My Awesome List!

On Christmas Eve I had a funny conversation with my niece Haley. We were joking around, and she was being super sassy, so I told her, "Haley, you're on my list." To which she replied without missing a beat, "Yeah, your awesome list." Oh how I love this girl! I laughed so hard that I nearly peed my pants! She is on my awesome list!

Merry Christmas!

We usually do our Christmas on Christmas Eve because that's when we get Kyle and Haley. This year it was at my sister's new house. She was super excited to host it this year. We had my mom's tacos, which I love, and opened gifts, and just hung out.

I love Haley's surprise look!

Zachary is so cute! He had the best time with all of his new toys.



This is my favorite holiday. I love that everyone is so excited and it is amazing to watch the kids open gifts, and really enjoy themselves!

Nativities

I've been thinking a lot about Nativity scenes the last few weeks. I've seen some amazingly beautiful ones, and some that are a little out there, but they all have the same purpose; to bring us to remembrance of such a sacred event. I love the look on the faces of the figures in a nativity. They are filled with such reverence and awe. I can't imagine the feelings that they experienced the night the Savior was born. I think about that night often. I am so grateful to my Savior and my Heavenly Father. I love this time of year. I love Christmas carols and the spirit that they bring. It is easy to feel the spirit at this time of the year. It reminds me that I can feel it all of the time if my heart and mind are in the right place. I need to be better at that.

My Grandpa, My Hero

I thought that this photo would be super appropriate today. I love this man, and miss him very much. He passed away at the end of my senior year of high school. He was an amazing man, who served his country during World War Two. He was stationed at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked, and lost some very good friends. He served his country valiantly, and loved his family more than life! I still get very emotional when I think about him. He always made me laugh, and always made me feel so special. I am a better person because he is my grandfather, and look forward to the reunion that we will have one day. Thanks for all you did Grandpa. You're my HERO!

It really is difficult to take a bad picture of these kids. They are all so photogenic. I especially love the pictures of Dallin and Caitlyn, and Alana and Courtney.

Just Silly

I love these photos because they really capture how much fun this family is!

More family photos

We found this amazing spiral walkway in Marysville. The kids loved it. They could run up and down, and I got some great shots too!



I love this photo. It is so sweet.

West Family photo shoot

On Saturday Afternoon we went out in Marysville to take family pictures for the West Family. It was so much fun. At first the kids weren't super happy about having the pictures taken, but once they got into it, it was a lot of fun!

I love this picture of Val and Jerry!

Bryn is so dang cute. I love that her hands are in between her legs.

I took a bunch of her just sticking out her tongue.

What a fantastic family the Wests are! I am so blessed to have their friendship!

More of Senessa's Shower

I love this picture of Becky and Bella!

So, I stole a few pictures from Kerri! Senessa looks so cute here!

I really love this picture of Becky and Kerri! They are both so pretty!

I actually look ok here. I'm a little surprised by this!

Senessa's Baby Shower

Kerri threw an amazing baby shower for Senessa! The food was fabulous, and Senessa got so many things for Ross! We played a few games, and I won one of the prizes!

Checking candy is the first thing you do when you get home! After all, who wants to wait too long to dig in!

Aubrey was such a cute little witch! I loved her costume.

Once Luke got the idea of trick or treating, watch out, he was on a roll! I loved the bum of his costume. So dang cute.

I love this picture. I think that it's so sweet that Bryn is walking with her mom, holding her hand.

This house was awesome. There were so many pumpkins!

More Halloween

Tessa is a beautiful butterfly!

What a silly little kitty!

Trying to get a group shot of 10 kids is nearly impossible! Poor Lukey really didn't want his picture taken that night!

Courtney was a terrific soccer player, notice the blood, black eye, and dirt. She rocks!

Halloween 2009

Caitlyn really is a little devil!

What a cute ninja turtle, and little kitty!

You'd think that Jerry would know better by now...if I have a camera, I'm going to take your picture!

What a scary vampire!

More Pumpkin Farm Photos

Alana is so darn cute.

Luke had such a great time!

Aubrey, Caitlyn and Courtney really enjoyed themselves.

Such cute girls!

Pumpkin Farm

We went to the pumpkin farm the day before Halloween. It was so much fun! The kids had a blast.

I love this picture of Dallin. So much joy! This is what childhood is all about!

I was so glad to get this picture. You'll notice Mike in the middle. Seriously hillarious!

It was hard to get all of the kids in looking at me. One on the end is missing.

I wanna shoot some hoops!

I had Kyle, Haley, Cody, and Zachary at my house last Monday. It was so fun to have all of the over. I don't get to spend a lot of time with Zachary, so this was a rare pleasure. We were out on the basketball court, playing ball, and Zachary would grab the ball, and say, "I wanna shoot some hoops." It was so cute to watch him walk up and shoot. If you haven't seen him yet, he's 2 1/2, and the littlest thing. He seriously can still wear 18 months clothing.