8 at the mall. I love that those stores have movies and shows playing. I don't have kids yet but, when I do, I'll be nice for them to do something other than sit in the stroller :)

I love my family. I'm glad Ben & Courtney feel better. I love hanging out with them and their sweet girl. Clara was an angel all day. Courtney said she missed her morning nap and, for missing a nap and not getting home until at least 4pm, if not, later, she was amazingly happy. I can only hope to have such a pleasant toddler! :) I love when Paige can come down (even if it's really to see her favorite mall Santa). Her kids are tons of fun - every single time we see them. We love making trips to Riverton to hang out with the Fotheringhams. We owe a lot to them to hosting basically every family function - even spontaneous hang outs :) I'm looking forward to next semester when Erin doesn't have such a jam-packed schedule. She is such a hard worker and gets so busy with school, work and her calling. It's always fun hanging out with her and I love that we live so close!

I know I say this a lot (seriously, all the time) but I'm so excited for Christmas. I love all the music, decorations, good food and scents. But, I think the reason I do love those things so much is because of the memories. If I had spent every Christmas with my family in a cold, dark cave, maybe I'd have a fondness for that :) Well, probably not. But, I think everyone can agree that Christmas is wonderful because of family and traditions we have with our families. I'm excited to carry on old traditions from years past and begin new traditions for years to come. I love this time of year.