Start of the Holidays

Jess' family came into town for Thanksgiving and stayed at our house. I was nervous about how tired I was going to be at 37 weeks pregnant, but it was so much fun! Jess' mom and dad came as well as his brother Jake and his wife Jacie and their 3 kiddos Cooper Porter and Olivia. We had a full house and it was so fun. Now that everyone is gone our house seems so empty!

We had Thanksgiving up in South Jordan at their cousins house. There was alot of us, at least 16 adults and who knows how many kiddos! The food was delicious and we played lots of fun games. The kids had a huge playroom to play in and had a blast. Calvin was exhausted by the time we went home! All day any drink he could get his hands on he would steal and gulp down! It's a good thing this was not an alcoholic group :)

Anyways, Thanksgiving was so fun but I did not take ONE single picture! We were having way to much fun! Oh well. Here are some pictures from the weekend:

            Calvin and Olivia had a blast in the tub together! These two make quite a racket and a mess when they are together in the water!! So cute though..and gotta love those little naked bums!

               Despite how cold it was, we took the kids to our local playground which is so awesome! We stayed about an hour when we couldn't take the cold anymore and kids were starting to cry because their hands were so cold!

                The day after Thanksgiving we had Calvin's 2nd birthday party! I am so relieved that I was able to have his birthday before this little girl shows up. I was afraid she was going to come on Thanksgiving for some reason, and am glad she did not! It would have been nice if she had come sometime this weekend while Jess' family was here, but it obviously was not meant to be! 
            Calvin's party was so fun! We grilled hamburgers out on the grill in the frozen tundra and everyone had a great time! Calvin LOVES LOVES LOVES cars and anything that has wheels on it is called a "beep-beep", so I knew his cake had to be car themed. I will have to post the video up, but when we started singing and I brought out the cake his reaction was soooo cute! His eyes got so big and he just kept saying "beep beep!!!!" Then once he got the cars off his cake he refused to put them down to eat cake! And lucky for him most of his presents were cars! He got some really cute clothes, and some sweet books as well. Grandpa Rees and Grandma Kathryn got him a tee-pee tent that he loves to crawl in and take all his "beep-beeps".  I would say this birthday was a success!

                      Me, Jess, and my best friend Abbie's little girl Lily sitting atop her future best friend to be :)

  Calvin's cake! I made a road out of oreos, and the green is supposed to be grass

  Calvin seriously would not put down the cars to eat cake!

                      Celebrating with Cooper and Porter

                             Saturday night we rode the Trax up to Temple Square to see the lights! It was such a fun experience for everyone, including the kids! We picked a good night to go too, it started snowing pretty bad in the middle of the night last night, so it might have been one of the last nice weekends to head up there before it's too cold! Calvin loved the train ride! And once we got to Temple Square he was amazed by all the lights. He even blew kisses to the temple because I told him it was where Heavenly Father and Jesus lived. How cute is that?  Jake and Jacie and their kiddos had to head up to Logan right from Salt Lake so we said goodbye and we ate at the Gateway with Jess' parents before catching the Trax all the way back.

                  The ride up to Salt Lake

            We forgot Calvin's stroller (oops!) but he enjoyed riding on Daddy's shoulders all night

             This temple still takes my breath away :) I told Calvin this was where Mommy and Daddy got married, and he got a big goofy grin on his face

                                    Well if Calvin had cooperated and looked this would have been a cute pic! Oh well :) We sure had a fun weekend with family and friends! I miss everyone already but cannot WAIT for Christmas!!