The kids had a blast making pom pom animals. I bet all in all we made about 50 fun and inventive creatures. Always a favorite: Seldding behind the tractor Taking Alan and Sharon to dinner in SLC for their Christmas present. We found this adorable, small, mostly quiet Italian restaurant called Cannellas. It’s always…
When we woke up Christmas morning, it was snowing. The world was silent, peaceful and perfect. This year our family has been taking a lot about how Santa is a symbol of Jesus Christ. He love us, he gives us the best gifts, he wears red and while, and he spends his life serving others. …
Skiing on Christmas Eve is a tradition we all look forward to. Well, everyone except for Josh. He really did not want to ski this year. We were holding firm in our resolve to drag him along with us, much to his chagrin. That night, he woke up in the middle of the night with…
As always, our trip to Utah was packed with fun things to do. We loved our dinner, talent show and Nativity at Grandma and Grandpa Banks house. The masks were hilarious and we said this was the easiest year ever to get a cute pic. It didn’t matter if they were smiling or looking 🙂…
This year for Christmas we all pitched in and got my parents some updated family pictures. We used my cute friend Sarah, of Sodabee Photography, and she did a phenomenal job!
I love our tradition of Christmas advent. We have an advent calendar hanging on the wall and inside each little pocket is an activity we do together each day. It’s a lot of work to put together, but I love the conscious time we spend together and I love coming up with new experiences each…
I’m pretty sure Josh has been looking forward to his 8-year-old trip for about 2 years now. We talked about it all the time, schemed where he would want to go and what he would want to do. As it drew closer, he decided on Chicago. It had all the things Josh loved. Public transportation,…
This year brought our entire family (minus Cole, who had to work) to Colorado for Thanksgiving. We had the absolute best time, and I don’t even know where to begin describing all the fun. Everyone arrived on Wed evening and we had pizza, had fun running around with cousins and participating in our annual Banks…
The party never stops around here! Two days after Thanksgiving Josh was baptized. It was such a special day, filled with the love of our family and friends. Everything went really smoothly at the baptism and Josh loved being the center of attention on his special day. I made him a little lap quilt out…