Aunt Cindy's house, Temple Square, a shopping mall and a Funeral

Todd's Grandpa, Everett Anderson, died. He was 97. He was a great man but we were so happy that he was able to go be with his wife whom he missed very much. So we made an unexpected trip to Utah. As we thought about his life it was amazing to think about the changes that have happened over his lifetime. Here is Todd being a pallbearer.

It was fun to see all the relatives. Here is Todd with his two closest cousins in age to him. They all three happen to currently be serving as Bishops.

While we were there we stayed with my sister Cindy. It was so much fun. She took such good care of us and her house is the cutest ever. Thanks Cindy!

Here is Eli chillin' and watching one of the many flat screens.

There are gorgeous quilts hanging everywhere and a quilters dream room in the basement.

This is the present wrapping room. Yes she has an entire room for wrapping presents. If you are lucky enough to get one of her presents, they are always gorgeous. Those are all spools of ribbon on the wall. And there are tons of wrapping paper and dried flowers etc. in cute containers around the room, functional and cute.

Here is Todd sitting down watching one of the flat screens. This is not a sight we see too often.

This is the adorable princess bed that Lydia and, well okay, Bridget loved. There is a bed on top and one in the window with stairs going up the side. Too bad as soon as we left Cindy ripped it all out. I guess it just didn't go with her office decor. And maybe the color was giving her a headache.

This is where really yummy food appears. Every time we turned around there was something delicious on the counter. And she makes it all look so easy.

Samantha decided to move home for awhile so she packed up and drove her car to Utah. Although she and grandma had a lot of fun at the swingin' singles pad and they miss each other. After the funeral Sam drove up to Rexburg to pick up Garrett (oh yeah and to see some friends). He couldn't make it to the funeral because he was still taking finals. They came back to SLC and we all drove home together when the trip was over. Before we left we went to see the lights at Temple Square. They were beautiful.

Can't take credit for this picture because it was Garrett's idea but I thought it was kinda cool looking.

It was mighty cold out there.

We all went out to dinner at the Gateway Mall with Aunt Cindy. We drug her all over downtown and she witnessed the seizure Bridget went into when she saw all the stores she loves all in one place.

This was a cool Christmas Tree at the gateway mall. That is Samantha and Garrett pretending to be random holiday shoppers walking back and forth in front of the tree.