Trip to Utah!

After Christmas we took a little trip up to Utah to spend some time with our families. We had so much fun and it was great to see everyone!


Taya and Dillon with some presents.

We went to lunch with Grandpa Randy and Brittany and Kaylee. It was super delicious and it was good to see him even though it was a quick visit.

Super cute girl cousins with matching PJ's
(Alexia, Miley, Kaylee, Taya and Mackenzie)


Dillon with his super cool shades and a Lightning McQueen fishing pole!



Taya and Dillon with some presents!

Taya feeding her baby (oh that is so precious!)

Taya and her cousins Kylee and Ellie.

Dillon and his cousin Hallie.

We tried so hard to get a picture of all the cousins. It didn't go so well but at least they are all in the picture! (Ellie, Taya, Dillon, Kylee, Hallie, and Kaylee) They are all so dang cute!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

SNOW!!!!

Dillon was so excited to play in the snow! He got to go out with his cousins and build a snowman!

Mike was brave and went out to shovel!

Dillon had so much fun driving some little cars in the snow! (Taya and Mommy were perfectly content to stay inside where it was warm)

We got to head up to Utah for a week right after Christmas and spend some time with our families! We had a lot of fun! It was great to see everyone and get a small taste of the snow and winter weather!

Christmas Morning!

Dillon was super excited to see what Santa brought for him!


He was also very meticulous at opening his presents.

Taya and her baby.

She got a baby swing for our swingset she loves to swing!

Dillon got this train set and play table he loves it! Daddy had so much fun putting it together!

Christmas Eve!

We started a Christmas Eve tradition. We made Christmas Trains!
Dillon had lots of fun and was very proud of his train!


Michael was also very proud of his creation which is some sort of monster creature mobile!



Taya had fun watching and eating whatever scraps she could get her hands on!

The kids got to open 2 gifts one was their sibling gift. Taya got Dillon some cars and Dillon got Taya some little people figures. They also got to open the traditional Christmas PJ's from mommy and daddy!

We then went to Jesse and Jaymie's for a little party so we got a picture with Henslee, Dillon and Taya in their Christmas PJ's! So much fun!

Mesa Temple Lights

We went to the Mesa Temple to see the Christmas Lights (this was back before christmas). It was so beautiful! It's a little bit different here trying to get into the spirit of Christmas without the snow and the cold, but coming to see the lights was awesome to get into the spirit. Dillon loves Christmas lights so he loved it!

Taya wanted to show off her cheesy grin!

The palm trees looked so cool!

NASCAR!!!

Mike and Dillon went to a NASCAR truck race over the weekend. The PIR (Phoenix International Raceway) is just a few minutes from our house. There was a big race going on this weekend so we thought it would be fun for Dillon since he loves cars so much!

They had a ton of fun! It was pretty loud though so if there ever was a next time they would need earplugs or something. Dillon loved seeing the race trucks and hanging out with his daddy. The winner was truck #4 Hooray!!!

Costumes!

We had fun carving some pumpkins. Dillon was pretty excited to put a candle inside and see them glow.

Taya as a Fairy Princess

Dillon as a Fireman

We had lots of fun! The carnival was pretty awesome. Dillon played a few games and got some little prizes. We went on a hay ride out in the field. There was also a trunk-or-treat so we got tons of candy!