Hoyt Cousins Christmas!!!

First off, I would like to say a big THANK YOU to my incredible Nonnie for all that she does for our family! She is so kind and generous and is the matron of our wonderful family! Secondly, another big THANK YOU to fantastic aunts Janice and Margo, AND to my wonderful cousin Amy for reserving the Mutual Dell Cabin for FREE!!! They worked hard in getting everything put together for the evening from the fun Christmas decor, and delicious food, to the awesome games and gifts we all received!

It is a long standing Hoyt Family Christmas tradition to have Mexican food at our Christmas parties! Thanks to Margo's brilliant idea of doing Cafe Rio catering... it was as delicious as ever and not a lot of work! After indulging in one too many shredded pork tacos (YUM!) the games and talents began! Nonnie, in her never ending generosity, supplied Christmas gifts for everyone! The great grandchildren went fishing for their gifts! And the adults had a fun game of gift card gift exchange! Some stealing and trading took place but I think over-all everyone ended up with a gift card they were happy with... well, for the most part (Sorry Sara!) :)

After the games we enjoyed some yummy Christmas treats and a fabulous display of talent from the family! Overall the evening was a huge success! Crafts and games, yummy food and fun conversation made the evening oh so fun! Here are some pictures I snapped of the fun! Thanks again everyone! I love you all and couldn't ask for a better group to call my family!

Merry Christmas!

Hoyt Dehart, the life of the dance party!

Little Livie Hoyt taking a rest for a quick second.
Trinity, Hadley, Lane, and Tara making some beautiful ornaments!
Saylor, Kaia, and Jovie making crafts! LOVE their smiles!
Grandma "Go-Go" with her grandbabies!
Me and Jason, I finally caught him!
Chris and Nonnie enjoying the evening.
Taryn fishing for her Christmas present!
The other kids waiting patiently for a turn to fish for a gift!
Jack fishing! Look at the million dollar smile! What a heart-breaker!
Rex taking his turn!
Showing off the fun gifts they got!
Kaia showing me her excitement for the lipgloss she got!
McKay, Robbie, Matt, and Chris
Maya's talent was lip singing Felice Navidad!!
She did a fabulous job!
Hadley playing the piano!
Lane playing the piano!
Jack was the little drummer boy! SO CUTE!!

Jovie shared her gymnastics with us. Trinity was a great spotter for her sister! Haha I love how Rex is watching with amazement!
Grace also shared her fantastic gymnastic skills!

Trinity played the piano!
The Dehart family did NOT disappoint with their lip singing and dancing to a Christmas mix!

Go Tyler, Go Tyler!!!

Hoyt's turn to show off his moves! That kid can dance! :) SO CUTE!!
The Steve Sansom family did a family Christmas song with Steve as a chipmunk!

Hoyt showing off his dance moves!



Nonnie got up and joined in the family dance party that we always end every family reunion with! 90 years old and still groovin to the music!!

30 Weeks!!!

Today I hit 30 weeks in my pregnancy! It's so weird to think that I only have 10 weeks or less (hopefully) left! Our little ninja is moving and kicking like crazy! One of my favorite things is to just sit and watch my stomach move and take funny shapes as he moves around in there. With the exception of the morning sickness I had the first trimester this pregnancy has been so easy! I mean I am definitely having my fair share of indigestion and gas (sorry if that's too much for some of you to know) but for the most part it's been wonderful! I LOVE being pregnant! Haha there are a couple things I will take time to complain about though...

1. My hips are growing right along with my ever expanding belly! I had a good set of hips before I got pregnant but now.... WOW!!! Haha I'm not too excited about that.

2. He has decided that the most comfortable position for him to be in is with one foot permanently lodged in my ribcage! NOT so comfortable for me unfortunately.

3. Occasionally I get REALLY HOT and my body feels like it can't breath. My hands start to puff up and so I have to take my rings off but that only happens every once in a while. I hope it doesn't become a full time thing.

And that's it!

No more complaints from me for now. I simply can't wait for this little guy to get here! It's crazy how much I love him already!

OH, and on the name topic... nothing yet. Haha we are starting to worry that he will be nameless for the first few weeks of his life. Still open to suggestions.

Enjoy the belly! :)

Night out with friends!

Last night we celebrated our friend Garrett Barfoot's birthday by joining him, his wife Alexa and a few other couples for dinner at Goodwood Barbecue Company! Delicious food and great company made for a fantastic evening! I knew just what I wanted to eat too... a 2/3 rack of Baby Back Ribs!!! YUM!! Chris got the brisket and I ate pretty much my entire meal and half of his! Haha red meat just hit the spot last night! I haven't really felt like eating much meat throughout my pregnancy so last night was a party! It was so good!!! Thank you Goodwood!! Here are some photos of the evening!

27 WEEKS!!!!

I am 27 weeks prego today and feel great!!! I don't have any pics at this time but I will get on that asap! I was just sitting here feeling our little ninja move and stretch and kick and needed to share my love and excitement! I know that I have said it before but I just can't get over how much of a miracle child birth is. And I can not wait to be a mother! And I am so excited to see Chris as a father! He is going to be so amazing! Haha everyday when I get home from work his hands go straight to my belly with a smile on his face! I love it! I love him! I am truly blessed! :)

Happy Halloween!!

Chris and I decided to spend Halloween up in Idaho with the Hone's this year! It was a very fun weekend full of tricks and yummy treats!! Kendel, Allie, and Reese got all dressed up in their cute little costumes and they looked SO CUTE!!!!! First we stopped by their ward Trunk or Treat/Halloween Carnival where the girls showed off their cuteness and got an excellent start on their candy stash! Then it was time to hit the streets of IF with Brad's cousins kids. Brad had the brilliant idea of borrowing a wagon from his boss and pulling the girls around on it from street to street. The girls loved it! And it made things go A LOT faster! Haha! We would pull them to the beginning of a street or culdesac and they would jump out and run from house to house yelling "trick or treat" followed by and big "thank you". Then they'd get back in, and we'd head to the next street! Brilliant Brad, just brilliant! It was a chillie evening so it was nice to not have to be out there forever! The girls were so excited the entire night though and even though they ate as they went and were hopped up on sugar for the most part, they pooped out after we got home. Ha, so did we! Over all, it was a fun weekend! Thanks Hones! Here are some fun pics from the weekend! And I apologize for the blurriness of some pictures, they were taken on my phone! :) Enjoy!!

I had to add this one!

Jordan and Brooke dressed Wyatt up as Mickey Mouse for Halloween and I had to share the pic because he was just so dang cute!!