Monday, December 30, 2013

It's Christmas time!

I can't say I was great at documenting all the holiday festivities this year, but I did take a few pictures along the way.  We've had such a fun month, it's kinda sad to say goodbye to the season and all the joy it brings.

Here the kiddos are strutting their new jammies from G&G Moon.
J loves to name all the planets whenever he wears these:)

Christmas at the museum

Santa at the ward Christmas dinner:
poor Bri, we thought having Jaden sit with her might help
but as you can see, she had had enough!

Christmas cookie bake-off and gift exchange with the girls:)

Jaden was beyond excited to give us the gift he made for us at preschool.  
He would drop little clues like, "it's not a sock!" or "it's not a snowman!"
Turns out, he made us a sock snowman!  What a cutie.  We love it.
He was so proud of the wrapping paper and card he designed too.  Love that boy so much.

We hosted the annual ugly sweater party this year.  
We had so much fun putting it together, and had a blast!

everyone looked fabulous!

and the food was delicious:)


We played the Cutler Christmas edition of minute-to-win-it.
events included: snowball toss, Santa's cotton beard face, blind cookie decorating, oh Christmas tree decorating, facing the gingerbread man, stacking the tree, unwrapping challenge, nut-stacker, Christmas bag surprise, tearing up the Christmas tree, snowman stack, Christmas jingles, and Christmas card stuffing
It was hilarious and got very competitive!

After a white elephant gift exchange, we took some group shots.
We love this bunch and had such a fun time!

It took a bit to get the kids down, but they slept great throughout the party.  
They loved playing with the photo props the next morning.
J wanted me to decorate him like a Christmas tree:)

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Cutler Family Pictures

While visiting Nebraska over Thanksgiving, Kimber did a fun family photo session with everyone and our little family as well.  She always does such a great job! 

Check her out here and here.

Here's some of our favorites:






just us




love these boys

sweet Bri

all we could get out of him... :)

 our reality;)

playing peek-a-boo




Gpa and Gma

 our kids have the best aunts and uncles!


and the grandkiddos

Monday, December 23, 2013

thanksgiving

Life has been non-stop this holiday season, but I had to post about Thanksgiving before Christmas arrived so here goes.  We were so so lucky to get two Thanksgivings this year!  My parents visited us from Utah the weekend prior to Thanksgiving, and we met up with Cody's family in Nebraska for Thanksgiving day.  Holy smokes, we had so much fun!

 My folks watched the kids while Cody and I visited the temple.  They were so sweet and did a little mini-Christmas with them.  Presents, big breakfast, etc.

Jaden loved rolling out cinnamon rolls and biscuits with Gramps.
J is still adamant about calling him Grandpa Star and my mom Grandma Moon:)

putting up the tree!

turkey dinner and pies!

Jaden had so much fun dressing up as an Indian for his Thanksgiving feast at school.
Of course he volunteered to bring the turkey:)

After a wonderful visit with my folks, it was on to Casey and Kimber's home in NE.

 We love this crew so much!  We had a blast.


There was a lot of food prep going on Thanksgiving day.  Everything was made from scratch!  The rolls, stuffing, apple pie, pumpkin pie... it was all so good.

everyone doing their part
is there such thing as too many hands in the kitchen? ;)

 cutting the turkey and all the deliciousness:)

 diving in


Gramp playing with the kiddlets

cousins!
 and matching jams:)

the gals

 cutler gaming is always intense and hilarious!

 enjoying the sun


One of the best Thanksgivings yet!  So glad we got to spend it with both our families.