Christmas lights at Temple Square

Before the nights got too cold here, we decided to go see the lights at Temple Square. I have been a few times in the past, but it is still as amazing as the first time I saw it. The church knows how to do a thing up right. What a sight!

We have the beautiful Nativity Scene behind us.

Henry and Grace really loved seeing all the twinkle lights.

The first big snow!

It''s been snowing all night, the nice, light, fluffy stuff! So Henry and Grace got all decked out in their snow clothes and went out to play!

Henry gave me a preview of the snow ball he was about to throw at Garrett.

Grace wanted to see what the snow felt like... as you can see, she didn't like it!

Even with mittens, she was not too happy with the whole experience.

Henry had a great time; here he is making a snow angel.
As I type in this post, he is outside, helping Garrett shovel the sidewalks. He really is an angel!

Hooded towels

I have a question for everyone. I make hooded towels for infants and toddlers that I have been selling. The ones I currently sell have a fabric border along the hood. They cost $20. I recently took a custom order, and the customer requested fabric borders along the sides of the towel. It turned out really cute, but it took and extra half hour and cost me an extra 20% in supplies. If I made all of the towels this way, I would charge $25. My question is, would you rather pay $20 for the more simple design, or have the extra detail for $5 more? I could use as many opinions as possible, so please put your thoughts in the comments section of this post. I have pictures of both, so you can get a better idea for what I am talking about. Thanks!

Towel with the extra detail on the sides

Towel with the fabric detail only on the hood

Giving Thanks

Okay, here are the Thanksgiving pictures! It was lots of fun, and officially a success. We spent the holiday here in Utah with Garrett's sister's family, the Macievics. Jeff's mom, step-dad, and grandma came from Orange County, CA, and some friends, Mark and Diedre, came from Springville. The pictures aren't in chronological order, so you'll have to piece it together in your head, I know you can do it!

A Thanksgiving classic!

What would pie be without some whipped cream?

Michael was an expert carver. Have you done this before Michael?

Henry and Grace insisted that daddy hold them while he ate.

You gotta try this, it's really good!

Henry and Tyler, the picky eaters, had dino-nuggets for dinner, YUM!

Grace wanted to give Ashley a little kiss!

Garrett and Autumn

This is the best lookin' Jell-o dish I've ever seen!

Meagan's beautiful table-scape

The star of the show! What a beauty! And it was as delicious as it looks! Thanks to Alton Brown, this was the best, and most moist turkey I have ever had.

We cooked everything but the turkey at our house. The three cooks were Autumn, Meagan and Deidre. We had a lot of fun.

Grace was ready to chow down! This was the kid's table.

Marielle, Tita, Jeff, and Madeline

Oh daddy! I love you!

Temples

In the last year, Henry has taken a great interest in temples. He loves driving by the Jordan River Temple (he refers to that as his temple because it's near our house. We also visit the Salt Lake Temple on occasion (dad's temple) when we visit Garrett at work. Here are some pictures of the other temples that Henry has visited.

Mount Timpanogos Temple

Bountiful Temple

Logan Temple

San Diego Temple

Saint George Temple

Obviously, Henry has a long way to go toward seeing all of the temples. His number one goal is to see the temple in Hawaii. That would be nice for us too. I remember having a conversation with my mom last winter, and we didn't realize that Henry was paying any attention. We were saying how nice it would be to go to Hawaii and get away from the snow. Henry chimed in and said, "Hawaii? They have a temple there!"

Annual Goodwin Family Golf Tournament

I know that this isn't in chronological order, but I thought I'd better put it in here anyway. Every year in the summer, Garrett's dad's side of the family gets together for a golf tournament. This year it was the end of June. We had a BBQ the night before, at Garrett's sister Nicolle's house.

The ladies

The fellas (obviously they outnumber the ladies)

The whole gang! I hope no one was expecting a list of names. Let's get real.

Grace had a little moment to herself, from cheek-pinching relatives.

Happy Halloween

Here's Grace in her skunk costume! Isn't she cute!

Unfortunately, she decided that being a skunk was too uncomfortable, so she wore her dino jacket instead. Henry had a wardrobe change at the last minute too. He had planned to be a Red Power Ranger, but decided to be Superman (which was last year's costume). We like to fly by the seat of our pants around here!

First Day of School!

Well, preschool, anyway.

Henry is attending at Bingham High School. The high school students can take a child care / education course, and they are the ones who teach the kids. It is an enjoyable experience for both the HS students and the little kids.

Henry loves it! These pictures were from his first day.

Tee ball

Henry played tee ball this fall. He was number 10 on the Astros. He was their star hitter, but maybe not the best fielder. He was happy to let one of the other guys catch the ball. This was probably a wise move on his part, as there was always a mad dash for the ball, and the kids would usually take another team member out in order to get to the ball first!

Gymnastics

Here are some pics of Henry and Grace in a gymnastics class at our community center.

Henry took to it more than Grace! This was Grace's first and last time.

Tucson Children's Museum

Whoa there T-Rex!

Henry is manning the submarine.

The music room.

Grace is doing a little shopping!

In a real firetruck!