Christmas Lights on Temple Square

The day after Thanksgiving, we went to see the newly lit Lights on Temple Square. It was very crowded and very cold, but fun.

Mom and Gavin near the temple.

Nana and Josh near the temple and some beautiful lights.

A cute and cold little family shot.

Nana and Vatti snuggled up and happy.

Josh and Gavin with cold and rosie cheeks.

Gavin's favorite part of Temple Square is all of the fountains. Here are Gavin and Dad taking a rest next to one of them.

Happy Thanksgiving

This year the Larsons, Bridgett and Nana and Vatti came to visit us for the week of Thanksgiving. We had a great time hanging out and seeing a few sights around town. The weather got a little chilly for the people from Arizona, but we did have a few very nice days left to spend some time outside.

Rachel, Josh, Hannah and Gavin hanging out on Temple Square.

Which they now refer to as "The Square Temple."

Hannah and Gavin checking out the pendulum at the Clark Planetarium.

Bridgett, Gavin and Rachel hanging out on Mars.

Josh giving us the weather report.

Nana and Gavin check out the planets in the solar system.

Family in NM

Dad had eye surgery on Wed, and came home sporting his best pirate face... though I chose not to display that one. It seems that all went well. The little kids were a little apprehensive about being too near the eye patch.
The Turley girls looking cute, with Miran upside down for this one.
Bridgett and our cousin Sara Smith, very beautiful girls.
Gavin and Nana hanging out on the porch.

A very silly smile from Morgan.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! After a few weeks of dispute, our lion finally decided that he would wear his costume. It turned out the perfect thing for him. We had a busy day with lots of fun, and luckily, not too much dispute about getting dressed up. We never got him to say "trick-or-treat" but he certainly figured out the part about asking for treats to put in his pumpkin. We had a great time.

Never a cuter lion.

Also a hilarious view from the rear.

Cute smiles. He also had quite the growl, as you can imagine from this face.