Christmas!

Christmas day was pretty
low key for us!

First we got up at our normal time
and tried explaining to Owen that
Santa had come.
He didn't really get it until
he saw his stocking and gifts.

Owen got a WAY TOO cute
Monster (Knitted by my amazingly talented sister Marci)
and a Leaptop computer from Santa.

Livvy got a play
camera from Santa :)

After opening their stocking gifts
we went to church and it
was amazing!
I really wish Christmas was
on Sunday every year!
It makes me remember what
Christmas is all about!
The music and meeting were
amazing!

After church we came home
opened our gifts and then the
kids went down for a nap.

Trent's big gift this year
was a new coat and
mine was a pressure cooker which I LOVE!!!

I do want to mention he had his mom
make me a shirt that says
"I "Picture of a heart" Nerds"
*giggle giggle*
It's been our little joke since we
got married that I am so in love with my nerd!

After the kids got up from their naps
Grammy and Grandpa
Kohleen and
Dawn and Jim
came for a very simple lunch and
they brought gifts for us.

My favorite is the awesome Nativity set that Dawn got
for our family in Israel!
It is so beautiful and is made out of olive tree wood.


After everyone left we sat as our little family
at the piano and sang some
Christmas songs.
Then everyone went to
bed!

It was such a wonderful day!

Christmas Eve!

Christmas eve was a very

busy day for us!

First Trent went and got the girls at
8 am then we had Christmas with them.


Then at 1pm we went and made cookies for Santa at
Dawns house and then we just hung out and
talked with Trent's side of the family.


Then we stopped by Grammy and Grandpas
for a minute so they could see the girls.

Then we went to my parents church
for the rest of the evening.

We played games and piano...



Ate dinner... (Cafe rio type salad with pies for desert)


My mom did a fish pond for the grandkids
and they LOVED it!



Played some volley ball...



Then to end the night all the
grandkids put on the play
"A night before Christmas"



We opened our gifts from my parents and
then everyone went home to wait for Santa!

Trent had to take the girls to Bountiful
so I took our kids home and had
our kids hang stockings and put
them to bed.

Bessies 6th birthday party!

Can you believe Bessie is 6!
Crazy girl!

We love this kid! She has such a zest for life and I love
her reactions to her gifts.



She opened up her gift from
Grandma Dawn and this is what she said :)

"Oh yeah this is just was I was expecting!:)"
(Which she hadn't asked for but it was awesome!)




We just got together at our house for
Cake and Ice Cream.
I made her a strawberry cake.

Happy 6th Birthday Bessie!
We love you lots and lots!

Happy 7 month birthday Livvy!

Happy 7 month birthday to our
little Livvy girl!


At 7 months...

• Wears 3-6 month clothes
• Wears size 1-2 diapers
• Weighs 14lbs 2 oz
  
• Love bouncing in her jumper!
• Follows me around everywhere!
• Can climb one stair
• Loves people!
• (She is so easy to take care of when she is around lots of people, which I like since Owen didn't like anyone but me and Trent until he was almost 2!)
• Loves to talk to herself in the mirror
• Sleeps through the night as long as I nurse her at like 10pm
• Wants to be held ALL the time when we are at home
• She had her first sick visit with the doctor :( (She got croup)
• She likes watching Owen play
• She can wave Hi
• She talks a lot and loves to make the "ga" sound
• She smiles all the time!

We love you Livvy!

My talented Sister!

My sister Marci makes my

kids some of the cutest things I have ever seen!

She made Livvy these Monster pants and her
awesome hat! She made Owen some too when he was about
her age but for today I will focus on Livvys creations :)

So enjoy the cute pictures below!

Thanks Aunt Marci for some
way cute pants!

First real solids!

Livvy had her first taste of solids about
2 weeks ago and she
HATED it!
I fed her some homemade butternut squash
baby food and she cried about it as
attested to in the pictures below.

We have tried 3 more times since
to feed her solids and every-time
she cried and threw a
huge fit. So I guess we will take a break
for a few weeks and then try again.

Christmas Parade!

Last Saturday December 3rd

My little family and Suzie's family
and Marci's family
went with my Mom to
downtown Provo for a Christmas Parade.




It was SOOOO cold! We found a spot and
shortly after the parade started but
all that was coming were golf carts
throwing out candy for the kids.

After about 30 mins of golf carts I decided that
it was time to pack up my babies and go to my Moms house
to wait for the parade to be done.

After the parade was over we had pizza and
ice cream at my Moms house with everyone.

Honestly the parade was pretty lame but the
company was AWESOME so it made up for it :)