Christmas Part One: The Calls

as usual..

 we had a fabulous time with the Calls for christmas.

and as usual..

they spoiled us.

this is us opening our gift from them.

They are taking us all to Disneyland next week! 

We can't wait! 

the call girls be'n rebels with the hard stuff.. 

sparkling cider.

yeah we're hardcore

am i drinking or trying out for american idol in this picture? hard to tell.

ady.. love this girl

we got to kiss, squeeze and take lots of pictures of our newest nephew, HUNTER. edible.

london was LOV'n uncle aaron! 

this is how much jeremy loves me taking pictures of him..

strike a pose beautiful kam

loves grandma call!

hugs for her cousin hunter

millions of kisses from ady 

i don't blame her.. he's so cute, i wanted to eat him up too! 

WARMEST Holiday wishes from the Calls..

we headed to the beach a few days before we came to Idaho in a rushed attempt to get a picture to use for our Christmas card... 

... just heading out the door to Idaho for a month of holiday madness ...

thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was unique this year.. 

but maybe one of my favorites.. 

This is the first year EVER that I haven't been "home" for Thanksgiving.

but we got super lucky and spoiled and my parents came to spend it with us! 

so it was just the 5 of us...

also.. this year my heart has NEVER be

en as close to bursting with gratitude as it was this year. for so many different reasons..

 but the main one is my little family. 

My sweet, healthy, perfect, tiniest friend, London.  

I knew I would love her, but NO ONE can explain just how much until you meet them..

it's almost painful to even try to put the feelings I have for her into words.

A joy i have never experienced until her. An overwhelming feeling of gratitude to my Father in Heaven for trusting us/blessing us with such a perfect person to be part of our family. 

I have said this a million times to Jeremy, and also to my parents..

"this mothering thing is what i amhere, and what i was made to do"

so grateful.

and of coarse for her sweet dad. my best friend.

i really am the luckiest girl in the world.

i should be the first to GIVE.. because i have been GIVEN and been blessed with so much!

this perfect face.. is what i LIVE for.. 

true happiness.. has a whole new meaning

 since my girlfriend came around.

oh, and her first 2 teeth starting poking through this weekend.

can you see them?! 

stop growing up! i've had it.

we took my dad to the marine corp air station museum..

and this is SUCH a typical picture of him. 

i LOVE it.

with his head up the tail pipe! ha!

ok, i know its not actually the tail pipe.. but it sounds the funniest to say it that way, right?

we knew he would love it.

 and i think my mom and i enjoyed it more than we thought we would.

while jeremy was at school,

we went on a tour through the mormon battalion museum.

panning for gold

we actually were planning on going out to dinner for thanksgiving just because there was only a few of us.. but my mom and dad decided last minute to pull whip up the full on turkey sha-bang.

and while dinner was a-brewin, we hit the beach and went surfing.

so cute to see my dad having so much fun in the water. he had way more energy than me in the ginormous waves that day. 

and my mom took care of D while we played in the water. Thanks mom :) 

my favorite picture of the weekend.

sweet kisses from grandpa

we went and ate on Coronado 

and d tried her first lemon, and loved it

Bob Hope Statue.. 

La Jolla Cove

London loves my mom and dad so much.. lights up around them.

but just might be completely obsessed with my dad.. 

its the sweetest thing in the world. 

she open-mouth grins every time he talks to her.

like mother, like daughter.

oh mom and dad.. 

it was so fun.

thanks for spending it with us.. 

we love you.

hope you ALL had such a wonderful Thanksgiving.