WAY too much

I haven't posted- for a long time- and these last couple weeks have been FULL of things to be thanksful for.... tsk, tsk, tsk.

Here is a very brief and weak attempt to catch up:

1. Our friends the Barrands! This was their first Christmas just them too- and so we convinced them to come and spend it with us. We had a great time. They also had us over to their house a couple nights over the holidays- once for a yummy Brazillian dinner and a movie, and another time for games and treats.

2. My family in town. My mom and stepdad drove down from Washington, bringing back Garrett, and Karina's car. Karina flew back from Florida on the 2nd- and my brother Brian has been in and out since the 1st (he's mostly been up in the mountains and with boarding buddies- but he can't miss out on a few family and nephew moments).

3. Hubby around. Its been nice to have Jake around so much too! We had a fun memory moment up at Sundance on the 1st, he cleaned out the garage and his tool bench, he took Josh to the BYU basketball game, and he's been around for games and hanging out time. I was sad to see him head back to work this morning.

4. Brief moments and a great thing. Favorite mission companion Bri is in town visiting her family. Knowing how much she loves Sundance I told her Jake and I were heading up on the 1st. She couldn't join us - but offered the use of her dads' corporate passes. It was nice to see her and her chubby cheeked baby for a moment (still working on another get together), and the passes were GREATLY appreciated- especially since conditions werent' super great, and Jake didn't have his own board and so we didn't end up sticking around for too long.

5. Cute kids. Josh and Dekker are so cute these days. Dekker gives the sweetest unsolicited hugs and kisses lately- I just love it! And Josh continues to surprise us with his intelligence in all the amazing stuff he does these days. He's also pretty dang funny- the other night Jake wasn't going to the "right" bonus features on Wall-e, as Josh was trying to communicate this he got so frustrated he said, "Agh! You're getting an my nervous!" Not a phrase I want him to use a lot, but still we couldn't help but laugh that he said nervous instead of verves.