New Years Eve

We had the Welch Family New Years Eve party!

We played games, ate yummy food, did karaoke, handed out treat bags, watched movies, and ate more yummy food with some great friends!

Happy New Years Eve!

Bring on 2015

Post Christmas fun!

We made it home with all of our Christmas loot!

Everyone was excited to get unloaded and play.  Jax was excited to put together his Hot Wheels race track.  Thanks Dad & Rylee!

Relaxing by the fireplace with Ollie :)

Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary to us!

17 YEARS

Wow, we are getting old!

We had a great dinner at Bennihanas.

The food was delicious and the company was even better ;)

Happy 17 years, Allen!

SNOW!

We got some good snow after Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa's house!

So we bundled up and headed out to play.

Snow blowing with Grandpa!

The kids trekked out and explored the snowy forrest :)

Thanks for the great Christmas memories, Mom & Dad!

Christmas!

Christmas!!

A few of my favorite things from Christmas week.

Dressed for Church in our Sunday/Christmas best.

I loved these stockings this year.  Each one had an act of service that we focused on for the next day.  Our gifts to the Savior.

Loved our Christmas tree this year....

I might have went a little crazy on the lights.....

nope!  It was perfect :)

Porter's Christmas tree

Jason's Christmas tree

Rylee's Christmas tree

Sidney's Christmas tree

I love that the girls wanted to have their Christmas trees close to each other this year.

Sister trees

Christmas morning

So grateful for a beautiful Christmas holiday season this year.

Grateful for family (far and near), special traditions, focusing on the birth of Jesus Christ, and the extra love and spiritual focus.

Merry Christmas from the Welch Family!

Hera

Our little "Hera".

It was the 2nd grade Greek festival and Rylee practiced and practiced her part :)

Rylee's video

I love all of these cute Goddess friends :)

Operation Christmas tree 2014

Another one of my very favorite traditions is cutting down our Christmas tree.

We took some friends this year and found a great tree!!

We also hiked and climbed on the rocks.

Thanks to great friends for sharing our tradition!

Disney on Ice!

I surprised Rylee and got her out of school early to go to Disney on Ice downtown.

And another surprise...Grandma, Grandpa, Rachel, Kaden, and Gavin were there too!

It was really fun!

And really sunny outside when we tried to take a picture :)

Welcome December

I love December!

Magical Christmas trees in bedrooms...

(Jax made a bed in a laundry basket to gaze at his)

85 carmel apples to deliver to friends and neighbors....

Boys in Christmas pajamas....

Lounging watching Christmas movies....

And a super fun Polar Express ward Christmas party.

I love this picture of Rylee writing her letter to Santa!  She was so thoughtful about what she wrote.

Love this girl!

Did I say how much I love December!?!