Hello December

Thanksgiving has come and gone, and we have much to be thankful for. We were able to spend it with my dad and his family in California. It was small and delightful...all the great food without all the people! My mom spent a special Thanksgiving at her sisters, so we missed her lots but eventually met up for Eegees when Jess and I got back into town. Sadly our camera was dead so no pics of our vacation, or of Lyla outeating us all. She was so excited to try all the new flavors, and continued to eat long after the rest of us were through.

And now it is December. The year has flown, and here it is Christmastime again. We love Christmas! We love looking at lights, and listening to the First presidency Christmas Devotional. We love rescuing sad looking Christmas trees from DI and making them beautiful (pics of our tree soon). We love singing carols to little Lyla. We love finishing a long semester of school, with a festive bout of holidaying to buoy us up to survive the next semester. We love spending time with family and friends... but most of all we love celebrating our love for the Savior.

Here are a few pictures I thought I would share of our December so far.

Daddy daughter love...awhhhh.

It makes me miss my daddy!

By the way I took this fabulous picture myself,

the lighting was too perfect.

"Santa...are you sure this beard is real?"


My little Elf helping set up the tree!
She loves to look at it all lit up at night.

And this face was so cute I couldn't not post this picture.

Twice As Nice

Here are a few things that are doubly delightful...

• Posting twice in one day
  
• Posting twice in the last month (previously unheard of in this household)
  
• Getting to love two beautiful blue eyed Tuckers!
  
• Having to watch not one but two little dev- ....I mean angels

Super Close to Cruizin'

This is the "I've got the keys now

if I could just get to the car" face

This is the "Help Mom, I'm stuck on my hands and knees" face

And this... this is the "I can't crawl yet, whats it to ya" face

We just thought we would share all of Lyla's wonderfully unmobile moments. She is so darn close though. The other day she was on all fours, and was rocking back and forth and got up enough momentum to "hop" a few inches forward. I'm sure she will become mobile just in time to tear up our Christmas tree!

we know, too long over due...