Recap of the Holiday Season

Like always things come and go and I don't get on the ball and blog about them. Our holiday season was super busy but so fun. We spent most of (okay all of) our time with family. It started all the way back at the 1st of December with my sister's birthday and from then on the fun never ended...

Zoo Lights
We packed all the little ones up in the car and off we went to the zoo. Although it was a little cold and we all had to bundle up, it was a lot of fun.

Mom's Birthday

I just love my mom so much. She is such an amazing person. She does so much for me and I can count on her for anything. I was so glad that we were able to celebrate her birthday with her. We went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner (on of my favorites) and then it was home to open gifts and eat cake.

Logan

My mom, sisters, and I decided we'd make a quick trip to Logan. Nat wanted to visit some friends and we also wanted to see my mom's cousins. We visited, ate lunch, and had some yummy goodies. It was a nice little get a way for the day.

Denver

Chill was able to go on a road trip to Denver for the Broncos vs Bills game. I think they had a great time (in the freezing cold weather) 5 guys squeezed into Steve's Ford Focus. They claim it wasn't that bad, but I can't imagine driving for 10 hours that way.

Rickster, Swasey Bills, Chill, Fossom, and George

An Early Visit from Santa

While Chill was Denver I stayed at my parents house. One night when we were getting the kids ready for bed, there was a knock at the door. When we opened it, to our surprise it was Santa and Mrs. Claus. They came to visit Lexi and Carson and bring them gifts. Lexi just couldn't believe that Santa was actually in Grandma and Grandpa's living room. Car

son didn't know what to think but took to Santa pretty quickly.

Ward Christmas Party

I went with my parents to their Ward Christmas Party. It is fun to visit their ward because I grew up there and I was able to see a few of my good friends. We had a great time and there was a surprise visitor...no not Santa, the Grinch. Yeah I thought it was a little strange, but whatever.

The Special Visitor

Jared, Nat and Beans

The Crew

Wilcox Family Christmas Party

We have a family party with Chill's Dads side of the family every year and it is always a lot of fun. It is a progressive dinner and we hit about 3 house. We ended at Doug and Claudia's house this year for the main course. It was really fun, we had yummy food, and Santa even made an appearance! We always end with a little white elephant exchange which always brings a lot of laughs.

Grandma Gen and Santa

Brett and his new hat

Exchanging Gifts

Claudia and Santa

Carson Loving Santa

Christmas Eve

I love Christmas Eve. For the past few years we have spent part of Christmas Eve with Chill's family and part with my family. We were able to eat dinner and exchange gifts and Chill's grandparents. It is alway fun because we are able to spend time with his family, cousins, aunt, uncle, and grandparents. It was so fun to have Carson this year and to share the holidays with him. After we were done there, we headed to Bountiful to spend the rest of the night with my family. We always open our pj's on Christmas Eve. It was off to bed not long after that so we could be well rested for the big day.

Dinner

All the Girls

My family in our pjs

Uncle Brent and the Kids

Merry Christmas

Christmas Day started really early, and ended pretty late. We opened gifts with my family in the morning and then it was off to Lehi to celebrate with Chill's family. We were definitely spoiled by everyone. I think Carson enjoyed Christmas just as much as we did. He got a lot of fun toys that play really annoying sounds and music, but he's happy and that is all that matters. It is so fun to be starting Christmas traditions with our own baby.

New Toy

Dad and his new Grill!

Carson's Favorite place to be- Grandpa's Shoulders

Dominos

Chill and his brothers

Bear Lake and New Years
A few days after Christmas we packed up and spent 5 days up at Bear Lake. We had a great time hanging out, playing dominos, doing a puzzle, swimming, playing rock band, relaxing, and of course EATING! We thought it would be fun to get a way for a few days because the whole family was in town. It was so fun to ring in the New Year with the whole family. We even got Carson out of bed to celebrate.

Lots of Rock Band

This Puzzle Took Forever

Swimming!

Carson's New Year Kiss

The Gang