Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Merry Christ-mas a little late and Happy New Year a little early...May your year be filled with love, joy, laughter, and good health! Hopefully this year won't go as fast as last, but it's kind of like a roll of toilet paper...the closer you get to the end...the faster it goes. We'd love to get to visit more family and friends...it's not looking too prosperous, but not totally out of the question! We have tons of snow, so if anyone is up for a good ski run, we're minutes from one!

Our Snow...

For all you St.George wimps that had a snow day because you had 3 inches of snow...here are our pics of the kids playing on our 15 inches of snow. Nothing has been closed down, we went Christmas shopping in it and Matt has had to plow our driveway too many times. It did take my sister awhile to dig her car out because she tried to plow through a snow bank in front of her car rather than listen to Matt! It took 4 men to dig her out! We are looking forward to a winter white Christmas!

first pics with Santa!

We had our first visit with Santa on Friday night. A friend of ours nicely asked Santa if he wouldn't mind coming to her house for a visit and to have some cookies! P did great and loved him...especially the candy cane after. Our girl gave Santa her very tiny wish that only included an American Girl baby. They both had a good time and loved every minute!

Matt had a business trip to North Dakota for 3 days and he was able to take our girl with him. He does a great job at taking pictures. He's actually the photographer in our family...I think he gets it from his mom! They had so much fun that everytime I talked to her she wasn't ready to come home. As you can see in the pictures of the hotel room, Matt lets her get away with a lot more than I do...aka the messy room with clothes all over and she's eating on the floor and not a table. They were able to go to a children's museum and do some sight seeing. I love the picture of the two of them in front of the river. I always heard that it would be daddy's girls...it sure is! I'm sure it doesn't hurt that he spoils her and buys here whatever she wants!

Happy Thanksgiving...

My parents and grandma came up from St. George to spend the holiday with us. We had a great time and even managed to fight the crowds and get some good deals early Friday morning!! My girl had a great time helping me make the pies (she actually just played with the dough) and P just hung out eating cheerios! Her nana is always such a great sport to play dress up with her and have a tea party. We want to say that we are so grateful for each and every one of you. Each family or person we know play a special role in our our lives, whether we talk to you once a year or everyday, and we are so blessed to have you in our lives!! Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy this holiday season.

an early x-mas present for our girl...

So Matt thought our girl needed an early x-mas present. I told him not to get his hopes up for her to be very excited. She wasn't...she said but I wanted an American Girl doll. Here is also an updated photo of the garage. They proved me wrong...Matt will be painting this week and move in next week! He is very excited to get this done and so am I to have my garage back for the winter.

Another Update...

Their giving me some hope...we have walls and and now a roof (after the picture was taken). Matt is in the process of getting the electrical done and went to get the siding. I think they might just be able to beat the snow! P has been having fun being daddy's little helper also.