A Visit from Santa Claus

Katie Waiting in Line for Santa. She was so excited!

Ethan's Blessing

Ethan's Blessing turned out well...we had a little incident toward the end. As retold by Micheal, Ethan started making gaging noises so I stuck his pacifier in his mouth. Then Ethan spit up all over us. Most of it went onto our friend's jacket and my face. It was funny and everybody laughed it off.

The other day while shopping, Ethan was quietly sleeping
in his car seat with the flap closed to keep him warm.
Soon, I see something pushing up from inside...
Ethan was pushing up on the flap with his hands, trying to open it.
I could see a little hand sticking out of the flap every other push.
I opened the flap and there he was smiling. It was so funny!

Katie's new friends

Katie is having a tea party with her imaginary friends.
When we ask her, her friends names she replies "Harry Potter &
she's like my age." So she likes to play with Harry Potter and another girl who remains
nameless except they are the same age.

Ethan

Mike's Birthday!

Mike blowing out his candle

The first attempt at a family picture...some of Katie and no Ethan

The second attempt at a family picture

Katie's 3rd Birthday!

Katie asked for a cake with pink on the outside and black on the inside

Blowing out the candles

Katie didn't wait long to get into her new princess outfit!

Opening presents

2008 Football Season

BYU Football fans!

Katie's ready for the game!

Katie & Daddy going to the game together!

Mike's home improvement business located in Provo, Utah.
Anybody need home improvements such as refinishing basements,
painting,tiling, flooring, etc. visit:
www.redavus.com for contact information.

Ethan's Growing up

Ethan at 2 months is now just over 13lbs.
He smiles at us all the time & tries talking too!

Halloween

Ethan & Katie

Cinderella

Ethan

We have yet to carve a pumpkin. Katie is fine with coloring on the
pumpkin which is fine with me!

The finished product created by Katie

Visiters!

Katie had fun spending time with her Grandmothers!

Grandma Padilla

Grandma Bigelow

Thank you for all your help everybody!

Mom, I'm so happy you came when Ethan was born! There's no way I would have been able to take care of Ethan & Katie since I couldn't move for a few weeks. It's always nice having
your Mom around!

Kathy, I'm glad it worked out for you to come when I got my wisdom teeth removed. You helped with the kids and cooking, something I appreciate and so does everybody else because with out you, they wouldn't have eaten much :)

Aunt Rachel came to visit and hang out while Mike was out of town.
Turned out, Alicia got very sick and Aunt Rachel took care of the kids all weekend. Thanks Rachel!

Katie shows some sisterly love. She enjoys holding her little brother.

Ethan John Padilla

Ethan arrived September 16, 2008. He weighed 7lbs 8oz.

Graduation!

Mike finally graduated from Brigham Young University in April with a major in Economics and a minor in Business. Now we are excited to see what the next phase in life is and where it will bring us.