Happy Anniversary . . .

The Christmas break was so busy this year that we didn't really get a chance to celebrate our big three year anniversary! Every year we've gone back to The Blue Boar Inn in Midway to celebrate our anniversary. It's great. The inn is wonderful and the food is amazing everytime. This year we decided to forego the night stay and just went up for breakfast. Delicious as always. The drive to Midway can be pretty scary in the snow, but we'll go back every year!

This year:

Last year:

First trip to the Blue Boar:

Attacking the Sweet Potatoes!

Recently, Ainslie decided that we do a pretty good job of getting the food into her mouth when we're trying to feed her. This is nice because it means that mealtimes are significantly less messy these days. We posted a few pictures before, but here's a taste of what we were dealing with back when she still insisted on doing it herself:

But, messy as she gets sometimes, she always cleans up nicely with a little bath . . .

Ainslie the Lion Cub

What a Break!

And a month flies by . . . So much has happened in the last month, that it's hard to know where to start.

We lived through finals. It seemed like it was going to be close at times, but we're pretty confident that neither of us failed any classes. Josh finished up before Janae, so he and Ainslie spent a bunch of time driving around looking for the best Christmas lights in Provo while Janae was stuck at home reading.

They also took a few drives up the canyon to admire all of the snow that came during the break.

Christmas came and went in a flash, but we loved having the time off from school and being able to spend so much time with all of our family.

Ainslie didn't really understand what the presents were all about, but she liked ripping the paper off of everyone else's presents. And, she got some great stuff of her own too! We all felt very loved during the holidays.

This beanie wasn't a present for Ainslie or Janae, but Ainslie seemed to think Aunt Breezy's craftsmanship was stunning!

We had lots of fun snowmobiling with all of the Webbs and Hyatts at Strawberry reservoir even though the two of us managed to lose a snowmobile on top of the mountain. When we went back up to dig it out of the snow, we ended up finding someone else's abandoned snowmobile and brought that one back without realizing it wasn't ours.

The tail end of the break from school was full of spending more time with family, losing snowmobiles on the tops of mountains, buying books for upcoming classes, and finishing up Josh's moot court brief. But, even with all of the craziness, we were able to sneak in a day of skiing/snowboarding up at Sundance while Josh's sister watched Ainslie. Thanks Breezy!

The break was great, but way too short. The new year promises to be every bit as busy as the last, but we're excited for all that lies ahead!

Busy Sundays . . .

Two down, one to go on Josh's finals, but Janae is just getting warmed up on the tests. It's been a lot of work, but we're hanging in there. . .

We had some great diversions this weekend with Josh's brother, Adam getting married. Friday afternoon we went up to the Salt Lake Temple where they were married, and in the evening we headed all the way up to Logan for the reception. It was fun to spend time with family, eat some reception food, and celebrate the big day. The fun continued with another reception on Saturday in Lehi. More fun with family, and this one had a chocolate fountain. Good times, and congratulations Adam and Angie!

Earlier this week found out our Sundays would be changing when Josh accepted a new calling to be the second counselor in the our ward's bishopric. We're still feeling pretty new in the ward, but we're really looking forward to getting to know the ward members better as we serve.

Aside from all of this other action, we're most excited about how quickly Christmas is coming. More time with family, more time to visit, more time to relax, and less homework! Ainslie was feeling festive in a nice Christmas dress the other day, and she gave us a little run-down on her Christmas list:

Please let us know if you have any insight as to what exactly she's saying, she sounds pretty serious about things there towards the end. We really hope she's not asking for a pony, we kind of owe her.