Our Day

Since the house has lots of space and plenty of tile....the girls have a good ole time riding around on there little bikes all over the house...this is what we do all day. Yes...sit in our pjs til oh, 12 or 1, then maybe get dressed...and then...make a treat. :)





Ryder content to watch
Here we are making homemade granola bars. Yum!






Granola Bar Basic Recipe

2 cups oats
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup of honey
add as desired: dried fruit, nuts, seeds, chocolate chips, etc.

Mix all together, press into 11 x 13 pan (greased) Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
Cool completely, then cut into strips.

Ryder

Well, he is getting so big. 8 months now...and I am so sad...where has the time gone? He is such a good boy and really wants to crawl. But he isnt too worried, he still gets where he is going. He sits so well and starts to crawl, but ends ups centipeding across the floor to where he wants! He gets want he wants too! Although he isnt crawling, he can push himself back up to sit and just slides everywhere he wants! He will be crawling soon no doubt. (We arent in a hurry!)


what a big..super cute little boy! :)




He also has been saying "bubba" for awhile now....he says "mama" too, but usually when he is crying...go figure. :) He says "bubba" all the time...guess he hears the girls calling him that non stop! :)

Our New Casa

Well, we moved this weekend..yikes. Thank goodness for family and friends! Whew! We have sooooo many things! Friday, we moved all our stuff out of the garage and moved it over to the house. Saturday morning, we had people from church come help. We got it all over there in a couple of hours....and still had to move Laura (my dad's wife) over to the house we came from. We had so much help though, it was sooooo nice and appreciated. Even my visiting teachers brought us food both Sat and Sun. On Sat, one of my visiting teachers brought sandwiches, cookies, fruit, and veggies for everyone who helped. Then Sunday, my other visiting teacher brought us dinner. It was so nice and helpful! That is the way to move!

So now we are here, mostly unpacked. We put a bunch of our boxes we aren't unpacking into one room, so that room is FULL! We are hoping to move closer to wherever Nelson will work when school is out....so unfortunately we will move again after May.

The girls are sharing a room, Ryder is in his own room/ toy room, and we have a really big room also. Our table is too big to fit in the kitchen area, so it is in the front room, which works out well anyways.

Anyhow, it is an adjustment, but works out the best for the girls to stay in the same school and us to stay in our ward. In a few months or so, Nelson will know where is will be working for awhile, and then will know the best area to settle down!

We are so thankful for all who helped in so many ways! (And those who were here in spirit and not body. :)
Here are a few pics of the "almost" finished product.

A Week of Happenings....

Within the past week, we havent done too much, but try to fill the time, since Nelson is gone to Utah. We went to the Mall, where Ryder experienced his first carousel ride...and he LOVED it...you can just tell by the look on his cute face!!!


Then Jayda lost a couple of things at school...within a few days of each other!!!
She is keeping the tooth fairy busy!!!

From Christmas to New Years.....

My sister came on Christmas day....it was fun to have her here for a week. We ate at lots of yummy places, visited IKEA, had a wedding (our dad's), saw two movies (The Princess and the Frog & Alvin and the Chipmunk..the Squeakuel!), and celebrated New Year's....It was a fun time. The girls love their Auntie Angie!!!! Here are some pics of our fun times.

Chile's





One of many visits with Taryn (Angie's BFF)



My Dad's Wedding

The Cake - yes, I made it! :)






Double Dave's






New Year's Eve
(we stayed home...ate a little, played a little "Apples to Apples" and actually stayed up until midnight..ALL of us! whew!(oh, not baby! :)






All was fun, and we ended the year with a bang! Bring on the New Year!

Christmas Day!

The girls were up early and excited to see if Santa came...of course he did!!!!!


(And by the way....rudolph did drink his water...it was red in the morning....video taped it, but miss taking a pic!)

Without too many pictures...here are a few of the things they got and loved....
towels with hoodies and their names engraved, cabbage patch kids, webkinz, homemade pillows and quilts from nana, games, a keyboard, books w/ animals from the story, and a tricyle (for sienna..but they all ride it around the house and LOVE it!:)









Ryder got some fun stuff too...It was his FIRST Christmas!
He got a truck he adores, a webkinz, a blanket, a toy thingy with balls you move around and a little walking toy.







He had a lot of fun and even tried to unwrap a few things! :) What a cutie!

After presents, I made some breakfast casseroles, which is a tradition for us, then we left to get my sister at the airport!

She of course came bearing gifts...the girls got fun things.....Jayda: Fairy Shrinky Dinks, Halle: Lite Bright, Mia: Paint/ pictures, Sienna: Dora Doll, Ryder: clothes)

And we ALL got Peace, Love, World stuff...woohoo!!!!!! (PLW is my cousin's fabulous clothing line...www.peaceloveworld.com)







We had a fabulous lunch full of all the yummy normal Christmas foods (thanksgiving also)....ham, turkey, potato casserole, green bean casserole, veggie tray, sweet potato casserole, rolls, my mom's amazing dressing...all the goodies! I love this food...and it was fabulous...but I must say...we ate this kind of food at turkey day, then twice at church functions, then again at Christmas...next year...I am changing my tradition..we will be eating steak, baked potato, and salad on Christmas day from now on!!! Yum.....

But we had a fun day visiting with everyone here and then we topped it off with our Christmas Tradition of seeing a movie...(along with the rest of the world apparently)...we went and saw "The Princess and the Frog!"

It was as super fun day! Merry Christmas Everyone!