PIE

Well I turned 26, and we celebrated with a plethora of pie!


big thanks to all my family and friends for making these descrumptious pies.

SNOW what?

yup it snowed and after spending Christmas in Utah with no snow to play in... we got to play in our own California yard!

my POOL

This is where I spend my days while Taylor is teaching. I love swimming for fun and for exercise, and I am so lucky to have a friend, Mandi, who meets me at the pool and watches/plays with Sam while I workout.

New Years in the sun?

Nwq Years eve was a very warm day. So, we spent it sweating and hiking around.

Sam made sure the trail was clean of rocks. He probably picked up 100 and showed us each one before he tossed it aside.

pictures

My pretty awesome friend, Jackie, turned my parents basement into a studio over Christmas break and took some great pictures of the Balling family.




We finally got Sam to sit on the char and smile by clapping and saying, "Yay!"

this picture just makes me laugh.
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Sleigh bells ring...

We spent Christmas vacation in Utah. Our time filled up wuick with family and friend parties.
The Canfield Christmas party:

Breakfast with cousins:

MAUD party/ baby shower:

We had so much fun visiting with my sister and her adorable new twins (this is Olivia)

Sam LOVED playing with Nate & Paul.

Gingerbread houses:

I got to see my college roommate, Nicole!

Christmas was a blast! Well, at least for Sam & Paul who were the only ones not throwing up :(

The days after we made up for lost time though.

We went to the dinosaur & Bean museums

Then visited more family - Grandy & Grandpa Jack.

It's the most Wonderful time...

We started this December with a good ole trip to Mission Inn to look at some Christmas lights, eat good treats at the Gingerbread shoppe, and do some carriage riding.





Then our awesome friend the McIntosh's did some family pictures for us!