Temple Christmas Lights 2012

The Washington DC temple is absolutely beautiful. It is especially beautiful during Christmas, when they have all the Christmas lights up.  We visit the temple every year during the holidays and I'm always amazed at how amazing it looks. 

We went up on a Sunday evening this year. The weather was cold, but not freezing. It was a really fun evening. The boys really enjoyed it this year.

I love pictures of my boys. They are so handsome.

 

They use to have a live nativity when we first moved here but started using this one 4 or 5 years ago. The boys always love to see it. 

Family shot 2012 with the temple. I love this one. 

We met up with our friends, the Greens. We have done this with them for a couple of years now. Our camera died after one picture, so they saved us big time. Me and Marjorie (and Israel all bundled). 

 I love trying to get a bunch of kids together for a picture. This one turned out pretty good.

Hot cocoa is a must!

Dellin enjoying his.

  Gouverneur fell down face first while running around looking at lights. We now have our very own little "Rudolph",

We really love to take the kids to the temple. We're so grateful for the blessing of the temple in our lives. We love our eternal family!

6 YEARS AGO TODAY...

I married this guy.

6 Years later, we are happier than I ever could have imagined.

I had to include a couple engagements photos. I look so young in these.

This was our actual engagement photo.

I love you Sterling.

BUSY BUSY DAY!

Today was such a great day.

It started out early with meeting up with my old coach/teacher Jill Skidmore. Her husband was running the DC Marathon so we got together for breakfast and had such a great time. It was so fun catching up with her and meeting her cute boys!

In the afternoon, we went to lunch with some friends at our favorite Indian buffet.

Then we headed to the temple and left Sterling for the first time with a babysitter, Jessica (Matthew's mommy). They had a fabulous time together. I was a little nervous, but really we couldn't have left him in better hands!

It was the first time we have been to the temple since Sterling Henry was born and it was wonderful!
THANKS JESSICA AND MATTHEW!!!!

After the temple, I left my boys at home and headed to a Twilight party that was FaBuLoUs!!! We watched the movie and ate the best Italian food... thanks Becky! It was fun to watch all the deleted scenes and extras. My husband is pretty done with Twilight, so I might be taking a small break... at least from talking and posting about it!

Who loves Utah???

I just got back from Utah and had the best trip! It was a very short trip, but I was glad to be able to go at all. The main reason I went was to go to my niece Vela's sealing. She was sealed to my Becky and Hema in the Mount Timpanogos Temple. All my siblings were there and it was amazing. It was such a wonderful day! Vela is so adorable and was a complete angel the entire time.
The next day, there was a HUGE luau in her honor. Here are some pics.

She had on this cute little pink Tongan outfit and it was adorable. I seriously could not get enough of her. She is such a sweet baby!

Of course there was a pig...it's a luau! This pig was huge and I was convinced that there would be left overs...NOPE! It was a hit! Everyone loved it!

I love spending time with my sisters! They are so much fun to hang out with. It is always a blast when we get together!

While I was there I also got to see my new niece Lydia. Sterling's sister Rachel is such a cute little mom and Josh is a great dad. Lydia is soooo cute! She has the most fabulous curly hair. I hope our baby gets those curls...or at least some of them!

It was great seeing you all. I wish I would have had more time to see more people. But it was really nice to spend time with family. It isn't very often that all my siblings are together! See you all in July!

Temple lights anyone??

Last night for young women we went to the DC temple(which is actually in Maryland) to see the lights. I loved it! The lights were fabulous and we also got to hear the best violin concert. Jenny Oaks Baker was performing at the visitors center and it was amazing! Almost all the young women came and we had a great time.
My ward growing up went to temple square to see the lights in Salt Lake each Christmas and I am glad that I get to continue the tradition all the way out here.

This picture is unfortunately not very clear but these are tulips. Lights that look like tulips, they were adorable!