Merry Chirstmas!

I fallen behind a bit on blogging but for good reason....the holidays!  :)

Things can get a little busy this time of year but it's always worth it!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

Merry Christmas

&

Happy New Year

Nicole's Dance Recital

Nicole had her last dance/gymnastics class of the semester!

She had her dance recital and gymnastic routine performances and she did great!

Her dad and Grandpa Jamie got to go with us to watch, which she loved.

She had a lot of fun this semester and is really excited to start her next class in January!

My little ballerina/gymnast

Anything that resembles a beam IS a beam to her! = )

Nothing too exciting....

going on around here so I'll just post some more pics I did this past weekend = )

I was still able to find beautiful flowers in November!

This last one was inspired my Nicole's Dr Seuss book, Ten Apples Up On Top. I only managed to get to three = )

Family Visit

 Dave's Mom and sister, Stephanie, along with her husband, Keith, and daughter, Katelyn, came for a visit over the Halloween weekend. We had a great time visiting and watching the new cousins play together! Thanks guys for coming out and we can't wait to see you all again for Michelle's wedding in Louisiana next May!!!



Dave with his Mom, sister Stephanie and brother Ryan.



Grandma cuddles are Great!

There was a lot of ball and frisbee play!

Nicole giving her cousin, Katelyn, a hug. One of my fav pics of the weekend!

Nicole with her cousins, Brooklyn and Olaja.

Dave's sister, Stephanie with husband Keith and daughter Katelyn. Beautiful little family!

Proud Grandma!



Stephanie and Keith love our beautiful Utah mountains. Not many mountains out in Florida = )

 

We took a Very Cold stroll (well, speed walk) to Bridalveil Falls.

We had a nice walk down Park City Main St.

The girls love to play with that chalk!

We really had a great time, Thanks guys!

 

Little Helper

Nicole is really at the age where she wants to help with EVERYTHING. She loves helping out around the house. I think it makes her feel very grown up. So lately I've been having her help me make her bed and fold her PJs in the morning, rinse dishes, wipe off tables and dust. Today she saw me writing a grocery list and she really wanted to help so I let her.....



She's getting pretty good with her writing!

I sure love my little helper!

Utah Lake

Nicole's Mail

Today Nicole got this nice letter from her Dance teacher, Miss Mel. Nicole always loves to get her own mail and I think it's so cool that her teacher did this.
I'm so proud of my good little student!

Here's Nicole in class this past week. The theme was 'progress pajama party'....
that's why she's in PJs instead of her tutu. = )

Jewelry

I haven't been making as much jewelry as I used to but I am still doing it. Here are a two pieces I made myself a couple of weeks ago....

Our Pumpkin Patch Pumkins

Yesterday we decorated our pumpkins we picked from the pumpkin patch. Nicole and I painted ours and Dave carved his. I think they turned out super duper!

I LOVE Living in Utah!!!

We had a beautiful, unplanned Saturday and it's all thanks to the amazing place we live! We started off with a picnic up Provo Canyon, then took a drive up to Sundance to stroll around, then we were off to Santaquin where I had, just earlier in the day, heard about a Giant Pumpkin Contest at The Red Barn where we could also take a hayride to a pumpkin patch! Yes, it Was a busy day but SO worth the great memories!