Camouflaged in there is Shizzie, getting lots of love.
To help Anne's eyes she gets to patch one each day for a couple hours.
A day at the zoo with the girls.
Thanksgiving pies.
Thanksgiving dinner with the family.
Anne's letter to Santa.
Sarah's.
Rachel's
First time sledding this year.
Handsome man :)
Pizza Pie Cafe Time! Our favorite place to eat.
Having fun in the backyard.
A day at the aquarium watching Aunt Jennifer dive.
Tornado in a bottle.
33 Weeks.
Jennifer's Bell Choir performance. The girls loved ringing the bells before the performance and hearing all the fun Christmas songs.
Shizzie's favorite place to lay, especially while I'm playing.
Another fun place we like to eat. Anne calls it the "octopus place". She does actually eat the little squid. Rachel likes the sushi and Sarah likes the noodles.
The most Anne outfit ever :) So many sparkles. In cause you can't see her pants and shoes are also covered in sparkles.
Our fortunes: Anne, Rachel, Sarah, Mine, Zac's
Sarah and her buddy.
Playing in the leaves.
Rachel got Sarah dressed this particular morning.
The girls decorated their beds.
Some good-sized deer in a field near our house.
Our first bath in the new house. We thought it was broken, turns out it wasn't! The jets make quite the bubble mania.
Anne's Christmas performance at her school.
This is how we roll at the Thatcher house.
BYU basketball game. Go Cougs!
Little social butterfly. She quickly made friends with the family in front of us and ended up getting part of a cougar tail from it, haha.
I love Anne's expression.
My good buddies Carlie and Sarah threw me an awesome baby shower for little guy. It was a ton of fun and we were so generously blessed by our friends and family with the cutest little boy clothes and blankets. Thank you all!
Making gingerbread houses.
One of Rachel's favorite things to do in the snow. Such a big helper.
Christmas Eve
Bell choir and sing along.
After the concert we walked around Temple Square and looked at the lights then went out to eat all together to Denny's.
After Salt Lake we all went to Loren's house for the night. One of my favorite parts of Christmas, here we all are listening to Grandpa read the Christmas story from the Bible.
Traditional hanging of the stockings. Sarah fell asleep on the way home from Salt Lake so she missed out on this part.
Christmas morning! Sarah loved her "Candy land!"
Beautiful veil from Grandma.
Exchanging presents.
A dress for Anne..
Rides for the girls....
A sword for Dad...
Shaving cream for my Dad. Long story :)
The only thing Sarah asked Santa for....a booster seat!!
The main thing Rachel asked for....a spiderman bike!
Jennifer's Birthday dinner, shrimp tacos, mmm.
Happy Birthday Jennifer!
Movie time.
The Children's museum.
Another fun sledding day with Grandma and Jennifer.
Pictures from Zac's phone.
Cool sunset from UVU's parking lot.
Watching Bible videos. She loves the "Jesus getting baptized" one.
Playing XBox Kinect with Uncle Loren.
3 Weeks of growing it out and then Zac said he couldn't take it anymore.
There's someone in Zac's office that puts up funny or good quotes.
Pretty silver lining in the morning clouds.
Warming up by the upstairs fireplace while eating dessert.
BYU basketball game.
Russell Family Christmas party.
Christmas morning. It was only supposed to be a "light" snow. Yay for a white Christmas!
New Year's Eve.
Rock band, carrying on the New Year's Eve tradition.
Mom and Jennifer sledding.
Sarah
Anne
Rachel
Jennifer's Birthday
Rachel and her new bike.
Sarah and her new booster seat.
Christmas morning!
Grandpa reading the Christmas story.
One of the girls' favorite Christmas songs.
Anne's school Christmas performance. She is in the middle front wearing a santa hat and a pink scarf.
Silly.
Our first duet.
Jennifer's bell choir performance.
Fun in the backyard.
Playing Loren's xbox kinects game.
Just awesome.
Rachel's first flute performance at Great Grandma's care center.
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