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Hey everybody I just wanted to let you all know that Tyler is still doing freelance work included but not limited to graphic design, web design, photoshoots, illustration, animation... check out what he has done and if you need anything done or know of anyone please spread the word!  Thanks!

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Last month's festivities

We spent the majority of Thanksgiving with the Tonks' side of the family although I did enjoy a fun bridal shower for my soon to be sister-in-law.  There is a picture of Kaylee with her great-grandma Tonks. Clark playing on the floor...

Here we are decorating our tree for Christmas... Clark got to put the star on top this year.

Gingerbread houses!  Hilary was a gracious hostess and let us invade them again this year!

My brother Nate and his family and my parents came down to visit.  We saw the lights on Temple Square. They are so beautiful and we hit it at just the right time so it wasn't quite as crowded as other years.

Kaylee's first laying down tub in the big tubby. :)  I just love her chunky legs!

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Merry Christmas!

Here is our Christmas letter for 2013!

2013 has been an eventful year for our family. It’s been a great year of learning and growing for us. We started out the year with Tyler accepting an optional severance package. He has always wanted to try out freelancing and this seemed to be the perfect opportunity. Everyone in the family has learned a lot from this experience and we have seen some amazing blessings both temporally and spiritually from this stressful experience. It has not been quite as profitable as we hoped, but Tyler has learned a lot along the way like, “Wow, I way underbid that job!” Despite it all the Lord has blessed and taken care of us. 

Lydia has had extra opportunities to earn money while being able to stay home with our kids doing some babysitting. Our biggest blessing of the year is Kaylee Ann Whitworth, who joined our family on July 8th. Everything went well with delivery and recovery. She has added an extra measure of love to our family. 

We were able to take a family vacation to Indiana and Nauvoo this year as well. The kids still talk about and ask when we will get to visit Grandma Mary again. It was so much fun. 

Tyler has been keeping busy designing websites, coloring illustrations, drawing, and even doing some photo shoots for a sports team photography place. Tyler has so many ideas for business adventures it’s hard to keep them all straight sometimes, but it’s part of his hobby to come up with them. 

Lydia has been busy being Mom. Lydia is loving the time she has to be at home with the kids playing with them and taking care of them. She just wishes there were less chores and more play time! She also just accepted a calling to serve as the primary secretary in their LDS ward. She is excited to get to stay in Primary, but is sad not to get to teach primary with Tyler anymore. It sure was fun to be together for a whole year teaching the class for the 10 and 11 year olds. 

Addison had her first dance recital in June. She is growing up way too fast! She will turn 5 in December. She loves to color, paint, doodle, play house, make up stories... She is so creative and imaginative. We love being part of her life even if we are on a different planet sometimes. ;) Her latest and greatest kick that has lasted a few months is all about fairies. She just spent an hour tonight while Lydia got dinner ready drawing and explaining a map on how to get to fairyland and what exactly it was like there. So much fun to be a part of her life!

Clark turned 3 years old in September. He is such a funny little boy. We love to watch him interact with the world because he sees things in a different way. He loves to figure out how things work and loves to build and create things. He received Tinker toys for his birthday and he will build cookie factories, weed whackers, and vacuums to name a few things with them. Another favorite thing is playing outside mowing the grass or leaves (depending on the season). He loves to be outside doing things with Dad whether it’s blowing the leaves or working on a project like fixing another broken sprinkler! In fact for his birthday he had a sprinkler cake because he likes sprinklers so much. Clark is just overall fun to be around.

Kaylee is now smiling, laughing, grabbing everything she can get her chunky little hands on, and rolling over some. We are sure she will be all over the house before too long. She loves to be involved in everything. She has a hard time napping and even nursing sometimes because she wants to see what’s going on. She must get enough to eat though because she is growing faster than a weed! At her 4 month check she was in both greater than 95% for both height and weight. She is such a cutie and delight to be around.

You've had a birthday!

Shout hooray!  Addison turned 5 years old on December 18th.  Where has the time gone?  My sweet baby doesn't even want to rock and snuggle anymore.  She is a "big" girl as she says.  She is a tall and beautiful young lady!  Addison absolutely loves to draw and color just like her Dad.  She is very independent and likes to help clean the house (on her time;).  She is smart and picks up everything much to my dismay at times.  We love her so much and are so grateful she is part of our family. She requested a Princess Tea Party so I went to work planning one.  She strictly requested no boys for this party so Clark and Dad got to hang out downstairs and watch a movie while we decorated tiaras, had a royal ball, tea party and of course sang happy birthday and opened presents.  We had a good time and Addison loved being the princess for the day! She didn't even act like a little snotty princess. :) In fact she did an excellent job introducing her friends to each other without me even prompting her.  She was a good little hostess.  This was her first real friend party and I wanted to make it fun.  Here are some photos from her party...