December

Wow! Eight months already! We love her so much! She is just such an easy-going smiley baby

We've had a really busy month getting ready for Christmas and having fun!

We got to see some reindeer at the Christmas Expo!

One of our Santa visits

I found this picture from several years ago. Hailee and Dallin with their friend Ava. I think it was from 2012. Such little cuties! They grow too fast!

Cute Owen just after a bath

We love Grandma and Grandpa Wright!

Another Santa visit!

We had a talent show for our ward party. I played the French Horn with two of my friends from orchestra, and Kyle played the Tuba. He did great!

I can't believe how young my kids start losing their teeth! We realized her tooth was loose, and then a half hour later it was gone! (thanks to Daddy the tooth-puller)

Falling down the stairs doesn't stop Laila from grabbing the gate and rocking it. Its so cute. Don't worry, its really secure :)

Cute Owen and his Santa hat

Standing up to things!

We've had some good snow and all the kids wanted to get dressed and play outside. The older two had a fun time. Owen, however, decided it was too cold after about 5 minutes. I made him take this picture of all of them out there before he came in. haha

Hailee just loves her little sister so much! She loves to match her. Here is one of her creations :)

I came home and found these barefoot prints in the snow. My first reaction was, "what silly kid was outside in their bare feet?!" Then I realized they were heading from our front door all the way across the driveway to our garbage can. I had asked Hailee to throw a stinky diaper away outside and realized that these were her footprints. How lazy can a kid be to not put on shoes before walking outside (quite a distance) in the snow?? haha

We had a really cool experience where they put together a pep-band from my high school years when this amazing band teacher, Mr. Bennett, was our teacher. They called it the alumni pep-band. It included members that graduated from around 1986-2001. It was so neat! My older sister and Kyle's brother also joined in. I thought it sounded great and the community did too! What a neat experience!!

At Nana's Christmas party with the cousins. Owen and his cousin Liam got matching capes. Cute!

Hailee and Elsie. They are such great cousins!

Oops I chopped my hair again! I don't know why I keep chopping it, but I think its because I'm a little OCD, so if it doesn't look perfectly straight and even, I go have it trimmed.

For Kyle and I's anniversary, we decided to take a trip down to Salt Lake and temple square. We decided since Laila is still so young that we would take all the kids with us. I'm glad we did, we had such a great time!
We first went to Scheels. Its a cool sporting goods store that has this neat Aquarium archway.

And a Ferris Wheel inside!

On the Ferris Wheel with my boys! :)

We went to In-N-Out burger

And then spent the rest of the time on Temple Square. It was so pretty.

Owen was feeling under the weather, so we let him ride in the stroller

It was fun taking the kids to some of these sites that we always visited growing up as a kid.

We had a good time although everyone ended up being sick except for Dallin and me. Daddy and Hailee had stomach bugs, and Hailee, Owen, and Laila had respiratory viruses. Owen had even lost his voice. It was sad, but definitely made for a quieter car ride. haha Everyone had a good time, and even Owen keeps asking when we're going back to "Adventure Salt Lake" to ride the train (public transportation system)

My big boy Dallin got reading glasses! They are just a low prescription so he will hopefully grow out of them.

Reindeer Laila :)

At Grandma and Grandpa Wright's house on Christmas Eve.

Christmas morning

Laila was definitely enjoying Christmas morning and all the different things to get in to!

Oops- I forgot to get a picture of Dallin, but I have some good videos of him

Neat fog forming. I love how we have such a nice view from our house

Daddy took a nap and Hailee decided to decorate him with bows. haha!

After we showed Daddy the picture, later on when Hailee fell asleep on the couch, it was payback time from Daddy! :)

Me and my buddy Dallin :)

Our dumb cat, Sonic. Its impossible to come home without him getting on the car trying to get inside. Same with getting in the house since its been so cold lately!

Hailee outside after school :)

We had a pretty fun month! I sure love my family!