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I have given up on getting all my camera pictures and all my phone pictures in one blog post, so I'm just gonna post what I have right this very minute before Christmas is over... Because I still haven't even posted 4th of July! 

So here is a catch up of randomness.

^^park days and patterns 

And I'm loving this blurry picture of these two. Never were there better friends.

^^sylvie and a stranger sitting in a tree... 

They held hands the entire time we played at this play area. At one point he took her to meet her mom, then she brought him over to me to, "say hi my friend." So I said hi to him and they both giggled. What?? 2 years old and already meeting each other's parents.

Evening walks to the new Provo temple... 

^^ and a small batch of homelessness on those walks 

^^ our first trip to the Provo bakery that is exactly 1 block away. It was fun going with cousins. 

^^ what our living room looked like in November. Now there is much much more Christmas flooding the room. Much more.

The first snowfall of the winter. It lasted one day.

Provo has these giant gutters... GIANT! And as I was driving to get Stori from preschool, I saw a little girl from our ward (18 months old) running from street to street with no parents in sight. So I turned around so I could take her home when.... I met the giant gutter up close and personal. There's no getting out of these without being towed, but luck was in my favor. The little girl who was running through the street---well her grandpa just happened to be visiting with his giant truck and wood planks. So we jacked up the car, put the wood under the tires, and drove off. Sounds easier than it was, because it took about an hour. Plus there were about 7 guys from our ward who had come to help me and a good friend who picked up Stori from preschool for me. Embarrassing? Yes. Will I make that mistake again? Probably. Glad I didn't have to get towed.

^^stori is cavity free! She took baby sunset with her for comfort, but she rocked it. She has dans strong teeth for sure--when I was her age I'm pretty sure I had caps on all my teeth! ;) but she also doesn't love candy or sweets so there's that.

^^4 little kitties in a toy chest.

^^preschool field trip to the fire station. My daughter is the crazy one in back.

Oh and here's another crazy daughter! :) both kids change about 237 times a day...  Fun stuff 

Oh and here is this cute little mcgoo!! Her  first school photo! All the heart eyes.

A couple of weekends of Christmas festivities

Downtown Provo is such a fun place to live. We are just 2 blocks from center street so we love to spend time exploring all the little shops. Provo also put on a tree lighting and had a Christmas market with Santa. Lots of little shops lined center street and we sangChristmas   carols waiting for Santa. Then finished the night with fireworks. It was so fun! 

^^petting Santa's reindeer 

^^watching the fireworks 

^^ Santa asked for hugs from Stori after they already sat on his lap. It was so sweet. She wasn't in any hurry to let go either! :)

Provo also had a tree lighting at the Shops at Riverwoods. An outdoor mall. They had singers (the only one I had heard of was byu's Vocal Point, but they were all good), and they also had a Santa. But the line to see him was about a mile long, so we just snapped pictures next to him ha!

^theres Santa! :)

So many lights, it was beautiful! 

We spent an evening in SLC with the Petersons: saw the lights, ate some food, played in the hotel, and most importantly, we rode the 'trolley!' The highlight of the kids night! We rode it from their hotel to the temple and back, but it is all we heard about. The hotel was also their highlight. They loved playing with their cousins and uncle Joel! :) sylvie couldn't get enough of him! Ha! It was such a fun night! Glad we only live 40 min from SLC!

^^ lights at temple square. 

There's so much to love about Provo and I hope we can experience it all before Dan graduates! 

Weddings, and showers, and Clarkston oh my

So we went to Clarkston 5 times in 2 months, and we are convinced we could live there forever. And here is the smallest amount of pictures ever posted on this blog to document it. For some reason, when there are holidays or family gatherings, I take next to zero pictures. 

My sisters and I helped with food for both nieces receptions--pie & milk for one and donuts & hot cocoa for the other..... Mmmm

Lots of dancing and 24 hr. cousin time. Recipe for a great time!

^^ craft day with the girls... A first dam run tradition

Harvest fun

 We went to a pumpkin patch with Tracen and Melissa's family! It was SO MUCH FUN! We buried people in corn, went for tractor rides, petting zoo, picked our warty pumping per Stori's request because it looked like a witch, played on the hay slides, climbed up hay bales---knocked little sylvie over from said hay bale, and  went through a corn maize. Well, actually just Astoria and dad did that. Stori took off running into the corn maize... Dan ran to catch up to her, but she was long gone. I was so panicked, but about 7 minutes later she came out the exit!!! She had made it through the whole maize by herself. Dan never found her in there haha!

The double decker selfie! Ha

^^the only picture I took of our Halloween party with the Jolley's. 

Carvin the pumpkins with my punkins

Trick or treating at the Shops at the Riversides mall! It was so cute!! We'll be back there for their Christmas lighting!