4 Years

Happy Anniversary Nick. It has been a busy and oftens times very stressful 4 years. I wouldn't want to go through it with anyone else. I look forward to all the years to come and whatever else life brings our way, with you. I love you.

The 12 Days of Christmas

This year a wonderful person decided to do the 12 days of christmas to our family. They spoiled our family with wonderful gifts for 12 days. Every night Ellie looked forward to bringing the present in and opening it. She thought they were from Santa. One night she opened the box and told me, "This one's for Dad". It was filled with golf tees and balls. We got cookies, chocolate, bubble bath, a CD, a drum, gingerbread man decorating kit, christmas tutu's, and a leap frog fridge phonics. We enjoyed opening our gifts and were hopping that whoever it was would tell us on the last day. Unfourtunately this didn't happen and we don't know who did it. I wish I knew so I could tell them how grateful we are for everything they did for us. It was wonderful and we really appreciated it. Thank you to whoever it was.

The girls in their Christmas TuTu's.

Christmas Pictures

Why Daddy is the best

Nick kept Ellie on Saturday morning so I could go to a family cookie exchange. I knew he'd take her to do something fun and that she would have a great time with Daddy. I came home about three hours later, which was an hour after her nap time and she was just getting down for nap. I asked Nick what they had done and he just told me to look at the camera. There were over 100 pictures from that morning. He had taken her up past Enumclaw to play in the snow. She had sooooo much fun and couldn't stop talking about it after she woke up. No wonder Daddy is her favorite.

Santa Clause

We had our ward party on Saturday and Santa was there. It was actually pretty funny, Ellie was following him around the gym. He went and sat in his chair and my Mom asked me where Ellie was. I told her probably next to Santa. I lloked over to where he was and she was sitting on the floor next to his rocking chair opening a present that was decoration. We a few cute pictures, Santa was great and even held Lexie for one.

10 Months Old

Lexie just turned 10 months old. I can't believe that in two months she will be 1. Time sure has flown by. Happy ten months Lexie.

Decorating the Tree

Saturday evening we decorated the tree. I never knew decorating a tree could be such a stressful experience. Add two kids into the mix and we had chaos. In the end it was fun and the kids enjoyed it. I tried to get a few pictures of the girls but they weren't being very cooperative. Ellie loved putting the ornaments on the tree and kept putting them on the same branch. I didn't say anything to her I figured we'd fix the tree after she went to bed. She had a great time and kept wanting to put more ornaments on. Lexie was content sitting on the floor playing with a strand of beads that I was going to put on the tree. In the end after the kids were in bed I realized the stress was worth it since Ellie had such a good time.

The girls decorating the tree.



Ellie's version



The finished tree

Lexies alone time

Yesterday Ellie went and spent the afternoon with Papa and JuJu. Lexie normally really enjoys having some time to herself, but yesterday i think she missed Ellie. She seemed fine until it was bath time. I thoughht since she loves the bath she would really enjoy having it all to herself. At first she just sat and kept turing to look at me and smiling. She never really moved from the spot I set her in and didn't touch a single toy. After a few minutes she melted down and wanted out. I really think it wasn't as fun without Ellie. She didn't seem to enjoy doing anything after her bath, normally she plays and is happy. Not yesterday, she just didn't know wjhat to do. Eventually she went over to the movie cupboard and started pulling movies out. The poor kid was so sad, I didn't say anything to her, I just let her keep pulling moveis out. Apparently Lexie doesn't really enjoy her alone time much. I did however get a couple of cute pictures of her in the few moments she was happy.

Before the meltdown in the tub.


Dressed in some of Ellie's old christmas jammies and her baby's first christmas hat. Suprisingly she left that hat on for almost an hour.

Christmas Tree Farm

About a month ago my parents promised Ellie that she could go to the christmas tree farm. She had no idea what that was, but has been so excited to go ever since. She called it the christmas tree house farm, she also thought there would be animals since it was a farm. The whole family went and we picked out our trees. My Mom of course found a deal and got the biggest tree for the cheapest price. Ellie enjoyed running around with Carson and helped to pick the perfect tree. I thought with three families picking trees it would take a long time. I was wrong we all found trees quickly and the kids liked watching Poppy cut them down, Ellie especially enjoyed yelling timber. Here's a few pictures of our adventure.

The whole family


Ellie running around


Nick and Ellie showing off their catch ( I think it's funny that he is holding it like he just hunted it)


The only picture of Lexie we got and it is awful


Lexie wouldn't look at the camera she was to busy looking at Santa

So MAD!

Yesterday I was down at our church for a choir practice and someone backed into my car. They broke out the passengers side tail light. The worst part of it was they didn't even leave a note. I am so mad that someone elses actions are now going to cost me money. It's illegal to drive my car since I have no tail light. I can't believe someone would hit another car and then drive away.