snow ?

Seriously, end of December and this is what it looks like from the top of Timber Lakes. Gavin had a nice day out with his dad, papa Heaps, and uncle Nate.

Christmas

I woke up at 6 am and had to wait until 7:30....

What is wrong with my kids?

Love Cadens face of excitement below.

Then the building begins. Turns out marble mania you actually need to be a rocket scientist to put together. Lesson learned.

Caden preparing his microscope and slides. Hope he doesn't turn out like Dexter Morgan.

eve

Christmas eve Miles and Gavin sang "I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus."

And I got a little crafty and made pajama bottoms for the boys.

H. party

Our Heaps family Christmas party. Caden and Layla bug.
We found out that Jaxon is quite the wild 2 year old.

3 lighters going.....

One 8 year old playing in fire...... Fabulous feast......

wild game of adult bunco......

BINGO for the kiddos.

Kyle getting fish hooked.........PRICELESS!!!

Miles won bingo, everyone loaded up on presents, all in all a great night!

zzzz

I love when I come down and see that the boys all fell asleep together. As you can see, Miles is a crazy bed hog.

t square

It's just not Christmas until we've full filled our visit to temple square to see the lights.

Miles, Gavin, Caden, Hadley, Tanner, and Jaxon.

engineer

Sam was just promoted to engineer and Caden took the picture of me pinning on the new badge.
Don't the boys seem thrilled to be there???

cousin time

Off to Vegas to visit family. My boys were crazy excited to see everyone.
Feeding the starving ducks was a hit!

Miles got brave.

This little cutie is my niece, Maylynn.

First time seeing big horn mountain sheep in the wild. Sam didn't love how close I made him get.

Then around the corner we saw some chowing grass in residential yards.

Hiking pit stop on the way home to get the wiggles out. Works like a charm every time.

the feast

Sam worked Thanksgiving this year, (again) so we went to to fire station. The men did all the cooking and it was fabulous! Oh....and the boys made turkeys for everyone to wear.

Kauai

Early morning sunrise!

Hanalei Valley is postcard perfect.

Cute seal basking in the sun.

Napali Coast (Jurassic Park)

LOVED the dolphins. They are so majestic.

One of the wettest spots on Earth........Amazing!

Zip line adventure.

Sam was just like Phil from Modern Family.

This is the spot on Jurassic Park where they landed.

My favorite was the paddle boards. Lucky for us our uncoordinated skills were NOT captured on camera........lots of laughs.