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Christmas 2011
We had such a wonderful Christmas! It was so much fun to see Carson get excited about receiving and giving (not so much) gifts and to watch Matthew love to rip the paper. For Christmas, I tried to have some of the presents be homemade rather than just store-bought. I made pajama pants for Carson, Nathan, and me for Christmas. I also made some gumball necklaces for my nieces. We made some calendars for both of our parents. We had a wonderful Christmas!   

Carson loved the bobcat that he got from Santa! Side note, Carson had been talking about Santa bringing him a bobcat construction truck for the past 2 months. Lucky for him, he got what he wanted. He also got a "Percy" train from Santa. He loved them both! Carson is holding some little cars that Matthew got.

Christmas Eve! Both Carson and Matthew love to play with each other. It is so much fun to watch them interact with each other.

 November 29, 2011, we attempted some pictures with the boys. Carson and Matthew are growing up so quickly! It makes me excited and glad to see the new discoveries that they have every day.

In November, Nate, Carson, Matthew, and I drove to Utah over Thanksgiving break. We left Monday, right after Nate's test and drove to Mapleton, UT. Brittney, Nate's sister was getting married that Wednesday, November, 23rd in the Mt Timpanogos Temple. It was a beautiful wedding and reception. 

 Brittney and Brian made such a beautiful bride and groom!

Hayley (my sister), me and Mckenzie (my sister)
both came to the temple too

We then stayed until Sunday, splitting the time with my family and Nate's family (there are both pros and cons to having both of our families living only 5 minutes from each other:) ). We had a wonderful time. Nate then had a few weeks left of the semester while I got our family ready for Christmas. Nate finished with finals in the middle of December. We were all so happy to have him done with school for a little. While we were in Utah, Carson enjoyed helping decorate the Christmas tree.

We loved spending time with our families!
In October, we decided it was time to do some more family pictures! We just went to a public golf course nearby.

The boys cooperated so well even though it was a chilly day!