New Years Eve 2012

Another year has come and gone, and my how many fun things have happened!!! Cody got a job as a prosecutor, we bought a house, and we are a happy, and now healthy family! (Poor Hailey was sick Christmas Eve and Christmas). We are so grateful for our Savior and for the restored gospel, along with the many MANY blessings we receive.

We are excited to see what 2013 has in store for us!

We had fun tonight... IBC Rootbeers and Shrimp... movies until the kids fell asleep, and we zonked out too... it was a great New Years Eve! Cheers to 2012!!

 

Another Hair Update

I love doing the girls hair... Valerie's included, and sometimes I even do my own :) Here are a few pictures I've collected after some of my experiments... and another reason is so that someday when the girls ask if I ever did their hair and how I did it, they can look back and say, oh yeah... my mom did do our hair!

 

My Gentleman

 

Moments

I love catching the kids in moments like this. Pure love. Pure Happiness. Music Blasting. Dancing. Singing. Playing. Being Goofy. Loving Each Other.

 

Now how can I tell them it's way past bedtime?? I don't. I'll let them be little, and bond as siblings. And who knows... they might just sleep in a little more tomorrow morning :)

 

 

Christmas 2012

Last night Cody had me open one of my gifts... so I could use it today :) I got a Nikon Camera! A really nice one too! Please excuse the pictures, I still have yet to learn all of the operations on the camera, but I shot away. I am not puttin in all 271 pictures, but chose a few of my favorites from the day. Poor Hailey was sick, so she didn't even want to get out of bed right away. But eventually she started feeling better and layed on the couch so she could enjoy Christmas as well. We did Christmas all by ourselves this year. It was a fun experience, although I am sad that my family left yesterday. I made Christmas Dinner all by myself (with Cody's help though). First time ever, and it turned out delicious! I am so proud of us! We also put up my parents gift to the kids... a trampoline! Spent the day enjoying each other and the gifts, and of course watching a few new movies. It was a fantastic, family day. Merry Christmas! and Happy "Celebrated" Birthday Jesus :)

 

 

Technology

Technology is so great. We were able to connect with Nathan (my brother) who is serving his mission in Mexico City, Mexico. We FaceTimed my parents, who were skyping with Nathan, so we were able to see him. I love technology! His companion was funny though... he stayed watching in the background the entire time.

Buddy the Elf

We adopted a new tradition for Christmas time with our children. It is called "The Elf on the Shelf". It is a book, and comes with an elf. Basically, the elf will reappear in different spots each day to watch the children and report nightly to Santa Claus on their daily behaviors. And they are NOT allowed to touch him, or he may not reappear because he could lose his magic. It started after Thanksgiving, and ended Christmas Eve. The kids had so much fun looking for Buddy the Elf each morning. It's been so much fun!