Tal's blessing

Tal was blessed a few Sundays ago; he was quiet and sweet during the blessing. I was overwhelmed at the support from our families. It's support that we have for all of our events, but it was powerful to me that day. It's pretty great to have lots of siblings who live close who like us enough to spend time and energy on us. We had friends come to the blessing, too, and folks from the ward felt like it was an important day. I feel so blessed to be connected to so many great people.

It was Talmage's day and he was a darling for the whole of it. Talmage brings a sweetness and softness into our home. We wanted him and are grateful for him.

rock climbing & swimming

We spent New Years Eve at the South Summit Aquatic and Fitness Center in Kamas, Utah, with (who else?) our cousins. We discovered that the one fee included everything in the center. So we started by rock climbing, and finished up with a few hours in the pool.

We enjoyed a nice and reasonably quiet evening and at midnight we threw confetti on the front porch and the kids ran around the front yard with sparklers. Happy New Year! We welcome 2012 and look forward to the adventures that life has in store for us!

ice skating

Thank goodness for holidays and cousins! We spent a delightful afternoon at the Olympic Oval in Kearns. It was a first time experience for most of our kids and after a couple of hours they got pretty good. We ended the day at our house with dinner and more playing. It was a good, good day.