Victorious they stand as U of U Dodgeball Champions!
Ok...so I know this picture is disgusting but once again I am a biologist and stuff like this totally fascinates me. I am nasty sick right now. I have a sinus infection plus this weekend for some reason I had all the other sicky symptoms no one wants: cough, fever, sore throat, diarrhea, nausea and the occasional puking. Plus, my baby is growing out of control...that's another story though. So Cody has this thing called a netti pot which is supposedly to clear out your sinuses: you pour some salt water solution up one nostril and the nasty mucus stuff comes out the other side...this didn't really work for me--nothing was coming out and then I made a little cough and all this stuff came out. It totally freaked me out...but good news I am a- o- k!
So Cody and I spent New Years in Prineville, Oregon with his family at their cabin. It was pretty awesome as we played games by the fire. If we look a little rough in these pictures it is because...well we were roughing it! Of course it was only Cody, Me and Ashley (pictured above) that stayed up for the actual New Years Celebration. We have been addicted to quiddler this Christmas season...
Cody and Jake such cute brohas...
NEW YEARS KISSING.....
Cody is sighting in his new M4 scope...
Prego Camie blasting off shells with a 40
Cody and I super armed and dangerous....
ready to take down an army by ourselves...
Contrary to popular belief, Cody isn't aiming at my head it is actually behind me...
Cody/Rambo... stay tuned for some video footage!
I love family traditions and my favorite by far is Christmas Eve! The festivities start with a fondue dinner. My mom makes her delicious home maid white bread cut into squares and we dip it in this amazing cheese sauce. We also dip broccoli and then have steak. Then after all the family helps with the dishes we can finally open our Christmas Eve PJs. My mom out did herself this year by giving everyone matching pajamas (pictured above). With the help of Abby and her cricket, they made matching farkle shirts for everyone with screen printing ink and freezer paper and then the girls and boys all matched. She even made little pants for the little ones. It was so cute! I really get a thrill out of simple things like everyone matching! After everyone got on their pjs and finished dancing around we re-enacted the nativity. I am so happy that we have little ones to act now. It is so much fun having the little guys around. It will still be a few years before we get all the lines down but sometimes that takes away from the cuteness factor. I thought it was very clever of me to be prego mary and abby and will to be mary and baby.... if meghan wasn't occupied we were going to have her and luke be mary for the shepherds and then abby and will for the wisemen so we could see the baby grow.... Anyway the nativity was a little crazy because santa was coming and the omaha frandsen's had to make a visit to the other family so Paul rushed us along, but I hope everyone can enjoy it and feel the spiri tof the whole thing anyway. We are so blessed to have had the Savior born on this earth and I am so thankful for that amazing gift he gave us!
So I wanted to send a little Christmas Elder Jeffy's way... 
I knew that he doesn't have a lot of room so I tried to make a little portable nativity.
It's not as small as the one Valerie sent Paul (it fit into a matchbox) but with my clumsy fingers I thought fitting into a ringbox was pretty good. 
I also baked him a pie. No one appreciates my apple pie quite like Jeff!
Saturday we got to watch Paul's wife and my new rad sissy-in-law play some lacrosse. It made me miss the sport a lot. One thing is for sure though and that is Christine is a ton better then I ever was!
in for the goal...
drake and amari were particularly stoked to be with me...or else just couldn't wait to get trick-or treating...
Zander standing in a scary yard...
Irelynd was a scary witch lady
Paul and Chrissy were a cowboy and a native american
Amari was a ducky (really a penguin but she wouldn't let us call her that)
Drake was a monsterous zombie
This isn't on Halloween but when we were there last weekend for Jeffy's farewell Will was being a monster (he is actually almost always delightful) but I thought I would include this cute picture in my Halloween photos.
Zander was a fearsome spider but I smashed him FLAT!
...cute sisters with matching shirts (oh we were dressed up as twins....)
This is Cody and I at the ward trunk-or-treat. Cody was busy studying on Friday night but Thursday he agreed to dress up with me. We just got called as activity chair people and so I am trying to fulfill my calling the best that I can. 
