Christmas at the Temple

Cutest baby ever!

 Piper and her mini me!  They could seriously pass as sisters.  I can't wait to see how Owyn looks when she is bigger!

 Ooohhh!!  I wanna nibble on her!  I wish we lived closer.

 She's going to be the most loved baby ever!  My kids adore her!

 Chilling with Jaders.

Piper is going to dote on her forever!  Brushing her hair and sweet Owyn has the look of why, oh why!  I love it!

Christmas in the Canyon

Tuacahn is one of our favorite traditions. This year was awesome.  We walked right up to Santa, there was no line!  The weather was great, we watched the nativity and we came home.  All in 45 mins!  It was the quickest time we have ever done Tuachan in.  It's one of those traditions that really bring the Christmas spirit.  So glad we live so close to such a fun place!

Oh Christmas Tree & a little sledding

I was so worried we were never going to get a tree!  We finally had a chance to head up to Pine Valley and the boys found me a beautiful tree!

Piper looked like a pink, stay puff marshmallow!

We went and hit the sledding hill afterwards. Always so much fun!

Look at dad getting in on the action!

It doesn't even look like he is moving, but I promise he is booking down that hill.

Face first, not always the best idea, just sayin' Tootie!

And Piper kept falling off, each time she hit the jump! I don't know if she fell off or bailed off voluntarily.

It was a beautiful day!  So grateful that we could spend it together!

Snow and lots of it!

I live in St. George for a reason!  That reason is no snow!  But look at this!  What the heck?

Snowed all day today!  And it looks like it's going to stick around for awhile.

The kids had a blast making snowmen, snow angels and forts.  Oh, and throwing snowballs at the camerawoman.  I had to RUN for my life!

Tootie turns 9

Tysons birthday was a pretty low key event this year. Last year it was a month of partying, so we decided to tone it down a bit!

We opened present that evening and then we went out for our traditional dinner.  And as alway's Tyson chose Denny's. The kid LOVES pancakes!

And he is obsessed withNinjago lego sets as well!

For his friend birthday, we took a few friends with us to see Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.  We opened presents and had rootbeer floats before we headed in.

Tyson hugging Olivia. She is the sweetest girl ever.  And the only girl Tyson invited.

He tells me all the time how nice she is. She always plays with him and is super nice to him and he loves her. I am so grateful for her!!!  It's nice to know he has a friend who is always nice. And of course there is Bentley. That boy!  Love him to pieces!

Awww!  I love this kid.  He's such a stud!

JD & Piper

These two love each other to pieces and hate each other at the same time.  They fight like crazy and they drive me crazy!  But at the same time, they are so sweet to each other, at least when they aren't trying to kill each other!

Life Lessons

 Life lessons at the Doty house!

Shooting

 Shooting with the family is a Thanksgiving tradition.

 The kids love getting to hang out with Grandpa and blow things up at the same time.

 Even Miss Piper likes to shoot.

 JD takes it all very serious.

 We shoot anything we can put out and we throw a few pigeons.

 Josh shooting the 308.

 Oh look, I do exist.  Only picture taken of me on Thanksgiving day!

 I LOVE this gun, he says.

And Piper has a hidden talent, she can stick her tongue up her nose. AWESOME!

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving from our crew to yours!

Thanksgiving program

 First Grade is so much fun!  Every year they do a fun little Thanksgiving day program.

Five fat turkeys are we, we slept all night in the tree.  When the cook came around we couldn't be found.  And that's why were here you see!

 She is such a cute little stink when she's happy.

 And she's cute even when she's not.  She was so mad because I wouldn't let her bring me her bonnet, instead of putting it under her seat.

Such a fun program.  They did a great job!

Piper and Adilyn

These girls!  I love them to pieces.  They play so well together and almost always get along.  They are both silly and sassy and I love when they get to play.  Two of my favorites, that's for sure!

Count Your Many Blessings

Best FHE ever!  The kids had so much fun writing down what they were thankful for!  We have everything from our family and the Jesus Christ to crossbows and elk.  So fun to hear what my kids were grateful for!