Santa came to visit

This past week, we had a knock on our door and it was Santa! He came to visit Amanda and little Kaitlyn. What a surprise! Amanda almost didn't know what to think. We asked if she wanted a picture of her with Santa and she ran in the other room. lol Then Roy told her that she needed to tell him what she wanted for Christmas and that Kaitlyn was getting her picture with Santa. So she came out and got her picture taken also. :)

Jessica's Christmas Choir Performance

Jessica had her school's Christmas choir performance! It has been always fun to see her little programs and the fun little songs they sing. Here is a picture of her with her group and a picture of her with her choir teachers.

Kaitlyn with eyes open

We haven't had any pictures posted with Kaitlyn with her eyes open. So we thought we would post a picture of her so all of you could see what she really looks like. :)

December 1st

Just to back up a bit, December 1st is my Mom's birthday. As a tradition, the family will get together and decorate a little tree on mom's grave. We don't have a headstone on her grave yet. I think Dad is waiting for his time to come and let us kids have one made for both of them.

Later in the evening, Roy, Amanda and I were able to decorate the little tree. It was a lot warmer outside than last year...we actually could sit on the grass! :) After decorating Mom's grave, we went over to Dad's and helped put up his Christmas Tree. It was a fun evening and lots of reminicing. :)

Kaitlyn Marie is here! :)

We are proud to announce that Kaitlyn Marie was born on Friday, December 5 at 6:57 p.m. She was 7 pounds 8 ounces and 19.5 inches long! She is a cutie and she has a good combination of both Roy and I. Amanda has been pretty excited to have a little sister! :) Here are a few pictures from the hospital.

Roy's Birthday!

Roy's Birthday was on November 4! It was quite an exciting day! He received a candy bar poster from some older ladies who are around his parents age at the gym and then gave him movie tickets for our date night. :) Then he also received some gifts from family and neighbors. I didn't even have to make a cake! We had a apple pie made for us, so we used that for his birthday cake. :) This will be a good year for Roy and many happy days to come! Happy Birthday My Sweetie!

Halloween 2008

Well, we had a fun Halloween. Roy went out with the kids treat-or-treating, while I stayed home to pass out candy. It was fun to see Amanda's excitement just dressing up and getting candy. In the photo from left to right: Amanda (Curious George or in Amanda's words "George the Monkey"), Ammon (Janga Fett - Star Wars Character), and Jessica (a cute little witch).

Family Halloween Party

My sister, Becky, had a halloween party at her home this past weekend. I missed out on it but I was able to see some photos of a couple of my siblings. I have to share them since I think they are pretty fun. The first picture is my sister, Becky, as the witch off of Snow White and the second picture is my brother, Pat, as the angel Moroni. hee hee. I love my family! Fun memories!

Ammon's Baptism

Well today was a special day. Ammon was baptized! Yahoo! It was a wonderful meeting. Roy was able to confirm him and did a wonderful job! A little before the confirmation the bishop asked if I would share my testimony after the confirmation was taken place. It was a neat opportunity and I did get choked up a little at first. Ammon was pretty excited of course and was very proud about his decision! Afterwards we all had lunch at Mark Anthony's Italian restraunt. It was nice to be able to have the family from all sides of the family to show their support. The picture up above was taken when the meeting was all finished.

Time to Have Some Fun

This week, I had been thinking, it has been awhile since we just had fun going somewhere with the kids (just our family) and family reunions don't count! :) Roy & I decided to go to Cornbelly's at Thanksgiving Point yesterday before it gets too cold outside. We tried out a couple of the the corn mazes, rode the cow train, jumped on the "jumping pillows", rode the petal bikes, had duck races, walked through the dark insides of a fake creature, had balloons shaped into a penguin, sword and a bear holding on to a heart, slid down the black pipe slides (those were a big hit), and many other fun activities. We had a blast and it was fun to see the kids reactions.