Feliz Navidad

Like most years 2014 seems to have come and gone faster than expected.  We've enjoyed fun times and created great memories throughout the year.  Here are the highlights of 2014 in the Edgel Home!

On Christmas morning of 2013 we learned baby number two would be joining our family!  Gavin was excited about being a big brother, and loves his baby brother Liam, who was born August 28th.

At church Gavin moved up from nursery and became a Sunbeam!  He was so excited to be in primary with the big kids and has given a talk, scripture, and this fall, participated in the primary program.  He was so proud sitting up in front of the whole congregation and recited his lines without hesitation.

In March Jared began working for Summit Engineering Group up in Heber, Utah and is loving his work.  The kids and I have taken a number of trips up the Canyon to visit Daddy for lunch throughout the year!

When Jared was officially hired on long term with Summit Engineering in May, I cut back my work hours at Utah Valley Hospital, and starting in January I will work just one day a week.

In August Gavin started preschool!  He loves his class and teacher, Miss Rebecca.  Although it's hard to get many details out of him, it's fun to hear about what Gavin is learning and the different activities they do each day.

Christmas this year was spent in Mexico visiting my parents at their home. We enjoyed warm weather, fun with Grandparents, exploring, and just relaxing and spending time together!

Wishing each of you a very Merry Christmas this year!

Love, The Edgels

Definite Canadian!

The other week Google Fiber hosted a free ice skating party complete with doughnuts and hot chocolate, so of course we had to go.  We wondered how Gavin would like skating, and I guessed he'd start complaining about the skates being uncomfortable after not too long.  But I was gladly proven wrong and Gavin absolutely loved it!  Clearly his Canadian half came out and he refused to even hold my had most of the time.  If it wasn't for the hot chocolate and doughnuts, I don't know how we would have gotten that kid off the ice!

Liam was content chillin in the stroller, smiling at Daddy!

Holiday Time

For as long as I've lived in the U.S. now, one thing that I still am not used to is how close Thanksgiving is to Christmas!  (Canadian Thanksgiving is celebrated the second Monday of October).  I'm not sure if this is how it feels for everyone else, but as soon Thanksgiving hits I feel as though Christmas time is already here, and I love it!

Once again we set up Christmas this year just before heading down to Vegas for Thanksgiving. Since we're leaving for Mexico on the 15th, this gave us a bit more time to actually enjoy the decorations before taking off.

Gavin couldn't wait to set up the tree. Ornaments were going on before we even spread out the branches or put the lights on. Hence a somewhat awkward looking tree, and if you can't tell, the majority of ornaments are clustered around Gavin's height level.  But Gavin thinks it's the best tree ever, and who can argue with this four year old!

At night Gavin always insists his door stays open so he can see the new star on the tree top

So despite our home looking like this...

We took care of the important stuff - setting up Christmas and making shortbread cookies!

Jared found out his office would be closed on Wednesday before Thanksgiving, so we headed down to Vegas a day early and enjoyed good times with family, yummy food, and of course a trip to the Magical Forest to visit Santa Clause.

Sleep over with Grandpa, Daddy, and cousins in the teepee

The week before Thanksgiving we bought a sailboat off KSL!  We towed it down to Vegas to store for the winter, and can't wait to use it once the weather gets warm.  We set it up in the back yard and the kids had fun checking it out.

Go cart rides with Grandpa and cousins

Trips to the community garden

Magical Forest Fun

Trip to Lake Mead

We hoped to go sailing, but the wind was crazy so we fed the carp instead

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Gavin opened some Christmas gifts from Grandma and Grandpa early, and LOVES his light saber

Time has flown by since coming back from Vegas.  We've been busy with Christmas shopping, enjoying the crazy warm weather, and the regular activities of life. We did enjoyed a free night of ice skating at Seven Peaks and a trip up to Temple Square to listen to the Christmas Devotional and enjoy the beautiful Christmas lights!