The Growing Belly

I haven't been the best at taking belly pics.  I had planned to take one every week, but it turned into every two, and then once a month.  And now I just feel huge, so I don't want to take any! 

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St. George

While we were in Utah, we drove down to St George for a week to hang with the Marcusens, do some hiking, and enjoy what we thought would be nice, warm weather.  I think it made it out of the 30's one day.

We arrived in St George on New Years Eve, and got the Penthouse condo!

It came with our very own hot tub

Ruby tolerating Uncle Linc in the lodge at Zions.

Beginning of our hike

Most of the path was covered in ice- we slipped a few times.

Emerald Pools

We stopped at a Ghost Town on the way out- it reminded me of that Brady Bunch episode when they were on their way to the Grand Canyon.

The last day we were there we did a hike in Snow Canyon.  It was a lot of fun, and warmer than we expected!

We left straight from our hike- the weather was a little different in SLC- Poor Lincoln was a little chilly!

 

Holiday Time 2012

I am not going to even say when we put up our Christmas tree at home in St Louis.  Lets just say I wanted to be able to enjoy it for a little while, and we were gone for a long time in December...

Flash does this every year and I love it!

Plaza Lights from the best view- Dad's office!

My mom was so cute- she really wanted to do this! I thought it was quite funny- and not like her at all.

Enjoying the first snow of the season in Kansas.  What is up with the no snow?  It snowed more when we lived in Texas! 

On the way to OKC. 

Baby Jax.  Casey was very cute with him!  He will be great uncle!

Lets be honest- I have the jolly belly- I resemble Santa the best

Awkward Family photo- Christmas Eve at Solitude

Family pic 2012

Christmas Day- Not being able to ski this year was a lot harder than I thought it would be!

Sweet little Ruby

Lights at Temple Square

It was freeeeeezing!

Beautiful.  Compliments of Lincoln.

This year the Christmas season was a whirlwind.  We started off in KC for a few days, drove to OKC for the weekend, flew to SLC for two weeks, then back to KC for a few days, and then back to STL.  For some reason, it never felt like Christmas time to me.  Maybe because it was so busy!  We loved being able to see so much of our families though, and that is most important!