1st Post of 2015

I am going to try and post our adventures of 2015 within 2 weeks time frame. Lots of pictures, hopefully dates and not a lot of explanation! Horray! This was the year of Selfies! Everyone took Selfies everywhere they went. Wrestling took state. Pictured below is Kyle and his friend that was a senior that graduated. They were both very sad for it to come to an end. Jared turned 12 and got braces back on and got to go to the temple for the first time. Landon turned 11 and had our traditional Texas sized donut. Chad and Kyle hiked the "G" and Landon made it to the district science fair. Hank Smith came and spoke at to our Stake Youth again. And finally, we are never too old to make our traditional Valentines Day cookies with Grandma Julie.

The True Meaning of Christmas

Although we had a wonderful time on our Cruise and made some of the best memories ever, we didn't want the kids to forget the true meaning of Christmas. We love temple square at Christmas time. It helps us remember the importance of Forever Families and Christ in our lives. We visited Temple Square on Christmas Eve with Adam and Lisa and their Family. We had a very simple Christmas day this year. Santa stuffed their stockings, and they each got new bedding (well, Kyle got new motorcycle clothes, cause he didn't need bedding). They also got their traditional awesome Hess trucks from the Trammell's. We hope that they will always remember the memories we made together and that family and Christ in our lives is the most important Christmas Gift.

Final Cruise Post

The cruise went by so fast. None of us wanted it to end. When we got off of the ship in Orlando, we were right by Cocoa Beach where the Trammell's are from. We had some time before we had to go to the airport, so we drove around. We found the Kennedy Space Center, the first Ron Jon Shop and a beach where we collected more sea shells and took some more pictures for our Christmas card.