Thanksgiving 2011

We had a low key Thanksgiving this year. We didn't have any family here and Trevor worked at 2pm so we ate early.

We signed our Thanksgiving tablecloth and read the signatures and blessings from last year. It is fun to see it filling up.

I thought about not cooking all the traditional foods since it was just us but in the end I couldn't cut anything from the menu. It just wouldn't be Thanksgiving dinner without it!

Trevor said it was the yummiest Thanksgiving ever. Smart man.

After Trev left for work we decided it would be fun to get out the Christmas boxes and put up the tree.

We turned on some Bing Crosby and "decked the halls".

Christmas 2010 in Utah

We made the drive down from Washington to visit our family in Utah for Christmas. We had a great time. Here are some pictures from the trip (in random order)...

Merry Christmas!!

Our Top 10 of 2010(In no particular order)

10- Trevor finished residency!

9- He got a job offer in Kennewick, WA

8-We sold our home in Kentucky. (It was so hard to say good-bye.)

7- Campbell was potty trained

6- Hallie started piano lessons and is thriving.

5- Megan is in an art class and loving it

4- Davis walks and talks and just keeps growing

3-Kathryn is busy with a new calling and the regular tasks and joys of motherhood.

2- We are all finally feeling adjusted

1- Our testimony of our Savior’s love and His hand in our lives has increased.We hope you feel His love, especially this season.

Merry Christmas!

Our Christmas 2009

Our Christmas morning started WAY too early - but we had fun.

Before opening presents we read all the notes in the "Jesus' stocking".
We had a FHE at the beginning of December and talked about Christ's birth and I asked the girls if we gave a "gift" to the Savior for Christmas what they thought he would want and we all agreed that He would want us to be grateful and give thanks for all of our blessings and then serve others. So, throughout the month of December individually we have been writing down service we given (or service that was done for us) and also things we are thankful for. We put the notes into the special stocking. The stocking was STUFFED and it was so fun to read all of the things that were written. It was a great way to start the day and a new Christmas tradition for our family (we did something similar before but this worked better).



Santa spoiled us again this year...

We spent the remainder of the day:

Davis played with boxes/ garbage. Hallie read one of the 50 new books she got.

Campbell ate lots and lots of sugar (btw the buzz light year pez dispenser was his very favorite gift). The girls tried on their new clothes.

Campbell watched movies on his new Teddy Bear's tummy.

Megan and Hallie played littlest pet shop and horses and Polly Pockets and dolls and everything they could think of for hours and hours. They did not fight ONCE! It was a Christmas Miracle. ;)

Trevor installed the replacement DVD player in our truck and realized he can't see out of the rear view mirror now.

We had such a nice Christmas this year. It went by way too fast and we really missed our fam - it was fun last year to visit, but we feel so blessed to have each other and great friends around us and we especially feel blessed to know that our Savior lives and loves us.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas 2009

What we did on the Eve of Christmas

Piggy-back rides and dancing to Christmas music.

Back massage for Hallie and watching Christmas movies.

Megan's turn.

Davis and Campbell's turn.

We had some dear friends over for treats, a game of Hilarium (hilarious as always... hence the name), and a nativity with the kids. Davis was a wise man.

Liam as Joseph

Hallie as Mary

Issac as the baby Jesus

The kids had so much fun and did a great job.

Campbell refused to participate... he's two you know.

Ellie made a great wise man er...wo-man too.

Afterwards all the kids gave Issac the ride of his life pushing him around the house in the manger/ laundry basket.

Another shot of our little wise man.

Heavenly Angels- Megan, Eden, and Kelsey

And that's what we did on the Eve of Christmas... it was great!!