They do some fantastic lights downtown. My girls thought it was so fun.
It has continued to be a very mild winter. Bryan has a half day every Monday and so we take advantage by going on lots of walks. Lily really loves this bike.
My mom found a great deal on these adorable sweaters. I had to get matching skirts to go with them. I thought the girls looked so great.
We had just bought a new tree to fit in our Idaho home with it's 12 foot ceilings. Of course this house doesn't have as high of ceilings so we had to buy another tree. That was pretty frustrating.
The beginning of December was particularly exciting because Bryan passed his final board exam with flying colors! This was his seventh set of board exams and the final. It was an oral exam and he was beyond stressed for it. It required him to compile all of this case lists from the previous year which was probably over 70 hours of work. He also had to attend a training/preparation course in L.A. for almost a week. I cannot tell you the relief and happiness this news brought us. We had to celebrate with a steak dinner. Bryan has worked so hard and I am so proud of him. He sets such a great example for our children and I am thankful for him every day.
We went to our ward party where they gave out goodie bags filled with peanuts. I found peanut shells on my floor for weeks after this.
There was a wood rat living under our deck. Bryan set traps for several days and nothing. We finally got so grossed out we went to a pet adoption event and found us a cat. Her name is Laroo. I was actually really nervous when we brought her home about how much work she would be and how it would go but she has been wonderful. The girls absolutely love her and she is so easy and sweet with them. She lives in the garage and goes outside to play all the time. I think her presence has increased their outside play time so much. She is patient and loves each of the girls, even Lily who always pets her hair the wrong way and lays on top of her. Our only problem is cleaning out the litter box and the grossness associated with that. She has caught two mice already though so she is already proving her worth! We really love this Laroo.
By luck we have had two of our very close friends from Medical School move to Utah as well. We had a fun white elephant/ugly sweater party. It was so great to catch up with them and to laugh at all the funny gifts. Bryan's picture ended up on more than one of them. I am so glad he got the funny clock with his body as the hands of the clock. So funny.
The whole group. I love these people so much. Meg (on the far left) had her baby a few weeks after this. Why am I so much bigger than her!?
When we finished Medical School there were only five kids between the three of us. Now look how many there are! Meg just had her fourth and I'm on my way so there are even more! It's crazy.
We also made a trip to SLC to see the lights at Temple Square. It has probably been 13 years since I have been there to see the lights. It was so fun to take the girls and walk around this sacred place.
A family photo.
It was so beautiful and such a warm night.
We met Carli and Chuck for dinner afterwards. They are so good to my girls. Seriously, I'm pretty sure Audrey thinks Carli is the most fancy and beautiful girl in the world.
