Here are some of the fun things the big kids have been up to.

Kathryn’s birthday

Electric kart racing with Kathryn’s brothers. Kathryn was amazing, not letting her brothers show her up at all.

She’s my number 1 for sure!

This was an incredible January for snowmobiling!

New craft room desk.

Kathryn got a new calling as the Primary Gospel Doctrine Teacher.

I’ve been having fun making lots of pies. Mom says he who makes pie, gets to eat pie (and share it).

Kathryn had a TSO concert. They played some incredible music, including the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. Check it out if you’ve never heard it. Incredible.

Valentines day pancakes.

I got a new 3D printer. It’s a huge “delta” printer. It was a ton of work to set up and get working, but now we’re able to print some really fun and large pieces.

Date night walk up Maple Canyon.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I saw a poll in the news the other day saying that only 1 in 3 Americans said that 2022 was a great year. There have certainly been a lot of struggles happening around the world inside and outside of our country. However, Kathryn and I looked back through 2022 and considered on the amazing progress our kids have made, and the good things we’ve done and the places we’ve gone, we both felt that 2022 was a great year for our family. We are mindful of all the the people struggling and feeling sad and pray that their situations can improve and that we can be agents of good in our spheres of influence to lift and help those that we can.

One of the ways that I love to count my many blessings is through pictures. They help me freeze special moments and remember the joy and excitement of each moment.

Placing the star on the tree. This year, it was Zoey’s turn. She did a wonderful job.

Gingerbread houses

Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert. It was a wonderful program and a really cool moment to have everyone light up their phones for one of the numbers.

Cute girlz

Compliments to the chef!

A Christmas Carol presented by the Hale Center Theater. Wonderfully done and very touching.

Caramel sauce for days. Actually all for neighbors. Highly praised.

Wikki Stix craftiness

Behind the scenes Christmas magic making caught on camera.

Christmas Eve with the Hawkers. Amazing dinner and party hosted by Suzanne and Tim.

Christas Eve jammies

Darling

Grins and dimples

Elegant

Holiday Cheermeister

Christmas morning anticipation

Wide eyed wonder while soaking everything in.

Wide eyed excitement dreaming of being a super star

Making doggy treats

Sharing doggy treats with all the neighborhood dogs

Read-a-thon

Sledding

In-n-out outing

Spanish Fork Festival of Lights

Lemon-Blueberry Streusel Pie

New Years Eve dance party

Fashionistas

Kacho Dawg

Welcome 2023!

Watch out for this one

Good night. See you next year.

Thanksgiving, 2022 with Grandma Nancy and Gerald Tews.

Through some extenuating circumstances, this year we had a really special opportunity to spend some extra time with Grandma Nancy and Grandpa Gerald over Thanksgiving break. Mom was sick and couldn’t host and Kevin wasn’t feeling well, so Stan stayed in New Mexico to be there with him. And then Ashley and Eliza slept over at Josie’s house. So, we had lots of special time with Grandma and Grandpa.

The shooting crew.

I remember eating Thanksgiving dinner at this table when I was this size.

And then graduating to this spot when I was a little bigger.

And then finally graduating to the adult table.

Dessert time!

YUM!

Playing a Thankful game after dinner. Some tender time.

Cousin veg out after dinner.

The Geralds napping after dinner.

Zoey and Aunt Josie.

Card games in the loft. It’s so fun to see our kids do some of the same things we did.

We are so thankful for our family. It was unfortunate that we couldn’t all be together, but we really enjoyed this special opportunity this year.

Kathryn made such a lovely cake. And that 3D printed topper is pretty cool too.

Zoey did not think it was appropriate to eat cake on the floor.

Once placed in a proper eating spot, she was much happier.