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Friday, January 22, 2010

A New Year


I realized that it has been a while since I have posted anything. January is not necessarily a busy month, but I feel like I do a lot of catching up from all the holidays. I am so thankful for my family and friends and all they mean to me. I am especially thankful for my three kids who keep me on my toes every minute of the day. Sometimes I wish for a long break all by myself where I can actually think with out being interrupted but then I would miss out on the little moments. I love my Kaleigh who doesn't stop talking, changes her clothes at least four times a day, and I love that everywhere we go she is starting read and is so curious what everything says and which city we are in at the moment, whether we are in Orem or Provo or where ever we are. My Hagen is all boy. He loves transformers, super heroes (Iron man, spider man, batman, etc.) He is a tough little guy but he always takes a moment to stop to tell mom that he loves her. He loves to tease and play rough and he just giggles when he knows he has gotten under someones skin. Last is my little Sidney who is all personality and thinks that she is the same size and is capable of doing everything that Kaleigh and Hagen do. She loves to sing, tease, and laughs when she gets a swat on the bum, but is so tender and affectionate at the same time. Even in all my frustrating moments I wouldn't trade them for anything.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

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.


Thursday, December 10, 2009

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.

Friday, December 4, 2009

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.

Friday, November 6, 2009

spongebob crowns

Nothing too exciting, but I thought the kids were really cute in their spongebob crowns. Sidney loved wearing her crown while she eating. Now if we can get her to not chug the ketchup we'll be doing good.

Ogden Dinosaur Park with Boston

On Thursday, the 5th, we picked up Boston (cousin), and went to the Dinosaur Park in Ogden. The weather was so amazingly nice and the kids had so much fun. Hagen and Boston have so much fun together and Hagen tells me all the time how much he loves Boston. Too bad we don't live closer.
Thanks for dinner Fred and Michelle!

HagenBoston

Kaleigh

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Trick or treating

Below are a few pictures that we took while we were trick or treating around our neighborhood with Danny, Rachel, Ethan and Madison.
I thought I could sew all the costumes in time, but I couldn't so I am the odd ball.