Christmas and Dancing

Here are some shots of our Christmas morning after Santa had really come

Logan knew he had come too as he had heard (Corey) Santa say Ho Ho Ho and the jingle bells outside on Christmas Eve. He was quite excited about that and we have never seen him hit the pillow so fast. Maybe is should be Christmas eve every night!

We had a fun day celebrating together and hope that everyone else did too.

We also caught Annika and Logan jamming out to the credits of Madagascar later that night. They sure do like to move it move it!

family christmas photos

Thanks Becky for another fun photo shot and for the memories you captured for us !!

So while Layne had a day off this week we ventured over to the Silverton again and got another shot at making sure he knew what was on Logan's list (nothing changed ). Annika was still less than thrilled but she sat on his lap at least this time so we could get a shot of both of our cuties on Santas lap, for memories sake right?

So T minus 5, Merry Christmas everyone!!!

camera happy

So I saw these pix that Layne took of the kids the other night while I was away. Know I know what really goes on while I am gone, and I can assure you that I am not surprised.

Dad has lots of fun playing with his kiddos and we have the memories to prove it :)

Thanksgiving

Road Trip!!!

Yep, we bundled up and headed out to spend Thanksgiving with Laynes family in Delta. And we were definetly gald we bunlded cuz us Vegans were frozen in the 20 degree weather there

But we had a great visit wtih all the family and the added bonus on getting to see Santa and make sure he had Logan's wish list. Annika was less than thrilled about our trying to get her to sit with a strange man with a white face and bright red suit. But its all about the memories for mom and dad right?

So we are officially ready to get ready for christmas now that the North Pole is already working on Logans third year of "cars and trucks" !

went to the north pole already

So thanks to Bass Pro Shops, we have been able to visit Santa twice already. The second time lil sis got to come along but did not obviously want to be a part of this plan involving stting with a strange man in a bright red suit with lots of white hair (real hair I might add) rubbing her face.

So to even accomplish the task I had the lovely privledge of holding her screaming just to get my picture. Aren't parents just as selfish as the kids this time of year?

The things we'll do to our children!

Logan was just glad that now Santa knows he still wants more cars and trucks, (please oh please no more cars and trucks) and needs a new big boy bike. We'll see how that works out for him :)

But who doest love having the all the all too famous crying picture with Santa.

So now Annika has been inducted into the Scared of Santa club and we love having the memories.

Halloween Fun

Well another Halloween has come and gone but only after 2 nights of pure fun!

We had our ward Trunk or Treat on Friday night and then lots of trick or treating on Halloween of course too.
Logan was very excited about his real fireman costume and thought he was pretty cool stuff
Annika was his little sidekick firedog. It was pretty cute until she rubbed off all the makeup all over everything.

I dont think she understood a thing about what was happening but I dont think she minded because , well who wouldnt have fun dressing up just to eat candy all night
Layne and Logan had fun trick or treating our neighborhood after I took him around with Zach and Megan for a little while and probaboly my hightlight of trick or treating the firestation with my little fireman

Gotta Love Halloween

Pumpkin Patch

So we had a super fun morning at the pumpkin patch with the preschool and friends from the ward, Logan especially loved the giant slide and the petting zoo. Annika evene loved watching the animals too. We love having a new annual halloween tradition of pumpking patch trips,. now we jsut have to get busy on our pumpkins and decorations for the trunk or treat

Gotta love Halloween!!!

Happy Haunting Everyone

New Member of the Family

Well kind of, to me it is at least!

I purchased my first "real" piano thanks to a very generous grandfather that I love dearly.

We just got it delivered last night and if I had not been at roadshow practice all night I would have enjoyed it a bit more but I am already loving it and enjoying having the real beautiful sound of music it helps me create.

So I had to share my good news and hope it will help my students enjoy playing more too