Pennington: January 2012

The first stand

Kora pulled herself up today and stood up on her own. She's getting so big!

For Dustin's birthday the two of us went and got a pedicure (it was his idea). Thanks Jera and Chelsea for watching Shelby and Kora for us! Dustin was so relaxed he fell asleep getting his pedicure. Later we had sushi - so good. Happy birthday D!

New Christmas Dresses

Grandma Christy sent the girls new Christmas dresses. I was trying to take a good picture for her. Check it out...

Two things I find funny about this. First - check out Dustin in the background - totally asleep. Second - with each picture Shelby gets more upset. And if that wasn't enough - Kora joins in. Funny. I did get a good one of Dustin and the girls and here is a family picture too.

Christmas 2011

You know the song "I'll be home for Christmas". Each year I take the opportunity to go home for granted. Because Dustin's parents live so far away we usually go to my family's house for Christmas. Up until a few weeks before Christmas we weren't even going to go there because Dustin was scheduled to work Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We were going to stay in Phoenix. Lucky for us, he was blessed with a new job! He works Monday through Friday, normal day hours now. Yay!

We went to Taylor for Christmas and spent time with my family. It was wonderful. There was still snow on the ground and the kids loved playing in it. I know it was different having Christmas on a Sunday, but I really enjoyed taking an hour out of the day and celebrating the Savior's birth (I could get used to one-hour church meetings too). We came back Monday and spent time with Dustin's Grandma Pat and Grandpa Jerry, Uncle Phil and family, and Jera, Chelsea, and Cami. We had a wonderful Christmas and holiday season.