Zion's National Park

We braved the cold weather and went to Zion's with my brother and his family and it was super fun. The trails were a bit snowy and muddy but Talmage hiked pretty much the whole time on his own and loved trying to keep up with his cousins!

Hiking around St. George!

G&G Christensen came up for a day visit so we took advantage of the sweet places to explore around St. George. Talmage is quite the little hiker, he just runs and runs and says "hike in mountains, up, up, up!" Needless to say he sleeps very well when we get home.

Toddler in a Tent

So Talmage discovered the art of climbing out of his pack-n-play and absolutely will not fall asleep unless contained (the floor of his room did not work, he just plays and plays). So after several days of no naps and some really rough nights (mostly for me- I need my sleep!) I went to Walmart and bought a tent. He was a little confused the first few nights but now he actually loves it and gets excited to "go in his tent and go to sleep!" Not sure if it is great parenting to have your child sleeping in a $19 tent on the floor of their room but sure is working great and we are all getting lots of sleep again!!

P.S. We moved to my parents vacation house in St. George, UT while we are waiting to go to MBA school. We are loving it, it is on a golf course with lots of fun ammenities. We are probably the youngest people here but thats okay with us :)

Merry Christmas!

Christmas was a blast! We were in Vegas with Ryan's family and did all sorts of fun activities. Highlights were the Shark Reef Aquarium, playing a tennis tournament, going to King Arthur's tournament, and the kids acting out the nativity. Thanks to everyone for the funnest week of the year!!








Ry and I celebrated our 7 year anniversary on December 20th w/ Bennihana's, a concert, and a night at the Mandalay Bay, it was super fun, thanks rybo, love you!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

For the pilgrim festivities we went to one of my parent's houses in St. George. It was great weather so we were able to play outside with various modes of transportation, go on hikes, dinner at the country club, and even golf from the backyard without getting caught. It was awesome! And I had so much fun hanging out with both my brothers and Ali (sister). Thanks mom and dad for arranging it!

New Pictures!

Talmage is 20 months now and our friend Jesse took some really cool pictures for us. Sorry for the plug but he really does awesome work, check out his website www.jesseerasmus.com. Thanks Jesse, we love them!

Happy Halloween!

Because Vegas wasn't cold enough we decided to go to Utah to spend the weekend with family and it was a blast! We had a fun night on Friday spotting all the Witches at Gardner Village, and then we went trick-or-treating. Talmage said it every time and also learned how to say "happy halloween" after taking 2 handfuls of candy, we had to regulate a little bit so he didn't clean out their stash. He literally ran door-to-door the entire time saying "more doors", and "more candy". We think it's in his blood. Talmage was Bam Bam and I was Betty Rubble, we were super cool and had lots of fun. Happy Halloween!