Christmas 2009

So Christmas has come and gone. Doesn't seem like it should be 2010 yet. We just want to let everyone know how thankful we are for our friends and family and all the many blessings in our lives.

Christmas morning! You would think that Kaleigh would have woken up super early, checked to see if santa had come and woken up everyone else. Nope, Mom woke up at 7:30 (still in the school mode). I laid in bed until 8:00 am then decided to go down stairs to watch tv. I kept watching the clock until it was 8:45 am. So I finally decided that I needed to get everyone out of bed. So I woke up Kaleigh and sent her to wake up Hagen. But instead she crawled onto the couch and tried to go back to sleep. What is this! It is the very day we look forward to every year filled with presents. Finally, everyone was up and ready for breakfast and presents. We had a great christmas morning the kids received lots of fun toys. Kaleigh got her camera she had been asking for, it wasn't pink but she still loved it. Hagen received several transformers and a helmet hero. Little Sidney got a zebra toy, talking tea set and other noisy toys. We had a great Christmas filled with family and friends and a fun trip to Vernal. The kids in their pajamas from Mom and Dad on Christmas eve.

The nieces and nephews giving Uncle Jacob hugs to say thanks for the presents he gave them at the Smith family Christmas party.
Kaleigh helping Grandma Smith ice sugar cookies. The cookies were all frosting and sprinkles and only a little bit of cookie but very tasty.

Hagen and all his friends at Fun School (Joy School) performing the Nativity and singing Christmas songs. Hagen was Joseph.

Jace Oregon Trip

This last weekend I had the most amazing opportunity to go to Oregon and see my little nephew, Jace be sealed and blessed to my little brother, Sheldon and his wife Julie. Jared stayed home and went to work and took care of the kids with the help of friends and family. Thanks Fred and Marlene and Yitain for helping take care of my kids!

Sheldon and Julie had a lot of family and friends attend the sealing at the Portland Temple.

Holly, Des, Julie, and me

Group Pix at the church

Me and my two of my brothers with cute little Jace.

Christmas Decorations

I am so blessed to be able to take care of my sweet kids. Their personalities are so different and they all shine in different ways. It is amazing to see them grow and become their own individuals. We had a lot of fun decorating the tree. The ornaments were all grouped at the bottom front and Sidny loved taking them off to check them out. We had a lot of fun.