Dane is Loving His New View!

I can't believe it is already time to turn Dane's car seat forward! He is such a big boy now and about 2 weeks away from being 1! He was so cute when I put him in his big car seat for the first time. He couldn't wipe the big grin off of his face and just kept kicking, laughing, and flapping his arms like a little penguin! His sweet little smile and sparkly eyes make my heart melt:) He is such an angel.


Logan's car seat is in the middle because we have Dane's old car seat still in for when we babysit Julie's baby Jaxon.Here is Dane going in for a nice, big, wet one on sweet little Jaxon's head:)

Our Utah Christmas Trip

This Christmas we spent almost 2 weeks in Utah and we still felt like we needed more time to do all that we wanted to. It was a very busy, VERY COLD, and very fun! Here's an overview:

1) Ben's little brother Tom came home from his mission December 23rd, just in time for family Christmas fun! See my previous post for pics.

2) Christmas Eve

A visit from Mr. and Mrs. Clause is always a great excuse to pull out the old snowman costume:)

Grandma got sick so we all pitched in to help as much as we could. She was a trooper even though we all knew that she felt horrible:(
Delicious dinner:)One of the two large tables full of people. Annette and Brent had a total of 21 people over that night (the whole fam plus some Thurbers...Aunt Bonnie, Casey, Alice, and their cute kids!)Playing Brent's home made chimes and singing Christmas carolsNext, our so famous and so biblically correct version of the Nativity sceneThat is just wrong! Who is he supposed to be anyway?!?Our adorable JosephOur baby Jesus who won't stay lying in the manger
He got some great gifts from the wise menSuch a fun Bryner Tradition!
More Christmas caroling
Then, Emma and Logan went to bed (after hours of giggling) in a tent in the laundry room while visions of sugar plums danced in their heads! 3) Christmas





Playing in the snow
4) Family pictures (thanks Lindsay) at Grandpa's farm in 2 degree weather...painfully cold, but a beautiful picture!
5) Tom's Homecoming Party






6) Christmas Sunday

7) Time spent with Rasmussen side






WHEW!!! We also got a chance to meet up with some friends and Ben got to go skiing. It was such a fun trip and we can't wait until next time!