Christmas Picture Overload!

Playing Guitar Hero with Daddy at Grandma Sonja's. This girl can really jam.

Making Christmas cookies with all her darling cousins at Grandma Sonja's house.


I didn't see her eat any of the cookies....

But she pounded the frosting and M&M's...

Making dinner with Grandma Carolyn.

What Christmas is complete without an Elmo?

Cammers fell in love with my brothers dog, Lucki.

Pplaying the piano with Great Grandma Myrna. Camri loved playing the piano with her. They were quite the duet.

Camri and Kyle, just before colliding.

On this trip I fell in love all over again with my darling little niece, Sophie. Here we are at her birthday party. She is so stinking cute!

Reading with Papa

Here she is calling Papa from the kitchen.

Camri and Papa read books together for hours on this trip. She loved every minute of it!

Presents from Papa!

Camri playing with the school bus her Great Grandma Donna gave her.

Camri and her Darling cousin Sofie.

Camri loves Fisher Price Little People! Thanks Grandma Sonja!

Steve opening presents

Camri got a cute Disney Princess jacket from Grandma Sonja.

Halfway through opening presents the Kyle and Camri disappeared, and I found them in Grandma Sonja's closet playing on the floor having the time of thier lives.

Daddy and Camri

Camri and her cousin Kyle had so much fun playing together this trip! They are only a couple months apart in age and they loved eachother!

Camri and Kyle on their Roadies. Man they had fun with those things!

Uncle Brandon and Aunt Nessa made her this darling fleece blanket featuring her favorite Sesame Stree Charicters. needless to say, she LOVES it! She insists on sleeping with it every night.

Thanks Uncle B and Nessa!

Camri got a ton of books for Christmas this year, and this one has been her favorite so far.

Cam and Grandma Carolyn.

This year we decided to put up our Charlie Brown Christmas tree and other Christmas decor despite the fact that we were going home for the holidays. When we got back we had our own little Christmas. Here is Camri tearing up her first present.

There are a million blocks in this bag. I don't know what I was thinking when I bought them! She loves dumping them out more than playing with them. Ugh.

By the time we got home to have our own little family Christmas, Camri was a pro at opening presents.

After a few (million) presents, Camri needed some help staying focused. She kept asking me to open every present she got so she could play with it the minute she opened it.

I never thought I would be happy to get a vacuume cleaner for a Christmas present... But I was! No more crumbs in my car! ( Ya, right!) And I got an I pod armband for my new Nano! Finally, I can listen to music while at the gym! Thanks Hunny!

We had such an awesome Christmas this year. I know that being with all our family really helped bring the meaning of Christmas into our hearts. Steve and I were able to visit the Salt Lake Temple, which is very near and dear to our hearts since that is where we were sealed almost two years ago. Sitting in those rooms with my husband made me thankful for our family, and of course, the gospel. Thanks to everyone who made this Christmas amazing. We love you all. Hope you all have a great new year.

Santa and Candy Canes!

He was seriously the sweetest Santa I've ever seen. He was so cute with the kids.

Chatting with Santa

Giving Santa "fives"

Camri on her throne...

They had a cute sled for the little kids to ride on.

Eating the fruits of Kevin's labor- Grape flavored candy canes.

Here Camri is helping Kevin make a gingerbread house. Though, she mostly just ate the candy off it.

We took Camri to the Children's Museum to go visit the Legendary Santa. We got some cute pictures, but she was not about to sit on his lap! While we were in line she was waving and saying, "Hi Santa!!" But the minute we got up to see him she was not cool with it anymore. So, I sat on Santa's lap and Cammers sat on mine. She did warm up to him and gave him "fives" and even "busted" him. She told him she wanted books and Elmo for Christmas. He was the cutest Santa too, he was great with her, and really took his time to talk to her. We highly recommend if you are able to go see the Santa at the Children's Museum.

We also had a lot of fun with some friends making candy canes, and gingerbread houses. Needless to say, we all had our share of sugar for the night, but Camri loved the candy canes. They were really fun to make, but even more fun to eat.

NO BOYS ALLOWED!!!

We're having another Princess!! I had a routine doctors appointment yesterday, and I was expressing my concerns with the due date my doc gave me. She put me at May 16th based on the measurements she took at my first appointment, but she'd had a hard time getting a good measurement. I have been feeling the baby move quite a bit and I just had that feeling that I was further along. So I asked her about it and she is so sweet, she took me back for another ultrasound, that confirmed my due date as May 6th. She asked if I wanted to find out the sex of the baby, and since Steve wasn't with me I asked her to write it down on the pictures and put it in an envelope so we could open it together later. Sure enough, Steve and I are welcoming another little girl to our family. Everything else looked really good, she is getting big!! ( And so am I!! UGH!) I wish I could add a picture of the ultrasound, but our scanner is on the fritz. I'll try to get one up soon. I guess you can't trust a fortune cookie...

A Trip to the E. R. and Turkey!

It was hard to get Cam to hold still enough for me to take picture close enough of her stitch, but here's the best I could do. My poor baby fell and hit her head on our entertainment center about five seconds before we took her up to bed the night before Thanksgiving. The cut was small, but so deep you could see bone. So off we went to what must've been the slowest E. R. this side of VA. The doctors were very nice to her, and she did suprisingly well all things considered. She got a Popsicle afterwards after for being so good, and she even thanked the doctor for fixing her "Owie", and offered a nurse a bite of her popsicle. She is such a sweet girl. Despite it being a scary first time for us all, we have the feeling it won't be the last and are just thankful that it wasn't worse.

The day after the trauma: Turkey Day! We all love Thanksgiving and this year we feel like we have so much to be thankful for! It was an awesome day with our friends.

The spread

Kevin and Sam hosted yet another Fantastic meal! They made so much good food that we all had a ton of leftovers! Thanks again, guys!

Camri loved sharing her goldfish with Kylee.



Here they are munching some more...








All us girls, and Talyn.

This is Camri telling me to be quiet because her baby is sleeping. She is such a kick in the pants.