Yesterday we left for our trip to Disneyland. We spent the night in a hotel. The pool was COLD but the hot tub was perfect!

Kalixta and Ariana won a bet and spent 10 minutes in the cold pool!

Nik and I walked over to Downtown Disney and enjoyed the sites.

The Lego store was a  favorite!

Those are all made out of Legos! Amazing!!

We spent a few hours on  New Years Eve roasting marshmallows and saying good bye to our family going back to Utah. We are so glad they came down!! We love and miss them!

Uncle Joe playing games with Michael was so cute!

Time with my family in not complete with wrestling:)

We went home to celebrate the New Year together. Some of the kids fell asleep early so those that were up toasted in the New Year with Adam and I!

My Mom made the girls dresses for Christmas. They loved them of  course and wore them to church yesterday!

Cuties!

Britian and Kalixta love modeling for me!

Thanks Mom for the love!!

Today we spent the afternoon with Adam’s family celebrating Christmas, again! It is always great to be with family!

The kids got spoiled by their Uncles, Aunts and Grandparents!

It was a great day and the kids loved loved all their gifts!! Thank you everyone!

An exciting gift came from Grandpa and Grandma! The kids love their new motorcycle! Thank you!!!

A visit from Utah family is never complete without a trip to the beach. Today was the perfect day to go since it was about 80*. Beautiful!!

Collecting shells is always tons of fun!

Uncle Joe braving the water with the kids.

Michael and I enjoying the sand.

Joe brought his paddle boards. Anyone who wanted to try, tried! Zoe did it for a minute or so!

Joe took Britain our on it as he helped Jordan. Her favorite part was coming in with the wave fast!

We spent the afternoon with my family! Everyone is here from Utah but my brother Jason and his family. He is busy in San Francisco with BYU football! We had a great time just hanging out and playing and opening more presents!

Grandma made this cute bag for Zoe!

She also made this awesome family scrabble pic! Love it!!

AND this beautiful blanket for Michael. One side looks like a Twister game and the other is super soft! Love!

AND  cute skirts for the girls and dresses for the little girls!

Ammon and Jeff, excited about Ammon’s new football.

Adam and the girls playing Tori’s new game that is perfect for her! She won the first time they played!

Cousin KP got ninja turtle masks that all my kids loved!

Michael and KP had a great time playing together! Michael just loves KP!

The whole Gang!

Santa worked hard and left our house brimming with Christmas cheer!

Santa even left a little note for the kids!

There was also a present left for me from Santa! I was totally surprised in the morning and overcome when I opened it! Adam got me a new camera! Just typing this brings back all the emotions. I totally started crying and hugging Adam and we missed the first gift being opened. I am grateful to a husband who  knows and loves me so much!

Tori found the pickle this year all by herself and was thrilled!

That means she got to opened her Santa gift first! Lucky for Ari the gift was for both of them so she benefited from that! They love their Littlest Pet Shop tree house!

Michael was excited for his car legos! He wanted to open it and skip the other stuff!

Nik and his new speaker system!

Zoe and her new jeans…her other gift didn’t get here in time:( I am so bummed about that.

Ammon got a Chia Pet!

Kalixta and Britain were over joyed with their walkie talkies from Santa! They have wanted those for over a year and have used them a ton already!

The kids got so many great things and had such great morning! One of the highlights for me was when Adam gave Tori and Michael a gift at the same time. She waited and watched Michael open the gift she had bought him. Excited to see him open what she picked for him. She was so excited when he loved it!

It is hard to put into words the joy of this day. I love giving things I know  the kids will love and feel so gratified when they do love them! I don’t want to include every picture that I love so here are just a few  in their new clothes!

Nikolas loves his new pillow!

Adam and Nik made us an amazing breakfast before we headed to my parents house to continue the celebration!

Merry Christmas to you all!

We spent Christmas Eve with Adam’s family. We are so lucky each year to get a visit from Santa! He stops by for a few pictures and delivers a few presents!

We all love it! Tori and Michael were totally into it!

As you can tell Michael had no fears of Santa! He loved him!

Even Nikolas!

Ammon spent the day at Six Flags with his best Friend, Christian, so he missed Santa but still got the gifts! He also got a Mad Lib book from his cousin that he loves loves!

Zoe got a necklace from her cousin Mariyah, it was perfect for her! Cousin love!

Nik got a sweet hat from his cousin Cami and Uncle Lou!

It was a great night filled with good food, tamales, and wonderful family!

Today is Christmas Adam in our family! It has been my family tradition for as long as I can remember! It is Christmas Adam because Adam came before Eve. hahaha! Cheesy? Yes! And I love it!

We don’t do much but the kids love it, mostly because they get to sleep downstairs in front of the tree.