Since I've been a terrible blogger lately, I will try to do a little catching up.
Thanksgiving this year was spent with the Nelson's. Joe and Crystal drove out from CA with their clan and we had dinner at Eric and Kari's. Dinner was quite delicious. I made a pecan pie for the first time ever, and it turned out really well. I also made a pumpkin pie, and I was not a big fan. I think the recipe wasn't so great. We had a lot of fun with everyone over the holiday and the following days.
On Friday we went to City Creek and Temple Square.
Matthew was obsessed with this fountain.
While we were at dinner, Matthew managed to spill water all over himself. So we had to ditch everyone else and go buy him a change of clothes. We went to the Disney store and got him some cute PJs, but we had to wait for.ev.er because the line was so long and slow. So while Connor stood in line, we looked at ourselves in the mirror.
Once we got him changed we headed over to temple square. Matthew fell asleep on the walk over, and everyone else had gone ahead, so we had a fun looking around at the lights at our own leisurely pace.
Sweet tired boy
The next day we celebrated our nephew Alex's 7th birthday. We had dinner at Red Robin where, ironically, Connor managed to spill my lemonade all over Matthew. How did that happen two days in a row?
The California Nelson's left the following day but we had a lot of fun with them during their visit.
On December 8th we celebrated Connor's 30th birthday. I thought it would be fun to have a 'Mustache Bash', and have a little open house and invite family and friends. It was a lot of fun, although not a lot of people took to the mustache idea. But we had a really good turnout, and Connor said it was the best birthday that he's had in a long time.
Here are a couple cute photos of Matthew:
I guess he wanted to do some online shopping. Get something good!
On December 12th my mom came to visit. We went to see Santa at City Creek. Matthew wasn't a big fan. I like that Matthew and Santa were both pointing in this picture. Although Santa was pointing at me because I was trying to take an illegal photo with my phone. I think I may have been put on the naughty list.
On the 23rd my sister-in-law Casey nicely offered to watch Matthew for us so we could finish up our Christmas shopping. We took the opportunity to go to Salt Lake and use a Benihana coupon we had for Connor's birthday. Benihana is soooo good. We had a great time. There were a couple of cute kids at our table who were very impressed with our chef. It'll be fun to take Matthew there one day.
