December 27-28, 2015 ~ Anna's 21st Birthday

Anna's birthday celebration started Sunday night and didn't end until Monday night. Sunday night we had a family birthday dinner at the house for Anna. Anna had a plater of different desserts rather then having a birthday cake and one of the candle fell over and almost caught things on fire, Anna had to quickly blow the fire out! After dinner and dessert Diana and I spent the night and naturally we had  bowls of cereal at midnight before going to bed. Pillow talk is the best and it was so much fun having a sleepover! In the morning we went to The Cracked Egg for breakfast. 

December 25, 2015 ~ Christmas Day!!

The morning of Christmas I was apparently way to excited to sleep because I woke up super early!! Since I naturally woke up so early and had been so diligent with working out 5 days a week for the last 10 weeks I wasn't stopping now! I did my 15 minute workout then I woke up Luke and we had Christmas! For Christmas day we went over to the Tielemans for Brunch and to open presents then we went to the Hoer's. We had the traditional Christmas talent show where it has become a tradition for Bryce and Chelsea to perform a dance, Hannah Hyer to perform a very very enthusiastic, animated broadway song, Lucas and I to performed a duet and of course dad perform Green Sleeves. 

It was a fun night with people I love but who knew it would be so hard to get a group picture with everyone looking and no one blurry...we tried our best! 

 Dad with his first grandchild Kloee

December 24, 2015 ~ Christmas Eve

I usually wouldn't like to work Christmas Eve but OIH office was only until noon and I was able to witness the true meaning of Christmas!! Dad was able to perform a Christmas miracle for a patient. The patient had been in severe pain because of her knees for a while and didn't have the money to pay for treatment so never got treatment. She finally got Medicaid but still wasn't getting the medical treatment she needed so she came to dad for a second opinion because Sally (who is in her ward) mentioned it. She accepted the fact that we didn't accept her insurance and saved up so she could pay the $160 to see dad. During the visit with dad she finally received answers as to what was going on with her knees because dad was the first one to read the MRI's with her and go into detail of what was happening. She got a cortisone injection into both knees and her pain was gone immediately. She began to cry because it was the first time she had had no pain for more than a year. Dad whispered to me to not bill her because he knew her financial situation and I helped her to the front desk. After checking out in the front she came back to me and said the lady in the front wouldn't let her pay the bill. I said Merry Christmas from Dr. Hoer and she began to cry. She bought us presents because she knew it was christmas eve and was appreciative for being seen by dad even though we don't accept her insurance and she didn't expect or think she would get anything in return. It is moments like these that make me so very grateful for my good health and grateful for my profession because I can help people and true joy comes from serving people. 

For Christmas Eve we spent the night with the Tielemans! We usually eat dinner at Tony and Sallys but we mixed things up this year and went to a nice Mexican restaurant in Sam's Town. The restaurant was in the garden area of Sam's Town so we got a table on the patio to enjoy the scenery. Laurie and her new husband also joined us for dinner, which added a new element to the night (if you know Laurie you know what I mean). Laurie's husband is really nice and they seem very happy which is nice to see. After dinner we watch the Christmas laser light show in the garden area. The kids really liked it and fake snow fell at the end of it which was a nice touch! 

 The beautiful flowers dad had sent to me for Christmas

Our presents from Sandi

 Luke LOVES Benny so much that when I wanted a picture of just the two of us he insisted that Benny was in the picture also...so much for getting a christmas picture with just my husband...I hope he wants to take pictures with our kids as much as he wants to take pictures with Benny.

December 22, 2015 ~ REBELS!

Due to Lucas and Bryant being such sports fans (and because why not) we all went to a UNLV basketball game as a family! I also love watching basketball (it's not just Bryant and Lucas). Luc brought his girlfriend Brianna, Jac brought his girlfriend Cheyenne, and Anna brought her boyfriend Chandler. We tried fitting everyone in the pictures with our selfie stick (yes people actually buy those and use those these days) but we weren't successful. It was a blast cheering and just being with family.

December 20, 2015 ~ Christmas Dinner with the Tielemans

We celebrated Christmas a little early because Sam and Jordan are going to Colorado for Christmas. Susan was also in town and we had a nice big dinner with everyone and play spoons after. The game spoons got a little intense and the candy canes that replaced the spoons (to be more festive) ended up getting destroyed! It was a fun night with family! 

December 20, 2015 ~ Kloee Marie Hoer Baby Blessing

Kloee's blessing was such a sweet moment. You could tell how much Bryce loves his little girl during the blessing, it was hard to keep back the tears. A lot of the family was able to come to the blessing and support Bryce and Chelsea, it was a great sight to see the chapel filled with loved ones. Chelsea made Kloee's blessing dress and it turned out amazing! Kloee looked adorable!

"The name in which you will be known as is Kloee Marie Hoer. Kloee, you are loved very much by your Heavenly Father. We bless you that you will have a desire to follow the gospel and be righteous and that you will have a desire to read the scriptures and pray and develop a close relationship with your Heavenly Father.  We bless you that you will be able to be an example for your siblings as the oldest child of the family and that you will be able to stand up for what you believe in and that you will be able to be a leader and an example and that you won’t lower your standards in certain situations. I bless you that you will be able to be personable and a loveable person and include others and not judge others and that you will be able to be friendly and kind.  I bless you that you will be able to have health and strength,, that you will have the health to be able to support you in the things that you want to do in life and that you can run and jump and play and have the health to be able to serve in the church and obtain an education. These things we bless you in the name of Jesus Christ Amen."

This is what Chelsea posted on instagram about the blessing and the guys in this picture that were in the circle:
"I couldn't have asked for a sweeter blessing by my amazing hubby Bryce and these amazing men for our little bundle of joy today! Seriously started balling before he even started! I'm the biggest cry baby but I don't care. We are so blessed to have Kloee Marie inner family and have the gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives!"