Just us

Ahhhhh... memories... our first trip to Samoa. Can you just smell the ocean?

Happy Birthday Ethan!

Ethan is 1!! I can't believe it. We had so much fun at his first ever birthday party. We invited the Hoth's and the Price's and had a great time eating great food and celebrating our little Ethan. He has developed the funniest little personality so we just love to watch him to see what he'll do next. He's almost walking by himself, but in the meantime is constantly up and about, exploring the world. His favorite corners are the vacuum closet, the bathroom drawers (particularly, the bag with Katelyn's elastics) and anything that can be pushed around.

With the help of Katelyn he's learning to say "eeeeeeee!" (cheese!) Oh, I just love this cute little guy!

When I saw this cake, I knew it was the perfect one for him. He's our little monkey. He's curious. He loves to climb. And he loves to smile. (Except in this picture. :) )

He's thinking about it... but with so much attention, he never really dived in. I must have trained him to well with good manners. :)

He got a little more into it with his cousin Daniel. He's 6 months older and knows the real way to eat cake. Hi boys!

Cute kids

Random photos... un-photoshoped. Raw beauty.

What a helpful brother...

He's trying to tell Katelyn to smile. Da ta daaa!

My handsome baby... (he's almost 1!)

What a charmer. :) We love our cute little Katelyn!

MonaVie

Hi everyone,

I know, I don't post very often anymore, but if you see this and happen to have any connections to the corporate office for MonaVie in South Jordan, Utah, would you let us know?

Thanks!!

Christmas and more

Cheese! Her favorite boots, a fluffy pink jacket, cute tights. Need I saw more.

Sledding anyone? So, we don't have gloves for him... or matching socks for his hands. Do you like my big 'ol wool sock on his left hand?

I was lucky to get this picture because she spends every spare moment eating the snow.

A little hug for Ethan.

It was so much fun to see everyone again! What a gorgeous group of girls. We had so much fun talking and bowling. Especially after I learned the trick to bowling. Form out the window, just do a chest pass down the lane. I got my highest score ever. (Sad, but true.)

Seriously. My little heart melter in her new Minnie Mouse "tee-jays."

Ethan and Katelyn with their cousin Ellie.

Playing with Dad at my parent's home.

So, one day, I just decided that we should make some sugar cookies. It was so much fun! It's so fun to just through total efficiency out the window and let Katelyn create. I loved how she used the cookie cutters to cut out the dough right in the middle of the rolled out dough. If the cutter didn't go all the way through, no problem, she'd move it a tiny bit and push again. It makes for a nice little shadow imprint.

Then, the frosting. We had three colors and she had her own special small knife (decorative butter knife) and she had a blast mixing the colors and frosting her cookies. I let her do as many as she wanted and they were awesome. (I kind of felt like I should be in a Betty Crocker commercial or something. :) )

Having fun at Dave's family Christmas party. I think I missed my own memo and wore the wrong color.

Temple

Well, I'm behind on all my Christmas pictures, so why not wait a little longer. :) Here's a picture that I took about a week ago. Our little cuties where having so much fun, regardless of the cold and inversion. (Yeah, I tried not to stay very long.) They just love hanging out together and for some reason, Ethan loved the sound of Katelyn's feet crunching the hard snow. Who knows? But, he was giggling pretty hard.

Catch up

Just like the song says, it's the best time of the year. I just love hanging out with Dave and our little kiddies. They are so much fun and getting cuter every day. Here's a few pictures so you can see how big they're getting.

Go Ethan! He decided he wanted to try sitting up a couple weeks ago and has become quite the professional.

Yes!! He loves to vacuum!!

Playing with the cousins on my side. So cute.

Ooooohhh...

A constant phrase at our house, "Katelyn, don't sit on Ethan!"

SSSSOOOOO cute. Katelyn was reading a book to Ethan for the first time. She made up her own words and turned the pages for him.

Katelyn has been busy showing Ethan the ornaments on the Christmas tree.

Love this picture. I've been trying to be creative and made this hat for her.

Our mod podge of Christmas (I mean Halloween... thanks for catching it, Jen) costumes. Hawaiian girl, Anakin, White Tiger and a 50's girl. It looks like the 50's girl stole Anakin's light saber.

Katelyn loves to have her picture taken... sometimes. Her favorite pose is the non-smiling look.