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January - Sunny California

We took a road trip to San Diego because I had a Conference there for a few days in January. Perfect excuse to visit Marmie and Grandpa. We even climbed trees at the park with Grandpa while we watched the sun go down.

We are very much in love with our 3-month old Liam and his bright blue eyes and chubby smile. Alexa loved entertaining him and making him smile on the drive.


I think Tad looks a lot like Kyle as a toddler, but I couldn’t get him to sit still long enough to take a picture side by side—
Tyler taught a family home evening lesson about gratitude and making sure to say thank you, especially to Heavenly Father for everything he’s given us. He told the story of the 10 lepers and drew this picture for his lesson. So good for a cute 4 year old!

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