Christmas card

Christmas preview

Here are a few Christmas preview photos. However, by the time we tried to get them to be in a picture together, all hope was lost. But these ones turned out nice :)

Tyler and Lizzie

I just love this picture of Tyler with his friend Lizzie. Cute cute kids!!

Hidden talent?

So I accompanied some boys in the ward who sang this song for a christmas party, and later on at home I overheard Elina pounding out random notes at the piano, but singing all the words to the first verse. Needless to say I was quite impressed, so after mentioning that to Ryan's aunt's, Elina is now performing this for the family Christmas program tomorrow night. I wanted to post this performance, because tomorrow is the first exposure of any kind Elina will have to perform in front of people. And just in case she gets cold feet, I have proof that she's been working hard to learn most of the words. The thing that surprised me was that she knows when to come in with the accompaniment and can usually/sometimes even find the correct pitch. She's totally blown me away with her progress. Way to go sweetie!!! I'm so proud of you!!

Happy Birthday TY!!

Happy Birthday!!

Happy birthday to Tyler!!! We absolutely love having this little boy in our family. He is such a joy!! He is still fascinated with balls so the basketball hoop was a hit. Thanks to everyone who came to support our little guy!!

And she's off again!!

So my sister is gone again. We wish her the best on her next six or so months of adventure and hope she keeps in touch regularly :)

Halloween

All Elli wanted to be for Halloween was a princess. So we found a cute little Flamenco dress and she was a Spanish princess. She was happy so long as she got her makeup on and in place. Ty has been obsessed with "Woody" (Toy Story) lately so we made him a cowboy and called him Woody. I don't think he really got it though because he'd just scream as we put his costume on. Ty got in tune with his feeling of fear. All week long he has remembered "pappa cary" because of the scary mask my dad wore on Halloween. Tyler will not live it down. When we went trick-or-treating, Elli was done after like five houses. Sweet!!! I know that won't last for long!!

More pics

Yes yes, Ryan actually witnessed BYU vs. OU in Cowboy Stadium.



Here's all the UT cousins at the zoo when Grammy came to town.

Mount Timp

Kids update part 2

Elina officially started preschool. I say officially because some might remember our one month preschool trial last spring. But here's the real deal. She loves learning and looks forward to going every time. Thanks Miss Nicole!!!
We had a fun day in the canyon with some friends seeing the leaves changing. I love this time of year.
I can't ever start playing without two little rugrats thinking that it's their turn to play. Usually I'm the one that gets kicked off my own piano. Go figure :)

Kids update

We love our Halloween jammies!!! Thanks Grammy and Emmy!!


I figure now that I'm finally updating the blog, we'll go all out with the most recent pics :)

Madrid

A big shout out to my family for watching the kids for us so we could enjoy ourselves in Spain. It was a much needed vacation and special for us to go back to Ryan's mission. It was his first time back since he served there as a missionary. Thanks to everyone who hosted us and went out of their way to make our stay so enjoyable. Gracias por todo!!!