Chocolate Boy!

Hannah left our box of Whoppers on the floor and guess who found it, Gavin. He LOVES chocolate! He had it all over his jammies!

Christmas Morning

Our family christmas morning.

Hannah after looking at her stocking. Santa brought her some Dora shoes.

Santa ate all the cookies! Hannah came up to me and said "Santa ate all the cookies and he stole our presents!" I told her that santa left presents but she still insisted that he stole them.

Hannah opening her ponies.

Gavin got some soft cars that he can chew on.

Gavin opened one gift before he gave up and started playing with the wrapping paper.

Isn't he soooooo cute !?!

Hannah got a Dora bath towel. She is OBSESSED with Dora!

Michael got a waffle grey sweater.

While we were making breakfast and Hannah was playing with her play doh set Gavin imprisoned himself under the bar stool.

Hannah playing with her play doh.

We are making the traditional christmas breakfast: Biscuits and gravy, potato patties, eggs,and juice. Hannah was our big helper!

Christmas Eve

Santa left some presents on the doorstep and all the grandkids went into our room to open them. Everyone got christmas pj's.

Hannah showing off her pj's.

Jason and Lisa's kids along with mine showing off their pj's.

My two kids in front of the christmas tree.

Hannah leaving cookies and milk for Santa Claus to eat!

Gavin learned to climb stairs!

Gavin has been entertaining the idea of climbing stairs for quite awhile. He would put his knee on the first step and then just put it down again. Then he climbed one step but couldn't figure out how to climb more. He fell lots of times after that. On Dec. 23rd he figured it out. He climbed the stairs all the way to the top. Since then, he has climbed to the top a few times but he has had many falls! I think he climbs up and then turns to took down the stairs had then falls.

My parents came up to visit!

My parents came up the see up right before Christmas. I LOVED IT! I was so sad that I couldn't be around the family during Christmas so when they came up it made me feel better. We had a fun and relaxing time. We watched a movie, made christmas goodies ( she helped me make the toffee the right way), and they took me on a tour of McCall. I have lived here for quite a while now and still haven't seen all the cute shops in town. And my parents know McCall better than I do.

While my mom was at my house she to started a blog of her own (AGAIN) and while she was doing the Hannah was playing with her hair. ( Hannah LOVES to play with my hair now!) Well, she got it stuck REALLY bad! I took me awhile to get it out.

I thought this was a cute picture of Gavin so I decided to add it to this blog!

Yummy Chocolate!

I make christmas goodies again this year. I made peanut brittle, fudge, and toffee with chocolate on top. All of it tasted good! The toffee tasted great but it was too soft so I threw the first batch out. Well, Gavin just learned how to stand up next to things and the garbage is now a problem. He found my toffee and started taking the chocolate off the top. Little stinker!

Finally, some snow!

On Dec 13th we got our first real snow storm. I know, really late for McCall. Hannah and I got all bundled up and went out to play in the snow. We tried to make a snowman but the snow was too powdery. Hannah made a few snow angels but she wouldn't let me take a picture.

We saw some fox tracks in the snow so we decided to follow them. They weaved through all the sage brush by our house. Hannah fell a few times and got cold after awhile. You can see the fox tracks in the bottom right side on the picture.

Hannah and mommy all bundled up!

Decorating the Christmas Tree!

We usually decorate the christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving but this year Mike wanted a real tree so we had to wait to get one. A ward member (thanks Juan) went and got a tree for us and a tree for Ernie and Lori. So on Dec 12th Hannah and I decorated our new tree. Man it's a lot harder to decorate a real tree. Half of my ornaments were too heavy for the tree, and it was tricky putting on the lights. But we got it done.

The end product. I think it turned out pretty good if I do say so myself!

Fall Pictures out of order

Here are some older pictures that I just got from my mom. I love the fall, the fall colors, and playing in the leaves. We showed up at my moms one day and all the kids were playing in the leaves. They buried themselves and threw leaves at each other. They had a blast!

Hannah and Jaime

My adorable Hannah!

My little man, Gavin! He was just learning how to sit up really good in this picture.

We carved pumpkins in the garage. Thayne's parents grew an albino pumpkin. I've never seen one before.