IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR...

and the busiest, so I hardly know where to start. I guess it will be with soccer. Even as of last Saturday we were still going to games. Anika was on such a great team this year and those girls played their hearts out. Anika has improved so much and it is always so fun to watch the games. I am amazed how into it I get and the last couple of games she played in, especially all the playoff ones were a real adrenaline rush. Her team finished 2nd in our region and the went on the regional playoffs were they came in 3rd.

GREAT JOB GREEN MACHINES!!!!


You can tell by this pic how tough she played. Check out her awesome trophy


Of course over the last few weeks we have been busy going to SC football games. For anyone interested, under Pete Carroll SC has never lost a game in the month of November. We also crushed ucla again this year and we have done that 8 out of the last 9 years, but who is counting.

No matter how busy we get, I HAVE GOT to go here.
Following are some favorite pics from the last few times we went.


It is always more fun to go with great friends.


They went on the Rapids ride 3 times in a row and to say that they were a little cold the rest of the evening would be an understatement.


Maybe I like Disneyland so much because the kids are so great at posing cute for pictures, just a theory :)










We have attended lots of fun ward and stake activities like Follow the Star, Sing Noel, the Adults only Christmas dinner and of course breakfast with Santa...

All Josh could say to Santa was that he wanted was a candy cane since there was a bag full of them sitting on the ground.

Bryce was not having the Santa thing at all this year and was jumping out of his arms and the girls I am sad to say are just too cool to sit on his lap anymore.

His reward for 10 seconds of torture.

She snuck a reward anyhow.

There were of course fun birthday parties.

The kids cousin, Troy turned 4!


One of Anika's BFF's turned 9 and had a cool gymnastics party.

Josh got to go to an awesome Indiana Jones Birthday party that I figure he will be talking about for weeks.

He was willing to hold all the creatures except the one in the next picture after this but he would not actually let them touch his skin.




We have also been busy doing all the amazing fun and FREE activites in the area thanks to my wonderful sister in law Michelle who keeps me informed. YOU ARE THE BEST!!!! For example, the tree lighting ceremony at the St. Regis.


The last and in this case CERTAINLY LEAST thing we have been up to, was having that nasty flu bug that went around. Of course we all got it the week the kids were off of school for Thanksgiving when I had tons of fun things planned. Thank goodness I have no pictures to document the grossness of it all, but I have to admit had she let me, there was one photo I might have snapped. That was moment when my Mom who is the best grandma ever, was covered in puke thanks to Bryce, with partially digested orange wedges hanging out of her shirt and everything, nasty I know. I felt like there was not one minute that week that my washing machine was not doing a load of towels. We are all good now and I should have lots more fun Christmas activities to post in the next 11 days.

Tis the season to be jolly!!!