Waiting for Christmas

We flew out to Tucson early (the 10th--or rather, the 11th, thanks to AirTran) because we had to leave on the 26th to be home for Aaron's wedding in DC on the 30th.  So we spent a lot of time just hanging out, enjoying having nothing to do.  

Here's Seth enjoying some of Grandpa's birthday cocoa:

And Catherine, trying to seriously injure herself by either pulling a stool down on herself, or cracking her head open on the tile floor.  Either way, I was a very paranoid mother: 

Jon really, really enjoyed the hayride around the neighborhood.

Really.

(Well, Seth had a great time!)

Eventually Kenna & Brian decided to show up (just in time for their first anniversary)!

They brought their iPhones and took pictures of my beautiful baby girl:

Princess & Uncle Brian.  

And this picture was definitely not taken in the chapel of the church.

On Sunday.

During sacrament meeting (but not the sacrament).  

Obviously I was totally unaware of this sacrilege, but these are still really cute pictures.

(Kenna & Brian, you are such apostates)

;)

Seth LOVES Uncle Brian: 

And Aunt Kenna: 

And Kenna & Brian brought something very, very exciting with them from Texas: 

A horse.

Okay, Camo is a mastiff, but still!

He made a fantastic noble steed for the Beautiful Princess.

It didn't matter how often I saw this dog.

I never got used to the sheer massiveness of his head.

Good thing he was such a sweetheart, because he was (quite literally) twice my size.