Fall and Winter pics 2016

The order of these pictures are backwards and completely out of order, but I don't feel like fixing it.  Just couldn't be bothered.  These are some of our favorite pictures from fall and winter 2016 that I was never able to post before.  When trying to import pictures from my phone to the computer some of them randomly got cut off, which was a huge disappointment.  But I recently went through and found some good ones to post, so just ignore the strange black parts in some of them.  This post of pictures include some from our Christmas trip to California, our snowy winter days in Utah, time with family and friends, Halloween fun, and some of just hanging out at home.  My favorite favorite favorite ones are the ones of us playing in the fall leaves!  Something I did not grow up doing, so I love and adore being able to do it now with my kids!  

christmas at home

we found this looooooooong seaweed/kelp thing washed up on the beach

so. logically of course, they had to bury it

ALL OF IT

andrew went out of town for a night so we made and slept in a fort.
 i was pretty proud of my fort skills

isla running to auntie sam

sand angels

just another day at the beach with the fam

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auntie mail carrying the mermaid all around auntie kathy's
 house as she flapped her tail up and down

hannah and addy having some girl talk

my two youngest siblings, luke and samantha, (both taller than me) and i at the deyoung museum in downtown san francisco.  it's not often i get to spend time with just them so it was a great day

view from the observatory at the deyoung

the first picture of me carrying my 3 babies at the same time!

christmas sing along at the Jazz stadium!  we just learned about this one and will definitely be going every year now!  it was just thousands of people all sitting in the stands singing christmas songs.  we sang at the top of our lungs.  it really makes you feel christmas!

fresh blanket of snow

this little girl is so wonderfully content to play by herself.  i love finding her like this.

cousins and neighbors all playing with us in the fall leaves

one of my best friends hannah and her daughter ellie
came and played in the leaves with us!   we love them.
we don't want them to move :(

this is FALL

that hair.  it catches everything.

i love remembering the cool crisp air.  it was one of those rare times in pregnancy i got up really early just so we could rake the leaves before the mowers came

feetie jimmies that she adores and had to walk
around and model before she would get in bed

i  LOVE these pictures of her and I HATE HATE HATE that they got cut off!!!!!!

an early morning at temple square.  one of the last times we took a spontaneous drive somewhere.  we'll get back to doing that someday i hope.