I decided to post a picture or two a month for the year for my Christmas letter this year. Merry Christmas!

JANUARY

Sadie became a SUNBEAM! She loves primary. She loves to sing and color pictures. She makes everyone laugh when she says things like, "John the Badman baptized Jesus." I am very glad and get to be in primary with her.

FEBRUARY This is Alan with the people he worked with at Richmond American Homes. In February he was laid off only to be called three days later and begged to come back. The best superintendent from the northern part of the state wasn't able to handle all of the homes Alan was taking care of. He received his full severance package and only missed a week of work. It ended up being a great paid vacation. After he finished the homes he had started, he went to work for a new company. Overall, it has been a great change.

MARCHHappy Easter! This is at Easter Rock. The Easter Bunny hides lots of candy all over this hill and the kids get to find it. We had a great time as always.

APRIL

I couldn't just choose one picture for April. Sawyer turned 1 and Jordan and Mandy got married. Both big events. Also in April, I had my wisdom tooth and two other teeth removed.

MAY

In May, I had braces put on my teeth. Ouch!

JUNE

We got these two cute kitties in June. Bob and Jessica. Sadie and Sawyer love them to pieces. They are huge now and very sweet kitties.

JULY

The picture on the left is at my family reunion. Uncle Brandon is always willing to do fun things, like blow bubbles, with Sadie and Sawyer. We had a great time on Beaver Mtn. camping. The kids especially enjoyed getting completely filthy every day. On the right is the 24th in Marysvale. Sadie was in the foot race. She was too afraid of knocking the other kids down to really run fast, but she did great anyway. Sawyer didn't quite know what to do. Alan couldn't run because his hip was sore. I have never been very fast, but I crossed the finish line first. They also have fun little carnival games that Sadie really enjoyed.

AUGUST

In July we found out Alan had necrosis in his hip so in August he had surgery to speed up the healing process. Everything went perfect. It has worked and the necrosis is now healed. Also in August, I gave Sawyer his first haircut. He looks so grown-up now.

SEPTEMBER

Happy 4th birthday Sadie! Also in September we went fishing and camping and we celebrated my grandma's 90th birthday. It was a really busy month, but we had a lot of fun too.

OCTOBER

Sawyer started going potty in the potty in October. He thinks he is so big. He isn't potty trained yet, but we are hoping it is sooner rather than later. Also, Happy Halloween!

NOVEMBER

We really like it when this is the way the kids travel. Happy Thanksgiving!

DECEMBER

Sadie had one big Christmas wish. Spike the Ultra Dinosaur. This is her at the my family Christmas Party asking Santa. She said "I want Spike the Ultra Dinosaur. He is 'mote control and big and green. He has two rocks and a bone." It is all she wanted for Christmas. She did get it for Christmas. Spike is pretty cool. He says and does some really funny stuff. Sawyer likes Spike too, unless he gets too close. Sawyer is a little afraid of Spike.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We hope you and your families are well and happy.