St. Nick's Day

So, Micah is pretty confused... He knows that St. Nick is a "nickname" for Santa so since St. Nick came on Dec. 5th her sort of thinks that because he got stuff in his stocking that was it... Another concept we're having a problem correcting with him is that he believes there has to be snow for Christmas. Now, in CA, that's just not going to happen so we've tried explaining this a thousand times but it's not taking hold... I guess the Christmas movies are getting to him, he just can't understand that not everywhere has to have snow for Christmas. Chances are he'll be distracted by all the presents under the tree and not thing about it but I think that WHY may be becoming his favorite word... and these experiences to his Santa costume theories.... TROUBLE! Anyways here are a couple pictures from St. Nick's morning.

Lake Tahoe in the Snow

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We had a nice long weekend in Tahoe... we had the reservations for months, thank goodness it decided to snow the day before we got there! Not quite the same lake as the summer, check out the pictures and you'll see what I mean! Watch for Emerald Bay in all its winter glory...We had a great time sledding, seeing the "real" santa and his "real" sleigh, Micah learned to ice skate and we drank tons of hot chocolate... we about doubled our yearly consumption in two days time!

CTR t-shirts

Here's a peek at what all of the Primary kids are getting for Christmas so if you're in our ward... don't let the cat out of the bag! We spent Monday night making these (silk screened 55 of them) as a family home evening service project as a Primary Presidency. Is that legal??? Micah likes them because he thinks they look like Star Wars, go figure!

O Christmas tree...

It's official... we have a tree, it's even up and decorated! Christmas miracles never cease to amaze....

San Diego Trip Pictures

San Diego Trip

Check out the pictures from our trip to San Diego. We had a great time at Sea World, playing at the beach and hanging out with Grandma, Papa, Alex, Megan, Vinny and Penny. Enjoy the pictures!
Love, Micah and Lauren

Slideshow from our trip to Monterey Bay

Trip to Monterey Bay and Carmel

Check out the pictures from our trip! You'll see the aquarium, the bay, Carmel and pictures from the 17 mile drive. Enjoy!
Micah and Lauren

Santa?!?!

Micah with his favorite baby that he has affectionately dubbed "Ayson Pants"... the nickname stuck!

Two kids playing around outside way too late at night... Lauren seems to enjoy laying on the freezing cold cement, figure that one.

Pictures from the ward Christmas party on Saturday. The picture of Lauren and I is the only one of anyone with Santa... Micah wouldn't get close to him and Lauren would only scream. Micah quite candidly informed us that Santa was a man just dressed in a costume, the real Santa only comes out on Christmas Eve. Very funny!

Happy Thanksgiving!

A couple pictures from Thanksgiving... Micah and Lauren had a great time playing with all of the kids at dinner, we had a great time in San Diego and delicious dinner!

We're back!!!

Playing around after a bath

Lauren is quite adventurous... she gets in all sorts of trouble!

Playing at the mall, Micah made new friends (of course!)

After a long hiatus... broken computer.... broken camera.... dreading catching up.... we are back! Here's a look at what we've been up to the last month.