Phillips' Style

New Years Eve this year was a wonderful way to ring in the new year...with intimate friends and family. Max hung in until midnight, but the girls were out...and I'm not sure I'd want it any other way...I was wearing my flying squirrel P.J.'s that I've had since college...Carson Daly was on in the background...need I paint a clearer picture of the craziness that ensued (Mormon style)

Marley, Brett and Bonnie

Max

 

Why do we all look intoxicated...perhaps it's because Jimmy Fallon and Mariah Carey are telling us all they want for Christmas...

Is a good run around the house in the snow in your bare feet...and that, my friend, is Phillips' Style!!!...and I pony danced it, while I typed it! Happy New Year, to all who are dear to us!

Christmas 2012

Our Christmas Card

Christmas was wonderful this year...this was our third Christmas in Rock Springs...

 

Max & Daddy with their matching jackets...

 

Na-na Kiri and Brookie. Brooke is such a great babysitter.

 

If you can't see the pictures that well...you can click on it...this was the kids reenacting the Nativity...I was so proud to have Max as Joseph and my two girls as baby Jesus...it was all very Disney Cinderella the movie with Brandy, George from Seinfeld, Whoopi Goldberg, Whitney Houston

 

 

 

 

 

Max, right before presents were opened

 

Max made a haul this year...to our surprise Santa seemed to stick to a Superhero theme.

Lia and Kiri both discovered their love of Cinnamon Bears thanks to a certain Grandma!

 

Max followed his cousin Hanky wherever he went...

...and insisted that he was not cold...'Just let me, mom...trust me, I'm almost four!' Seriously, did he just say that?!

 

The girls girls in our matching Aeropostale sweat outfits courtesy of Julie

The boys...they were supposed to be wearing their matching hats and pj bottoms...but I'll take what I can get, as far as Christmas morning forced photos go.

A Pre K Christmas

I have the video and will attach it at another time...so,cute!!! Up on the rooftop...

Max sitting next to one of the only friends we didn't know before preschool from church...Emerson...Max might have a little crush on her...

 

Faith happily showing off the gift Max gave her

Max opening Ethan's gift to him

Max & Faith Decorating Gingerbread houses...

Ward Christmas Party

Santa and his Happy Elf...

 

Everyone was O.K.  with Santa except Kiri was NOT having it!

A rare family pic.

Christmas Catch-up

Here are some attempts to get some family pics from our Christmas season...they turned out to be mostly outtakes!

More outtakes...

Our friends had a Gingerbread party...and they went all out...with supplies and houses constructed with real integrity...

My house is on top (it was supposed to be Mr Miyagi's house from the Karate Kid) and Max is holding his house...which he later shattered an ate off the floor...that'll be for a later post.

Kiri and Lia being silly and playing with my hats and scarves

Lia...look at that smile

A 'happy place' pic

Max is really starting to enjoy being a big brother.

We've recently discovered Kiri's sweet tooth...she loves banana bread and anything sweet

One day we just decided to make impromptu Rudolph cookies...

 

Soon, they turned into Snowmen Reindeer cookies being impailed with pretzels through their intestines...you gotta love having a boy!

Christmas-y 'happy place pic.'

Max...this is his thing...Super hero pose

I love this pic of the girls playing...

Here is my Lia-bug after a bath...hey, that's where I put my watch. Here's hoping you all had a wonderful holiday season.

A Very Klingon Birthday, Bret!

Our friends had a Star Trek themed birthday party...Bonnie really is one of the most loving wives I know of! Brett is a lucky man!

The food was ghuy' maj!!! 

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Eric picked Brett out some gifts that he thought Brett would like.

The funny thing is...while Brett liked the Atari...I think he liked the

Little rubber Macho Man from Eric's childhood more...

Ben and Desh...cute little boy!

Kiri...she is such a petite little thing! It was a great birthday party!

Have a little Faith

Max went to a birthday Party and decided he needed to be Prince Charming...

We love Faith. She and

Max are in the same preschool class, they live down the street, we carpool, have play group together and Max was so excited to get her a Wonder woman and an Invisible Jet for her birthday.

They crack me up together!