Our tree

We left to go be with out families on Christmas day but we didn't want to leave out tree in the house for 5 days getting dry and ready to go ablaze. So we took everything off of it and got rid of it on Christmas day.

We were the first ones to drop off our tree. I think we will carry on this tradition.

Christmas 2009

Katie had a great Christmas if you ask her. She was so excited to open her violin. I has since regretted getting it for her because now she wants me to teach her. I play the cello, it's a little different. I guess now I need to find a teacher who is willing to teach for pennies. I also made her a few things that I will have to put into another post.

Zachary was hard to shop for this year. He isn't quite old enough for legos and he has so many swords, I just didn't know what to get him. He had been talking about how Uncle Jordan plays the guitar and he thought that was cool so I found him a cheap one that is a toy but looks real. He loves it. Again I'll have to post separately the things that I made this year.

We got Marshal 2 presents this year. Smartest thing we ever did. He did really like this wooden stacker toy but he really liked the paper, but only after it was off the presents.I can't get over how blue is eyes are. WOW! Poor kid got that huge bottom lip from his mama.


Christmas was really nice this year. We were able to have Christmas eve and Christmas morning at our own house. We had never done that before so it was really nice. Although I did have a lot  more cooking that way. It's okay, I loved having it at home.

We did the Nativity story from the book of Luke on Christmas eve and the kids thought it was funny that Jake was the donkey. A fun tradition that Jake grew up with that we will continue. I made tamales and green chili that turned out just great but I don't have a picture. oops.

Officer Kelly

This is my sister Liz with her husband Mark, their kids and his family. My brother-in-law is a police officer for Mesa and was diagnosed with ALS this past year.  This is a great article about them.     http://mesampa.com/blog/?p=477

We love you guys!!!!

Wipes are so fun!!

I love watching the babies do this. I think they find it so fascinating to pull them out one at a time and they seem to never end. I don't ever let them do it for very long. He did get really mad at me when I took them all away.

Thanksgiving 2009

I didn't take any pictures Thanksgiving weekend until Friday night and then I only took 3. I know, so lame. Thanksgiving this year was really great. We were able to stay at Adam and Amanda's house (Jake's cousins) because they were in South Dakota for the holiday. Thank you so much guys for your house, it was SO nice. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!

We spent thursday with the Lee's and then spent friday with my family, and went home on saturday. It was a good weekend and I'm glad we got to see everyone that was there. All of Jake's family was there so we got to see everyone on his side. Not everyone from my family could make it, we missed you guys, I guess there is always next year.

This picture was friday night at my sister Kim's house. Happy Birthday Cody. Wow I can't believe he is already 15. Glad we could be there for that. This is about half of the cousins on my side of the family.  It gets a little loud when we are all together and I know that some faces are covered, it was the best I could do.

Always into everything!!!

Marshall is constantly getting into things. This is not uncommon to find him in the middle of something. Although usually it is not toys. Usually it is paper, or books or something he really has no business being into.

I made Jacob and the boys Star Trek shirts. They were a hit at the party for the law students. I think this is one of the few time were Jacob was not only willing to dress up but was a little excited to do it.

Captain Kirk was so tired by the end of the day.

Bath time

Marshall really loves to take a bath in the sink. He usually gets the floor in front of the sink and the counters, and me all wet. He loves the water and loves to splash.

Marshall is 6 months old

Marshall was 6 months old on the 22nd of October. I know I'm posting this late but with all he has been doing it is a miracle that I'm posting at all. He has started to crawl, sit, pull up on things and pull things down on top of himself. I had forgotten how it is to have a roaming baby in the house. Nothing is safe anymore and I'm constantly saying "no Marshall", "no no baby" and so on. I wish that I was better at taking pics.