My Baby is 5!!

So, Spencer's birthday is actually tomorrow...but since Saturday is a better day to celebrate...we partied today! We decided to make this a family party and take him bowling! We bowled, had pizza and cupcakes and opened presents...I think the best present of all was letting him believe that he beat us all at bowling! Actually, he was pretty stoked about the Hot Wheels scooter he got, he said,"I've wanted this my whole life!" It was a ton of fun...one of the funniest things is that they celebrated his birthday at preschool earlier this week and he has been wearing his crown ever since...he loves that thing, ha ha! Also, on Thursday Jake and I took him out for a birthday lunch at the mall and while we were walking in to the restaurant he asked us, "Can you have the chefs sing to me?"...we laughed so hard and we asked the waitress if the chefs would come sing to him!! He seemed satisfied when the waitresses did it instead! So funny! We are simply smitten with this boy and couldn't be prouder of how he's growing up! Happy Birthday, Bubba!

One Great Saturday!

December is so full of fun...sometimes it's overwhelming! This last Saturday we had plans to go to Karlee's cheer competition, but it would be done at 2:00 in the afternoon and we actually had the whole evening free! So, we decided to meet up after the competition and go see the lights at the temple! I am so glad we did!

Karlee's competition went great! She performed magnificently (nope, I'm not biased!). Her team took 2nd place and it was a blast to spend some time with Kars and watch her team! I am so impressed with how well she handles the pressure and she performs with grace and a professional attitude...what a kid!

Jake and the kiddos met us at the South Towne Expo Center and we headed up to SLC. We shopped around (we all loved checking out the cool gadgets at Brookstone) and got dinner at Applebees. Then we took Trax over to temple square...the lights were fabulous and we braved the 24 degree weather to check them all out. It was actually a relaxing and fun evening together.

Thanksgiving in California!!

We made our annual trek out to California for Thanksgiving and it was a great time!! We stayed busy having fun with all the Nemrow clan...dinners, photo shoots, bowling (although it turned out to be "League Night", so we just played at the arcade), a night at the beach, swimming in the hot tub, a turkey-trot race in Long Beach (we even got interviewed and ended up on a webcast about the event!) and a great turkey dinner at Aunt Nancy's. We had a fabulous time coming up with our matching outfits for the turkey-trot (leopard headbands and stiped knee-high socks for the girls!) too. It was relaxing and fun to be out there and when we came home...Christmas time was upon us! I don't have many pictures from the trip because I really wanted to relax (not be the photographer!)...but here are a couple shots!

Sean and Jenny's Weddings!

November was so jam-packed and part of the reason was that both Jenny and Sean got married within 2 weeks of eachother! It was so fun to be a part of both of their Big Days! I was lucky enough to be the photographer for both days!!

Sean's wedding at the Draper Temple was beautiful and we all enjoyed the dancing at the reception...some (Rylee) more than others (Jake)...but it was a great evening! Rylee and Karlee were finalists in the big "game" at the dinner and Rylee won the jackpot (money for the bride and groom!)...she was pretty stoked when Sean and Megan let her keep a dollar! It was great to spend time with the extended family and get to know Megan's family too!








For Jenny and Jordan's wedding, Spencer got to come to the Salt Lake Temple with us! It was a chilly day, but everything went smoothly and I think Spencer liked being there!! Jenny's reception was beautiful and completely different...no dancing this time...but enough yummy food to make us all sick!! We took advantage and enjoyed a great dinner, crepes, cupcakes and Magleby's chocolate cake!! It was another great day to spend time with family...especially Casey & her girls and Candice & Landon (only 10 days old at the time!). It's so great to have Jordan finally be official around here!