Our first day home from California. When we left it was 80 degrees, we came home to snow. Anna didn't seem to care. As long as she gets to play she is happy.
Happy New Year! Our little nuddiest wouldn't let us get her dresses. Hopefully she doesn't dress like this for all New Year parties!

I don't recommed cooking naked, it can be dangerous!

Sea World!!! Once Anna realized she could touch the dolphins, nothing stopped her! Even the fact that her little fingers look like little fish.
She liked the star fish. She would try to get them out of the water herself. She grabed anything she thought was cool.
There were some star fish that were tramatized. Luckily they are sturdy little things!
Anna, Julia, and Micah being eaten by a shark!
Funny thing about this picture, the first one the guy took he cut out Lisa and Julia. He thought they were weird people trying to get into our picture.

Merry Christmas!!! Santa brought Anna this bear.
Then comes Grandma and Gramdpa! Anna had a great christmas. We had to ship her gifts home.
Julia and Micah helped Anna to get her presents open. It was fun for Anna to be with her cousins in california
Micah got drums! We all enjoyed many concerts, luckly it was free of charge. Otherwise we would be poor.

This is Anna's favorite gift. Her little car with a horn. She has said thank you to Aunt Lisa many times. Julia took Anna on rides all christmas day. And every day after. For her birthday she wants a radio installed. We had a great, warm christmas!

On Christmas Eve we went to Grandma and Grandpa Wilson's!

This is a California Santa!
So many parties, so little time to sleep. She put herself under the pillow so it would be extra dark and quiet. Now when we want her to sleep we just put a pillow over her head. Just kidding, we use a blanket.

We spent christmas in California with Josh's family. It was a week full of fun.The first thing we did that was risky, was putting the kids on this elephant to take a picture. We went to a San Diego museum to see the Dead Sea Scrolls. Right behind the elephant is a sign that says to stay off the displays. We didn't see it until we were done.
Josh took Julia, Anna and I on a ride in the ranger. It is the Escalade of go-carts

This is us stuck. Micah and Anna took a lot of baths together. He is only 3, it's not wrong, yet.

Julia was a personal nanny. She took great care of Anna!

Mom, Wyatt and I took a crazy trip to California before christmas. We drove! Anna was a great travling buddy. My friend from high school, Kathryn Demke (Johnson) and her little girl Daphne. Fun fact: Kathryn's husband did all the hair for Napolian Dynamite!

Wyatt was really excited to see Grandma!
Alisha, Carla and Alex's kids.

Christmas is the best!!!

Our search for the best christmas tree. We went to a christmas tree lot, thinking it would be more fun than our usual Lowe's run. It was fun, Anna got to see Santa. From a distance, nothing brings in the season like watching Santa smoke, and paying for your tree at a trailer. In the end we got a tree!!

I love this skirt! Anna started walking! Yikes. She is not really steady yet, but she is brave!
We celebrated christmas before Anna and I left for California. She loved the presents, just like her dad. This box was standing up, it started to fall and Anna wouldn't let go!
And a rocking caterpillar, try to say that 10 times fast. Wyatt called is a bucking caterpillar, don't say that 10 times fast. She loves it, the antennas squeak!

Josh had drill down in Utah, so we went to see the lights on Temple Square.
Not this tree, but another tree we looked at, Josh was showing Troy how all the strands of lights were put together. Josh is an expert when it comes to chritmas lights, with his overflowing wisdom he disconnected some of the lights. Half the tree was out. We simply walked away like nothing happened! Troy, Allison, and Kai meet us for dinner and to look at the lights
Anna loved all the lights. We walked around Temple square with her doing this!
Kai wanted to be in our family picture!
Merry Christmas!!!

We had a Ruby family Thanksgiving weekend. Thanksgiving, a train ride to the North Pole, Christmas, and lots of food all in four short days.
7 kids, 6 spouses, 11 grandkids and 1 grandma. It's difficult to see everyone, but the really good looking people can be seen.
Anna really liked Santa, He gave out food!
The North Pole was amazing, just look at the tree behind us. (Troy[Allison's husband], Mom, Josh, Anna, Adele, Tyler, Aubrey[Tyler's wife] and Wyatt) What a goup!

Anna and Makenna

These pictures are all out of order. Anna was pretty good at opening presents, or she was interested in all the colors on the paper

Anna and Uncle Wyatt can't wait to get their presents
Some of Anna's cousins, so excited for Christmas. (Sydney, Brian, Caden, & Rhett)
Grandma and Anna on the train ride to the North Pole.