Christmas in Utah and Welcome Home Elder Simons!

My baby brother Jason came home from his mission to Argentina!  Woo hoo!  Brandon and I were able to get a good deal on some plane tickets and flew up to Utah to see him a few days after he got back.  He and mom and Lily picked us up from the airport- how GREAT it was to see him!  He lost about 50 pounds while he was gone, and I swear he grew another 6 inches.  That boy is ginormous.  We were able to be there for his homecoming (or whatever we're supposed to call it these days) and spend some time doing fun things with the family.

Welcome home, Peej! 

He looks so tired- he traveled for something ridiculous, like 50 hours.  Crazy.

He's home!  Brad called me via Skype so I could sort of be there.  So my face is on the phone in front of Ashley :)

Such a cute baby brother :)

We had family pictures taken while we were there.  It was all mommy wanted for Christmas :)

Ashley

Jason

Mommy and Pa

Mikey and Kimberly

Annie and Brandon

Brad, Rachael, and Lily, and the bun in the oven!

Isn't Lily the cutest EVER?

We visited Temple Square with Jason, and Mike and Kim.  We ate dinner at The Red Iguana in Salt Lake, and had fun walking around the temple with them.

Jason, Annie, and Brandon

Mike, Jason, and Annie

Feliz Navidad!

My mom and dad gave us a KitchenAid Mixer!  I was jumping up and down and squealing I was so excited!  It's still in Utah since it was too big and heavy to take on the plane :(  I can't wait to use it!

We had SUCH a great time being with my family.  We love going up to Utah and are already planning our next trip up there!  But for now we'll enjoy our 80 degree weather in Palm Desert and work on convincing them to come visit us!