Merry Christmas from the Seamons

Merry Christmas to all & to all a goodnight! Xo 😘 Love, The Seamons Family (Brett, Shay, Liberty, Justice, Victoria & Glory) 2016. P.S. I bought my Santa coat a couple years ago. I try to wear it most of December. The girls & I also have a big box of Holiday shirts & socks which we wear a lot! #arentwefestive #callmemrsclaus

scharach (Rachel Schanz, friend) Merry Christmas!!
shilohsangels (Aunt Shiloh Williams) Merry Christmas! So happy you've joined Instagram, love seeing your beautiful family 😚

50th Wedding Anniversary

Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary to these 2 amazing people!! (Lana & Garold Seamons) Wish we could have been there to celebrate with all of you. Thanks for your love & example to all of us! Congrats!!! Xo

Grandma & Grandpa Seamons

Thanks to Grandpa & Grandma Seamons for coming to say goodbye. Love you tons! Happy 50th Anniversary in December. What great examples you are to our family. Xo

Chick-Fil-A

mtseamonsfamA quick dinner at City Creek to warm up before we end the night. Yum!!! One of Brett's favorite places ever.

Lights at Temple Square

Completely loved being there for the lighting ceremony at Temple Square tonight. Fun spending time with Grandma Karla, Ryler, the Davis' plus one (Cambrie), Jake & Kensie and even Daron & the kids for a few minutes. Amazing colors & a sweet spirit! 🎄

mtseamonsfam Enjoying the Nativity at Temple Square with my family. So beautiful!
crumra53 Sorry to have missed it.You're such a beautiful family

One last one because we love the lights!!!!

Memories and Testimonies of Lana & Garold

Brett brought a recorder to document some stories & testimonies of Grandma & Grandpa (Lana & Garold Seamons). It was fun to sit around and hear about them. Super sweet to see them get emotional & share in their laughter! Long live the "Kick the cat" story! Lol

(I'll see if I could transcript some of the stories and add them here)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Very grateful for my little family on this Thanksgiving day! Hope your day was filled with food, pie, family & love!!!

Thanksgiving at the Rasmussens

Thanks to Lori & Lou for hosting Thanksgiving dinner. You're the best! We were able to squish 46 lovely people around the table for a spread of fabulous food. Miss you Shauna! Thankful for all these wonderful people!

Victoria & Halle made the most adorable name tags for the dinner table. They found the idea online & FaceTime-d to decide a plan. They designed the shapes, cut them out, wrote all the names in cursive, & stuck them in pine cones they both collected. So cute!

UT Trip & Glory's Ears Pierced

Brett took the little girls with him down to Utah for the week. 

They got to quickly see Grandma Karla & Ryler  for a dinner at the park. As well as Grammy & Grandpa for some dessert.

They enjoyed seeing family & the wedding festivities but were super excited to be able to spend time with Cheri & Halle. ;)

It was super hot so they went swimming at the neighbors one day.

 And apparently ate cotton candy for dinner. LOL

Glory had made plans to get her ears pierced while she was in UT. (I kinda had forgot about that plan of hers) Aunt Cheri tried to take her one day but they would let her since Cheri wasn't a legal guardian. So they drowned their sorrows at dinner. ;)

Brett went with them the next day so they could get them done. Glory is so excited about her new ear accessory. And all the girls got matching BFF necklaces. Love these girls!

Brett got to spend some extra time with Shauna & his parents. They even went to a movie together. Good thing it's documented or no one would believe it. (They don't come out for things like that very often!;)

They had a great time!!! It's good to have them back safe!

Sleepover at Gr & Gr Seamons' House

This was the 1st time we've been able to have a sleepover at Grandma & Grandpa Seamons' home. We checked out their Great-Grandma Ramah paintings. Victoria's gonna ask & write about them all for some Family History. Glory colored some pretty awesome cats and collected snail shells from Grandpa's gardens. I watched Shauna make cakes for the wedding in the middle of the night while Garold & Brett snoozed. (like Father like son, I guess. LOL) And of course, we kept them up way too late at nights visiting. Thanks for letting us stay with you. Sure love you both! 

City Creek Chaos: Family Pictures

For the 1st time since 2007, we had everyone together in order to do a massive Garold & Lana Seamons' Family picture. It was a bit of chaos but it'll be so fun to see us all in a family picture together. I'll include a shot of it when we get them back. But I did take some of the cousins and all of us eating lunch on the steps at City Creek in Downtown Salt Lake City. Several times we thought we may be kicked out for "frolicking" on public grounds. LOL! Fun, crazy times!
Glory LOVES Ethan so much! She looks so tiny next to him but she never passes a chance to hug him. Justice can't wait until he gets a growth spurt so he can catch up to his tall cousins. Victoria & Halle seriously look like twins to me. Beautimus girlies! Fun to have my kids get a picture with the grandparents. Except people (ahem,...Ethan) kept walking in front of me. So this was the best shot I got!!! Silly family!

We made several runs to the Marriott bathroom. Man- is that hotel fancy!!

And we took some of our own family pictures. Aren't we so cute?

 Thanks Louie for helping us out with our fam pictures. You're a goofball! We love you!

Fam Visit: Sleepover, Snow & So Long

For our Family Fun Finale, we decided to have Ethan and Halle over for a sleepover. The kids wanted to watch a movie and Cheri needed to get some sleep for the drive home. We had a great time! We decided to watch a late night showing of the Croods. The kids think that show is hilarious!

