I apologize its been so long since I've made a blog post.  Merry late Christmas to everyone.  I hope everyone also had a nice Thanksgiving.  Jeff, Banks, Danny and I had the opportunity to go visit my sister Emily and her family in Semi Valley CA for Thanksgiving.  We had a lovely time!  The above picture is of Thanksgiving Day at Emily's inlaws: The Sycamores.

 Enjoying some delicious food on Emily's patio.  Also, enjoying the great California weather!

Allow me to introduce you to: the most divine cake you'll ever, ever, EVER eat!  There is this delicious bakery in CA called The Bread Basket Co.  And this is an epic cake from them.

This picture is from CA when we were visiting Emily.  Isn't this adorable!!?

Danny & I at the Sycamores..Thanksgiving Day

 

  

Santa Barbara, CA Zoo (Thanksgiving)

I loved every moment with these two.  AWESOME thanksgiving!

Banks, his cousin Ashlyn, and Daddy playing in the snow in WA.

Daddy and Banks jammin' on Grandma's grand piano.  (Banks loves to play the piano!)

With cousin Ryan!

Jeff found these in Wal Mart and really wanted him and Danny to have matching onsie/footsie jammies to match Banks.

Banks first time in the snow!  We've had snow in Utah, but he hasnt had any snow pants to play in the snow yet!

When we flew from Salt Lake to WA for Christmas, Delta lost Jeff's bag.  This is a picture of his ticket to call get additional updates/info on his bag.  We finally got it a day and a half later...whew!

We did some Christmas present opening before we came to WA.  These are tools Jeff got from Allan.  He was really excited about his new Dremel.  Thanks Grandpa Maruji (and thanks Brent for shopping for it all!)

So during Christmas I prefer not to give out sweets to friends because I feel like everyone is "sweet-ed" out.  I decided to give homemade sour dough loaves with yummy Carrabbas herbs that you add olive oil and balsamic vinegar to.  (dip the bread in the herbs)  I think people really enjoyed my our gift this year!

Our ward Christmas party was "A Night in Bethlehem".  We were supposed to dress up biblical.  I had a really cute picture of all three of us on my phone.  But unfortunately my phone is broke and I lost the picture.  :(  Anyway, the party was really fun. 

Banks and Daddy Christmas morning!

(Not the best pic, but...) Thanks Aunt Alayna for my new ssssuper cape!!  --Banks

We just got home from the Aquatic Center in Trail BC Canada.  Grandma, Grandpa (Maruji), Danny, Jeff, Banks and I had soo much fun!  My favorite part was the water was soo warm!

Danny and Jeff hitting the mountain during the Christmas Break in WA.