CHRISTMAS 2009

we hope everyone had a very fun, safe, and Merry Christmas! we had a great time up in Idaho! it was cold....but so much fun! sorry i don't have many pictures to post...i am waiting to get some pictures from my mother-in-law who took most of the pictures. what can i say, i was a little lazy this year!

it was actually kind of a quiet christmas morning....just us and Jake's parents, so we had a lot of fun play time!Jake and Blaine got cute matching shirts...."BIG GUY"...."LITTLE GUY"!

MERRY CHIRSTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!

Bob and Stacey's Wedding

CONGRATS BOB AND STACEY!!!the cute couple were married December 19th in South Jordan, Utah. it was so fun to be there....but freeeeezzzzzzzing!!!

the happy new couple! we LOVE Stacey and we are so happy for Bob!and of course we got to hang with our cool cousins! Blaine loves spending time with cousin Jake! (his "should have been" twin!)

Blainey's Christmas Program

The last day of School before the holiday break, Blaine's kindergarten class put on a little program along with 2 other classes. they sang 10 different songs including: Up on the House Top, Feliz Navidad, mousey in the snow (yeah we didn't know what one either) and the dradle song....so they tried to hit each nationality and religion! so politically correct! Of course Blaine was super cute, but since he is the tallest in class, he was stuck on the top row so it was hard to get a good picture of him. either way, he was so cute and did a great job!

Blaine with his teacher Mrs. Miller

Blaine's 3rd Annual Craft Party

Thanks to all who came!

Christmas Festivities

This weekend was a very fun filled weekend getting us ready for the holiday season.

our awesome Elders gave us a Christmas present, and we had a take a picture of the duct tape wrapping....classic!

This weekend was also our Breakfast with Santa....yumm. it's my favorite every year! the primary kids put on a little program....Blaine was a Shepherd right in the middleThen Jake and a couple of his buddies sang some Christmas songs barber shop style

And then of course the main attraction.... SANTA!

Blainey lost his first tooth!

Congrats to our little blainey who FINALLY lost his first tooth. his bottom tooth has been super wiggly for quite a while now....so daddy finally just popped it off! of course Blaine when straight home and put it under his pillow for the tooth fairy. the tooth fairy left him a very cool dollar coin. he now has another wiggly tooth on top and he is excited for it to fall out!

his cute new jack-o-lantern smile!

"Tis the Season....

Mint Joe Joe's....LIFE IS GOOD!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope everyone had a HAPPY THANKSGIVING! ours was great! it started with Blaine and me making "Turkey Sugar Cookies!"....i guess it's sort of becoming a tradition. But Blaine's hand are getting bigger, which might create a problem in the future....seeing that this year his hands were so big the cookies kept falling apart!but, they all came out cute, and more importantly...DELICIOUS!! then off to Grandma and Grandpa California's for some family fun and feasting! rachel settling down for a thanksgiving nap, while Rich plays Legos! we had to get home at a decent hour so that Jaime and I could catch some ZZZZZ's before waking up at..... yep... that clock says 2 AM!! out the door to hit the sales. we didn't do crazy Toys R Us (who opened at midnight) but we were in line for doors to open at 3AM! what a great weekend! how does Jaime manage to look adorable at 2am....i look like a total zombie! haha