Happy Birthday Kyle!!

Today is my little brother's

22 birthday!!

He is currently serving

his mission in 

Phoenix, AZ and hasn't

gotten to meet little

Kale yet.

But Kale really loves

him already.

Happy Birthday Bro!

Love ya!!!

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Hey ya'll!

What a great Christmas we had!!

It was so wonderful to 

be in Iowa for 

Christmas and to be able

to spend so much time 

with my family and friends.

We had a wonderful time

and found out that

Kale is a champion plane traveller.

Before I post pictures, though,

I would like to explain that

the reason there aren't

any pictures of 

Christmas Day is that

I didn't get our 

new camera until after Christmas. 

:-/ Sorry!

But, here we go!

Kale now loves to play with the cookie sheets.

He thinks he's pretty hilarious. 

Kale loves his Nana Gerber,

and also loved trying

to mess up our card games :)

My two BFFs took me out

and pampered me.

Just like old times :)

They'll probably hate me for posting the above picture,

but I know they'll get over it 

Love you girls!!

We went to Nauvoo while we were out there.

It was so great! But insanely cold. 

Kale loved

looking at the 

Nativity scene at the

Visitor's Center.

Or maybe he 

just was fascinated

by the straw... 

And of course,

it was difficult to keep him 

from taking all the

ornaments off the tree.

Alison swung by and played

some Kinect golf with

us.

Man I miss this girl!

Kale loves his Uncle Dain!

All right people, it's time to 

go sledding.

Kale's first time!

Getting all his gear on was

a team effort.

Ready, set, GO!

I can't help but laugh seeing this picture.

He was just like Randy

from A Christmas Story.

Hilarious.

Watch out Dain!!

And again,

just lying their like a slug.

It was his only defense.

Here are some pictures of what the pass 

looked like on our drive home:

And now some silly pictures.

I took Kale outside but he 

wouldn't keep his gloves

on and kept falling on the cold

ice, so we went inside.

This is Kale's friend Bauston.

Despite Kale's facial expression,

they really are buds.

Speaking of Kale's facial expressions,

here's a new one he

picked up in Iowa 

that seems to be a real crowd pleaser:

And that's it.

It was a great Christmas.

We are so grateful 

we had the chance to be with family!