Christmas time

A few days before Christmas us girls went to Archibald's at Gardner Village and celebrated Regie's birthday. Since her birthday is Christmas Eve Eve we figured we'd go a little early. It also gave us a chance to get to know her better. It was a fun girl's night out but the little space where two car seat hampers had to be at the restaurant didn't leave much space for the waiter to take our orders. They weren't expecting such a big crowd with 4 and two infants!

Christmas Eve we have a tradition of opening pajamas. It is a tradition that I had as a child that I loved so we are doing it now with our own kids.

 Christmas morning before the kids came out.

 Our Christmas tree

 All lit up

 Christmas day family picture

 Christmas evening Heather and her family as well as Joe and Regie came to eat, play games and enjoy being together. It was so nice being home for the holiday.

Annual Kone Family Christmas Party!

We celebrated the Kone Party at the WVC Fitness Center. It was a lot of fun! Full of excitement too! Joe proposed to Regie the night before downtown at the Gallivan center! And then after all the kids talked to Santa, my cousin Jessie sat on his lap and her boyfriend proposed! It looks like an exciting year ahead!

 Landon loved his Captain Hook ship with Capt. Hook that had a cannon and all.

 Mom, Regie and Joe with Savy and Whit

 Brielle showing off her Monster High doll

 Landon, Jeremy and I

 Grandma Kone with Whitney

 Savannah snuggling with Joe

4 Generations!

We Braved the Lights!

All bundled up with 1 month old twins, we headed downtown to meet up with Heather and family to see the lights at Temple Square. We even took the Trax train! We all had a great time and I am sure the twins stayed warmer than the rest. Sure I had to take a rest in the visitor's center to feed them and warm the rest of the family up, but we made it!

Grandma with her grandkids

The Holidays Have Begun

Saturday morning we had the Ward Primary Christmas Party. We ate breakfast and then visited with Santa. The kids were beyond excited!!

Daddy's full arms

Whitney

Savannah

Brielle is definitely on the "Nice" List. She has been a very helpful big sister!

All Smiles Here!!

Santa's full arms. They look so peaceful sleeping in his arms. I bet he smells of peppermint and hot cocoa!

Fun Times at Home

My mom and I sure stay busy with the girls. It is so nice to know that they are each being held by someone and being loved all the time. I definitely wish sometimes that I was made with more arms. I am sure every mom has felt that way on many different occasions. Here are a few fun pictures of my kids we took in December (2015).

Whitney Loa just after bath

Savannah just wasn't too sure about her bath this time

Savannah Marjorie

Landon boy

Brielle and Lucy

Sweet sisters

(Savy-L, Whit-R)

A Quiet Thanksgiving at Home

Since Savannah and Whitney are just a few weeks old, we decided just to stay at home this year. My Mom and Dad are still in town helping us out, so they joined us for the small feast. Brielle and Landon have pink eye!!! and so Joe and girlfriend Regie have decided to stay away from our home. I don't blame them! Mom was great preparing all that we could've wanted for dinner. She is quite the super woman!

The next day, being Thanksgiving weekend wouldn't be complete without hunting for a Christmas tree. So Jeremy took the big kids and headed to Manti for the weekend. There was no way I was taking the twins and it gave my mom and I a much needed rest. They got to see the light parade on Manti's main street with friends and family. Oh and see Santa himself!

It was a great beginning to the Christmas holidays!

A Little Behind

So if you can't tell by the dates, I have skipped a few months of updating! I have forgotten how much I enjoy reading the blog books I print out. And the longer I wait to post, the bigger the books become since they are not done on a yearly basis, which means they are more expensive to create. SO I am hoping to get into a good habit of it before the new year. I am going to back track a bit to make sure everything major that happened is not left out. So here I go back in time...