catch up

so this is going to be a pretty photo-heavy post. just too much to tell you all about and not enough time. so here are some snapshots, a quick look at christmas and some of the other goings on during the last few weeks that kept us busy....



beth was super into it this year, which made it so much fun



the 'rents and mitch came up on christmas day for some christmas dinner, and to exchange a few more gifts. we also got our christmas vacation on - hilarity. pure hilarity.

"eddie?!" "i hope you didn't do this all on our account clark" "eddie?!" surprised?" "if my head was sewn to the carpet i wouldn't be any more surprised than i am right now" oh man, good stuff right there. even beth was into it.



let's see if you can guess from the photos below who was into it the most....



the week after christmas beth and i went down to grandma and grandpa's house and hank went to freeze fest: where a bunch of crazies drive to no where in southern utah and canyoneer through some amazing canyons in the dead of winter. the water in the bottom of those canyons is often frozen and you have to break it in order to swim (yes, swim) through to keep going. hence the FREEZE in freeze fest. he had a good time. it actually looked pretty dang amazing. love that southern utah landscape.





beth got to play in the bubbles at grandma's. she LOVES to play in the water and bubbles. LOVES it.



we made a gingerbread house...



i know, it's amazing...


i got bigger:



nice work on the photo, courtesy of our very own hank van orden


we went and saw the lights at the botanical gardens:



(love that bottom photo)



some of us were lazy:




but all in all it's been an amazing end to a really good year. though it was busy, i was constantly grateful for all that we have. we really have a lot and are so blessed. i'm so excited to see what 2012 will bring to us....

next post: THE arrival (only 2 days away!!!)