Sunday

On Sunday Evan and Nicole had us all over for dinner. Bella got lots of lovin from everyone! She was pretty fussy (it's been a trend in the evenings the past couple weeks), but she LOVED when Oakley would talk to her. She'd be crying and then all the sudden she'd look up and Oaks and smile. So freakin cute. 

Bella also loved looking at Evan and Nicole's gorgeous Christmas tree and all the ornaments. (By the way, we've only had our tree for a couple weeks and it's completely dead. We've been keeping it watered and all that too. Ugh.)

Temple Square

We went to see the lights at Temple Square a couple weeks ago and everything was just beautiful! We hadn't been since 2007 and it was still as as freezing as I remember it being. I haaate being cold-- I get so cranky (why I still live in a cold place, I don't know), but this time the gorgeous lights and being on the temple grounds made me a happy girl. 

Bella was SO bundled up, haha not gonna lie.. I was a little bit jealous of her!

Day After Thanksgiving

I've always loved the day after Thanksgiving-- everyone has work and school off, and you just get to hang out and eat leftovers. This year Trevor went into work (he's working hard to get his bonus), but as soon as he was off, we headed up to Evan and Nicole's house for pumpkin pie. Everyone was too full to eat it the night before so we saved it for the next day. 

I forgot that I haven't mentioned how curly Bella's hair is when it's wet-- it's so cute and DEFINITELY curly. We took some pictures of her with her cousin, Belle. (She has a lot more hair in the back of her head so if you look closely you can see all those curls. I totally think she looks like Trevor most of the time, but with her curls she looks a little more like a Maio.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was nice and relaxing (and freezing outside, might I add.. the coldest Thanksgiving in Utah in 4 years for me). It had snowed a couple days before-- remember that blizzard I talked about that was supposed to be the worst in the past 10 years? Even though it didn't end up being as crazy as people were anticipating, it still snowed and it was still dang cold, so we were happy to be cozy and warm inside :) 

My camera died after taking a few pictures (I managed to stay calm), so I took a lot of video on my flip. After our delicious meal (that everyone contributed to), the boys set up the Christmas tree and we all visited and had a good time!

Long Weekend

We had a fun and busy week/weekend-- we started on Wednesday night (no one had work the next day-- yay!) and went to the new Texas Roadhouse in Orem. It was packed as usual, and poor Bella did NOT like the waiters yelling "Yee-haw!" for people's birthdays (she cried every single time). It was hecka loud so I felt bad for her this time, but she also startles SO easily that it usually makes me and Trevor laugh a little bit. She'll flail her arms at the sound of us opening a soda can, closing a door, etc. (I guess we know her hearing is okay). 

After dinner, we ventured on over to the Mac store and messed around with the new ilife stuff. Rick and I decided to split the cost of the software and now we're having fun playing with the new imovie and showing each other the little videos we make.

Trafalga

We finally used our "Pass of All Passes" that we bought in September (season passes to Trafalga and Seven Peaks) and we hit up the Orem Trafalga with Evan and Nicole. They have an indoor mini golf course since it gets so freezing here, but it has black lights and is actually pretty cool. Evan beat us all! 

Bella slept almost the whole time, and when she did wake up, we were eating dippin dots next to these arcade games with flashing lights.. probably not the best way to wake up from a nap.

Bella and I bundled up while everyone else raced each other in go-karts. 

Cousins

Steph and Rick had us over for dinner on Wednesday night and the cousins got some good bonding time in :) Oakley was so cute all night-- she wanted to help out with Bella whenever she could. She got her wipes when she needed her diaper changed, gave her kisses when she was crying, and even fed her! (Listen in the video, every time Bella cries, Oakley goes "It's okay.")