T'was The Night Before Christmas

The pictures say it all! We had a fabulous Christmas Eve!

Ladies day out... Big day for Ms. Maddi Grace.

Maddie Grace had her first ladie day out. We had lunch at Olive Garden then went and saw The Nutcracker. She was very well behaved and we had a great day.

Maddi Grace looked up at her Mom during the sugar plum fairy dance and said, "Mommy one day I could be a ballerina." All our heart melted, she certainly can be!

Baking w/ Mom!

Maddi Grace & I get distracted easily. We went to go take pictures of ourselves in the middle of the bake-a-thon.

Sisters! Love her bunches.

Mom was so happy to have all her kids there.

Kristina perfecting her 2nd attempt at carmels!

Maddi Grace never gets tired of her own reflections... Vanity run in the family ;)

Ethan had the most important job of all... Taste Tester!

Drinking from a straw! Yeah that's right... a straw!

Ethan has mastered the straw... with a little coaching from Mike.

It was a big day at Carls Jr. Pictures were involved! ;)

Lights in the Park!

Mike had a wonderful surprise for Ethan & I a couple weeks ago. He took us to see

the lights in the park, it was the best. All bundled up we walked through

the park and enjoyed all the lights.

The Happy Couple!!!

Jeff's Birthday

Mike, MeMe, Ali (HAHA)

Jared & Kris

Jeff & Ethan

Monique, Jeff, Ali, Kris

Kris, Ali, Monique

Maddi Grace, Jeff, Ethan

Ethan, MeMe, and Marilyn

Ethan's First Christmas Tree

Stocking for Mike, Ali, Ethan, & the pets (Ace & Keke)

Our decorated tree... w/ presents!

Ali, Ethan, & Mike in front of our Christmas tree at the tree lot.

December 2nd we went and picked out our first Christmas tree. Ethan didn't really understand what we were doing but he put a cute smile on his face. It is very possible that this will be the best Christmas ever!

Mike's Going Away Party! :(

I am sure all of you know by now but Mike has joined the Army and is off to basic training on January 22nd. In honor of this we will be having a big going away party for him.

When: January 10th, 2009

Where: Mike's House

776 Creekside Drive, Layton UT

Time: To be determined

We are then off to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for a whole week!

Many tears will be shed but we will have an awesome time before anyone has to say goodbye. Hope everyone can make it. I will send out evites as we get closer.

Thanksgiving w/ Dad!

Jared, Maddi, Kris, Ali, Ethan, Mike

Is it time to eat? I was so hungry, and the glass of wine I had made me a little tipsy.

Sisterly love! ;)

It took Maddi Grace a but to warm up to everyone. Isn't her grumpy face adorable.

It was another great Thanksgiving (3rd one we had this week).

Rock Crawling on Black Friday

Today I was saved from the madness of "Black Friday" and Mike & I went Rock Crawling. It was a bit cold but tons of fun. The pictures don't do it justice. There were 12 rock crawling like vehicles and we went up through this trail past Lehi called Snakes. Being this is only the 2nd time I have gone I really am not down with the "lingo" but it is fun! I had to get out of the rock crawler a few time and just watch, kind of a wimp (who values her life, hehe).