"Life is just like an old time rail journey ... delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride." Gordon B. Hinckley

Dec 31, 2012

Maddy and Gibby

Maddy was outside playing with the dogs on New Years Eve while it was snowing. The dogs love Maddy and they love the snow so they had a lot of fun.DSC_1751

Dec 30, 2012

Reading scriptures

We were all sitting down reading scriptures and Raegan looked so cute laying on Daddy's chest I had to take a picture.DSC_1744

Dec 29, 2012

Date night

Joah and I getting ready to go on a date! Maddy took this picture of us in front of the Christmas tree. I love date night and it has been so nice to have Maddy old enough to babysit so Josh and I get at least one, maybe two dates a week.DSC_1739

Dec 27, 2012

Eating some Bananas

I fed Raegan some baby food bananas and she liked them and would take a little at a time but was very unsure about what it was. I am still nursing Raegan and so she is just not very interested in baby food, which I am completely okay with because it makes a mess!! I love my cute little banana face :)DSC_8990DSC_8991DSC_8995DSC_9000DSC_9005DSC_9006

Playing in the snow

The kids were still home for Christmas break and we had lots of fun snow so they spent the day outside with some friends and cousins. They were outside all day long and they had so much fun. I love having the kids home for Christmas break.DSC_1711DSC_1715DSC_1719

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Dec 26, 2012

Raegan’s Christmas gifts from Grandma

My Mom gave Raegan this cute giraffe outfit and fleece blanket that she made and I had to take some pictures of her with them. She looked so cute in her little outfit and she loved the feel of her soft minky blanket. DSC_1653

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Dec 25, 2012

Christmas Day

I take hundreds of pictures on Christmas day! I don’t want to miss a moment so I have to take pictures of everything. So with 5 children it can become a little chaotic on Christmas day, but we sure have a lot of fun. I love to see the kids faces light up on Christmas morning, it is always a happy happy day for everyone.  We had a wonderful Christmas day this year, we opened presents and then ate left overs from Christmas Eve dinner and then we got to sit and relax the rest of the day, it was nice not to have to go anywhere, we just spent time as a family.DSC_1509DSC_1511DSC_1512DSC_1513DSC_1516DSC_1518DSC_1527DSC_1519DSC_1522DSC_1526DSC_1528DSC_1529DSC_1530DSC_1532DSC_1533DSC_1534DSC_1535DSC_1541DSC_1545DSC_1546DSC_1553DSC_1555DSC_1556

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