Welcome to 2025

Ready or not, here we go! 2025 is going to be such a great year... I can just feel it. Here's some of the fun things we have been up to this month. 

We started out the year by going to Monster Jam. It was fun because we have never been to something like this before. We all thought the truck tricks were so fun, and our favorite truck was called Grave Digger. I had to snap this picture of Tyler taking a picture of the kids. Too cute! 

Now that Tyler sits on the stand during church, it gives Brynn a great angle to draw a portrait of him. I think she really nailed the bald head and dashing smile. 

Bella is the luckiest puppy. She looks so comfy snuggled up with Caden. 

Makayla named her doll Shaniqua, and sometimes that stupid doll scares me when I walk upstairs because I think it is a real person just staring at me. Even though this doll is creepy, Makayla loves it and she is getting so good at doing her hair. 

The moon looked perfectly placed right on top of the peak of the mountain. 

We went to Makayla's middle school dance company concert. We loved it and Makayla did such a great job. I love that Makayla gets to dance with all of her best friends!

Tracy found discounted tickets to the Utah Hockey game, so we got to have a fun night watching a NHL game. The Utah Hockey club is brand new this year, and let me tell you, hockey games are a totally different experience than the basketball games we are used to going to. The crowd was more rowdy and they definitely yelled louder. We had so much fun hanging out with our cousins and hope we can go back again soon. 

The girls finally got to go to a Jazz game. The girls don't like basketball as much as Caden does, but we wanted them to experience a live NBA game. They ended up having fun because a little bribery of ice cream goes a long way. 

The Jazz games are fun, but the Jazz are not having a great season. If they continue on this losing trajectory, they will end up as the worst team in the league. 

These two kids amaze me. I told them that I would pay them for good grades, and if they got a 4.0, I would pay them $50. Well guess who is now out of $100? But it is so worth it because Makayla and Caden are excellent students. They keep an eye on their grades throughout the quarter and they always turn in their assignments on time. They both take multiple honors classes and are just doing so well in school. 

January is off to a great start!!