Smiles all around

Justin is growing so quickly! He smiles more than anything else these days. I love waking up in the morning to his cute little grins and giggles. Unless he's tired all you have to do is smile at him and he smiles, or laugh and he laughs (his funny little gurgly laugh) (:




Going out to play in the snow.

Justin wrapped up in his swaddler getting ready for bed


Sorry about all the pictures of Justin, but I can't help it. I'm completely in love with this sweet little boy.

Christmas - Act 2

After opening presents in Pima Christmas morning we headed to Joseph City. That drive goes quicker and quicker every time we make this Idaho to Arizona trip. (we're on our 5th trip this year!) Almost 200 hours of driving total!!! Totally worth it though.
Aside from each other and the gospel, we agree that our biggest blessing in life is having such large wonderful families that we get to enjoy spending time with. We're excited to be finishing up school after this year and hopefully moving back closer to everyone.
A family friend from Holbrook gave Justin this adorable little santa suit that he's wearing in the picture with Grandma Gardner.

The day after Christmas we went to play in the snow with the Gardner cousins. We drove a couple hours to a place called Chevlen Crossing. There was a little river that was frozen over that everyone played on for quite a while. We had Justin with us, and I was afraid of slipping on the ice while holding him so Jason pulled us over to everyone on a sled then we took turns holding him and playing on the ice. It was pretty entertaining watching the human bowling and ice hockey games. We managed to make it through the day without any serious injuries. Just a few hard hits on the ice and only one kid fell through (it wasn't too deep).

We couldn't find the snow suit we'd brought for Justin so here's a picture of him all bundled up in Jason's arms. Jason's sister Kristin made him an adorable little striped scarf that he's wearing. He actually did really good the whole time, and probably stayed warmer than anyone out there.

Christmas - Act 1

Christmas is by far my favorite holiday! I love the charity and happiness that seems to be nearly bursting from every seam this time of year. It's so much fun to have a break from school and get to spend hours on end just visiting with family!
Our break started on the 18th when we left Rexburg to make the trek to arizona, again. After stopping in Jo City for a quick snowboarding trip, we went to pima for the week of christmas. It was so wonderful to have my entire family there, minus david. But we got to talk to him christmas morning, so it was like we got to see him too. He's doing great in Africa and seems to be learning alot. He already sounds so grown up. I guess he will be 20 before too long. Crazy! It's so fun being around family and having so many willing arms to entertain Justin for a while. After he got over the initial fright of so many loud people around him he seemed to enjoy getting held so much. here he is with Grandma and Grandpa Weech.

There wasn't anything I wanted for Christmas other than my sweet little baby boy. The christmas bow just made him that much cuter. (:

Justin loved laying by the tree looking at all the lights. Jeremy let me borrow his awesome camera and it was fun having indoor pictures turn out so well. We also took some family pics that i might be able to convince Sara to share with me someday...please. (:
It was a wonderful week that went entirely too quickly, but I guess that just gives us next Christmas to look forward to getting to see everyone together again.