Ryder's 1st Bath in the tub...alone.

Baby Boy's first bath in a big tub, alone. Isnt he a doll? He really loves it. :)

Sunday Fun

Today we all seemed to match by chance...at least us girls. :) It was also our Christmas program at church, so we wanted to look festive. ;)
Arent we cute. :)






And our boys too. ;)

Ward Christmas Party and Visitors from the North Pole

Today was our ward Christmas Party. It was, of course, yummy food, a program about Christ, and a visit from Santa. None of our girls have ever wanted to go sit on Santa's lap...so We let Ryder, since he doesnt know the difference. :)



Overall, it was fun. Then when came home to two more visitors from the North pole...




Grandma and Grandpa. They were stopping in to visit on their way to Pick up Jackie and Keith (sister-in-law and hubby) from the airport. They also brought us a box of 12 days of Christmas....the girls are so excited. ;) Thanks grandma and grandpa. :) We love you.

Look Familiar?

Turkey Weekend

We went to Broaddus, Texas for Thanksgiving to spend the weekend with my mom and stepdad. It was super fun. The girls were excited to go and see their Nana and Pappa Bill....so we headed out Wed night after a few stops of last minute things. (Stores there are about 45 min away). We got to Nana's house at about 9 or 9:30....we could spot her house from the road all lit up and decorated for Christmas! Darn it...I wish I would have taken a picture, it was really cute and the girls loved it. Thanksgiving day, of course was the best food...my mom makes the best dressing ever...ohhhh...I can taste it melting in my mouth...I ate it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner until we left. Yum. (and gained 2 lbs....well worth it!)We had delicious food, yummy pies, and did I mention dressing? The girls of course, dont remember the food, but they remember doing stuff with Nana and Pappa Bill. They decorated Nana's tree, played 5000, had a coloring contest, put their name on stockings with glitter, went on a hayride, and well...just had fun. My Aunt and Uncle came and also my cousin Christie and her family. We had a great time and already miss Nana. Good thing she is coming for Christmas too. Our house will be full and we are so excited.

A Few Things....

Nelson starting doing this with Ryder at church in the hall and he just giggled histerically! It is sooo funny. I told Nelson, he must have seen you doing it from Heaven and couldn't wait to get his turn. He loves it!!! (be sure and pause music at very bottom of page first!:)



Also here are a few cute pics of Sienna and Ryder lately. I need to charge my camera so I can get more of the other girls!

ChRiStMaS is HeRe a liTtE eArlY!

Well, honeslty, not any earlier than last year. :) We like to put ours up early and enjoy it...plus we can take it down the day after Christmas. :) So this is what we did today. Oh what fun....(this is about as many decorations as we will unpack this year! :(

Cluff Girl's Reunion

As often as we can....(3 out of the last 4 years) we try to have a girl's reunion on the Cluff Side. My mother in law gets a time share and we all fly to the location or drive...and hang out for a few days. This time we met in Utah on Thursday.

So I flew out Thursday morning, with Ryder. He did really well for his first flight. :)



On the first flight we had the entire row to ourselves, which was super nice, because it was the longest. We flew to denver and then tranferred and went to Salt Lake. The second flight was more croweded, but we lucked out and still had an empty seat by us. Thank goodness. :)

When we arrived in utah, we went to my sister in laws...had a bit of lunch at Paradise Bakery, then met up with some others for pedicures. :)





Then we went to dinner at the Texas Roadhouse...a crowd favorite. Some were coming and going, but all in all, the grand total was 12 of us. Plus 3 baby boys.:)





After dinner, we headed up to Heber, where we were staying. We got our stuff settled in and just talked and visited. It was super fun.

Friday, our plan was to just stay there and hang out and not go anywhere. My sister in law Jane was teaching everyone to knit, so we chatted all day while knitting and playing games. We took a break to swim and sit in the hot tub...but just sat around all day in pjs and ate. :) It was so nice to not have to get dressed or go anywhere.





Ryder and I shared a room and big King size bed with Trina (sis in law) and Ryker, her little boy, who is 6 weeks younger than Ryder. We took pictures of them together and how different they are...Ryder's noggin is about 3x as big. :) ha!




This is Gabe, another sis in law's little boy....playing with Ryder.


On Saturday, we got up, went to breakfast and went to the outlets in park city. It was a fun time. I didnt shop, my friend Camille met me in Park City and I had lunch with her and her kids and we hung out til it was time to take me to the airport. It was a nice weekend and fun to go back to Utah for a little bit. Even though it felt like I never left.