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Hiking in AF Canyon

 Hiking at Silver Lake in Big Cottonwood Canyon

Checking out the Kennecott Copper Mine. 

It was an awesome tour, very interesting and informative. 

So glad we got to experience it before it was destroyed by the recent landslide in that area.

Just riding around the neighborhood. 

Brigham City Temple Open House with the boys. Nick was very excited to be able to go into a Temple finally. He was a little disappointed that there weren't toys anywhere but did say it was the most beautiful place he had ever been. 

Well this Christmas was definitely one to remember. Santa went all out with the boys' gifts this year and bought Nick a four wheeler and Kyle a little power wheels. Can you say spoiled?! They have really enjoyed their toys a lot though and I guess they are only kids once. 

The BEST part about Christmas this year though was that we got to spend it with Grammy and Papa! We had so much fun spending this special holiday with them.

And of course we celebrated Dad's 31st Birthday with some delicious steak and red velvet cake. 

Here's to another great year to Matt!!!!

 And last but not least, we got HAMSTERS!! Matt has been begging for a pet for while now and a neighbor of mine was giving away a pretty cool cage so we settled on two little hamsters. Nick's hamster is named Peso like the character on Octonauts and is all black. Kyle's is white and gray and he calls him Coco like he calls just about every animal. The novelty of these has kind of worn off but they are still going strong so we will keep them for as long as they last!

Nick had a very fun 6th birthday party. It was fun planning all the games and decorations around his chosen theme of Spiderman and he got to celebrate with his friends and cousins!!

 Our sweet deocrations.

 He was just a little excited.

 He made out like a bandit with all his loot

 The Spidey Crew

Kyle was Yoda for halloween and this was his first year that he really went trick or treating. He did good for about 3 houses then was ready for bed! He was a cute Yoda!

Trying out the ears

We had a BLAST in Yellowstone. It was a great trip considering it meant two young kids in a car for a long time and camping for 4 days with a crawling baby. There is so much fun to be had in so little time. I loved camping, seeing the scenery and wildlife, playing in the many rivers with the boys, freezing our butts off at night, cooking over the fire, and much more.

 Moose Ears!!

 Nick's very first pocket knife!! Which he promptly cut his thumb with of course.

 Yellowstone is a very beautiful and very big national park. This little guy did pretty good considering how much time he had to spend in his car seat while we drove around enjoying the park.

 Big brother helping little brother learn to walk.

 One of the best parts of the trip was Nick getting his Junior Ranger Badge! He had to do a packet of activities and pass an exam with a ranger to get it. He was really excited about all the things he had to do and of course very excited to be a Junior Ranger! This kid made the trip SO much fun for all of us.

 Playing in the dirt, heaven for any little boy.