 Do you see any similarities? LOL [BTW- this was NOT on purpose. Too funny!]

In the morning, we woke up to SNOW!!! What an appropriate Helena Farewell! ;) 

Saying So Long, Farewell-
Grandma & Grandpa had to leave after the Staggering Ox on Saturday to get back to see Uncle Daniel get put in the Bishopric. We were so grateful that they would make the trip. And that they got home safely- even if it was 3 o'clock in the morning.
Little Glory ended up not feeling well Sunday morning so her and I stayed home to let her sleep. The Davis' and Shauna left after partaking of the Sacrament. We didn't get to say goodbye but I heard there was lots of group hugs given. LOL Thanks so much for coming, guys and gals. We had a blast! We're serious about having the kids up for a Summer sometime! We would be so happy!
Grandma Karla and Ryler came for a quick lunch and hugs after Church before hitting the road. Thanks so much for the sacrifice to come up. We really appreciate it!
XOXO to everyone for spending time with us and being with Victoria on her special day! Luv ya!

Fam Visit: Staggering Ox

We went out to dinner after Victoria's baptism to celebrate her awesomeness. ;) Yum!! {The Payne Family joined us- Thanks guys!}
Hardly anyone was in the restaurant so it was like we had rented the whole place for a private party! Too fun!

Fam Visit: Great Northern Carousel

After lunch we drove everyone by Brett's work. 

Then we took them all over to the Great Northern Carousel. It was SO COLD outside that it was great to have some where indoors to take them.

Most of the time you get coins to ride. But there was a deal that if you bought 10- you got 2 free. For the free rides, you get tickets instead of coins. We loved the saying on the back of the tickets. Here's the boys with their BIG smiles!

They also have a fun "Grab the Ring" Game as you ride. There is a machine that dispenses tiny rings. As the kids ride around, they can reach for them. Then on the other side is a big bear that you can throw the rings at. If you get the "Brass" ring- you get a FREE ride. And guess what? Liberty got it!!! Way to go, Sis!

Fam Visit: The Bagel Company

Grandma & Grandpa Seamons took us all out to lunch to celebrate Victoria's baptism. We decided to go to The Bagel Company. Yum!

P.S. Brett told the waitress to make him something she liked. She made him a sandwich that used thick turkey slices as the bread. Inside it had hummus, avocado and sun-dried tomatoes. He said it was way good!

Fam Visit: Happy Dance on Faith Lane

We took the Fam to Faith Lane to check out our new home. It was so fun to show them around.
We were so excited everyone got to see it. We tried to explain where things will be and our plans for the yard. We even got to show off our dog. ;) He pretty much used all of their butts for his personal backrest. Dumb dog! LOL The kids LOVED him though.
It was sunny but WAY windy [which made it a little bit chilly]. Welcome to Montana! The Grandmas spent most of the time in the cars. To get out of the wind for a bit- the kids and Shauna danced the "Booty Dance" in the basement. So funny! Before we left, Brett let the boys ride on top of the truck which was "EPIC", I heard. ;)

For fun- Brett got out the Go-Kart and most everyone got to take turns riding or driving it! It was a huge hit. 

Everyone had such a good time- it made the girls do the "Happy Dance"! LOL

Thanks to everyone that came out to see it. We can't wait for it to be done so we can host the Party at our place.

Fam Visit: Memorial Park

Today is a Memorable day! 

We have visitors here in Helena. Family came into town for Victoria's Baptism this weekend. We are so excited!

We took them to Memorial Park for a picnic. It was windy and chilly but fun. The girls played in the castle-ly/fort thing while the boys played catch from opposite towers. The boys record was 36 tosses without dropping it. Way to go, guys! [Grandma and Grandpa Seamons came a little later but I forgot to take a picture]

December Trip to UT: Family Pictures

It has been somewhere around 10 years since all of Brett's family has been together for Christmas. We took the opportunity to take some family pictures. Man!!! There are a LOT of good-looking people! ;)

December Trip to UT: Seamons Christmas Party

We decided to head down to Utah for the rest of the week to spend some time with extended family. Shauna planned a HUGE Seamons Christmas Party hosted by the Davis family. It was amazing!!!!
We started with a crazy fancy dinner. Cheri never disappoints. ;) It was complete with an Italian Soda Bar ran by the Davis boys and a delectable Cheesecake Dessert bar on the fanciest table you've ever seen.

Shauna had every individual family plan something for the Christmas Program. It was a hoot! The Laroccos planned Reindeer games and a Stocking Guessing game. The final Reindeers looked awesome! Us Seamons were on Music. We did our Bell Chimes and Name that Tune. It was very competitive and funny. The Hills put all the Griswald Light Houses together on a slide show [we all sent some to her] and we voted for the best one. The whole night was so much fun!

Garold finished the night by sharing a spiritual message. He read us The Living Christ. In between paragraphs, we sing songs. It was really special.

Afterwards, the Davis set up their Karaoke machine. It was hilarious. They even got Garold to sing a song. So fun!

Shauna had gifts for everyone. She gave each family a Nativity hand-made from another country. They were so unique and neat. She also got all the kids a pair of socks. They loved them!!!

What a fun night!! Merry Christmas family!

Christmas Card 2013

Here's what our cute Christmas turned out like this year!