Sperry Christmas Break!

We've had such a fun break from school and work, it will be hard going back tomorrow!

Here are some of the fun things we've done over the past two weeks!

John started off the break running his first half marathon!

Jack and Lily had a little Christmas celebration with their buddies Dax and Gwen. 

They made Root Beer Reindeer (or Diet Coke Reindeer, if you're my kids).

Sang kareoke Christmas songs. 

And made sugar cookies !

We had an awesome Christmas at home with these adorable kids.

 

And this cutie had her first christmas. My favorite gift this year!

And we went to see the nation's tallest Christmas tree in Anthem !

 And Lily got a new haircut...
For many reasons :)

We got to see our friends from UT who moved to Seattle. They came down here to visit their family so we all met up to see the Mesa Temple lights !

 Our friends Ashley and James are moving to Guatemala. 

But we had a chance to see them and go to their little boy's first birthday party. 

I made the cake and cupcakes for his Cat in the Hat themed party.

He destroyed that cake !!

During the break, our cute Lacy turned two months old!

We took a trip to Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon, 

and we learned that none of us have missed the snow. Not one bit. :)

          It was 27 degrees while we were at the Grand Canyon... So naturally, we had to sneak into the theatre to warm up and watch the film about the Grand Canyon.

Lacy was a good little trooper.

John and I had a date night, featuring Lacy, at the Fiesta Bowl!
SO proud of those Broncos! 

The Littlest Boise State fan!

And we took the kids to see the Coyotes play. Jack LOVED it. And both kids loved 

that they could howl when it was time to cheer! Fun times!

I hope everyone else enjoyed some good family time this holiday season!

I know we sure did!

Lacy and Lily

        When Lacy was first born we were sure she looked just like her brother. 

But now that the newborn puffiness is gone, and after looking through pictures of Lily as a baby, we think she looks like her sister too!

This is Lacy...

And this would be her big sister Lily!

 And here is a picture of Jack...

Lacy

Another picture of Lacy...

Lily!

What do ya think??

One thing is for sure...

these two lucky gals have an awesome big brother who loves to take care of them!

December!

 We got to start off the month with a birthday party from uncle Ky.

It was so good to see Grandpa after almost a year and a half!

We've been enjoying some fun holiday activities!

...well, most of us. :)

 

Jack just finished up his baseball season, and we're on to basketball in January!

 We've been enjoying Lacy's little smiles. 

She's such a happy little gal.

Jack and Lily sure love taking care of her.

We even found Lacy a new sitter!

John ran his first half marathon! 

Jack and Lily were cute little cheerleaders!

 

Jack got to had daddy his medal as he came across the finish line!

 

 And since we have a new little addition to the family, we had to get some new family pics!

Life has been great. Jack and Lily can sure be little turds at times, but hey, they keep us entertained!

( I got out of the shower and could hear Lily yelling, "It's raining!" I went outside to find Jack spraying Lily with the hose. She loved it, despite it being a brisk 60 degrees outside).

AND.

We were just saying how Lily's hair has become so beautiful...

and then she decided to take a pair of scissors to it. 

It's not horrible. 

But I'll miss having it down like this for the next few months!

Kids.