Hair Cut and Hairbows

I have been waiting for several weeks to get my hair cut and finally got it done this last week. It isn't as short as I have had it in the past, but I am still enjoying. Since Sunday is one of the only days that I actually fix my hair, I had Andy get a picture after church.

Eliza is so cute all the time so she had to be in the picture too.

Some friends and I got together this last week to make baby bows/clippies. This head band has a ribbon on it so that you can change the bow. This clippie is one that I made this last week.

Eliza is just so cute that I had to put all the pictures in. She makes the cutest faces and noises these days. She really has EVERYONE in the family wrapped around her little finger!

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Eliza is such a pleasant baby! She has really started playing the "I'm so adorable you need to pick me up" game. She will smile and coo until you pick her up. It is so cute that we had to share!

To welcome in the New Year we did sparklers we have been saving since July. The boys thought they were pretty fun. Luckily for us they don't understand the whole "stay up till midnight" to welcome in the New Year. We let them stay up an hour later than usual and then did the sparklers and then sent them to bed.

This picture says it all!

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This video is funny to me for various reasons, but some include Bradley saying "Happy Birthday" and Andy burning himself. He didn't get burned very bad at all and I turned it off just before he started to talk, but it was still funny to me! :)

Frog Sitting...

We have been fish and frog sitting for some friends this Holiday Season. It has been fun to watch them swim around and even more fun to watch them eat. We just had to get a video. The frogs watch the little blood worms and then they strike! Hope you enjoy it too.

Playin' with the Toys

The days following Christmas have been filled with playing, fighting, playing, and did I mention playing? I have more videos of the playing than actual pictures, but at least it is recorded. With the large amounts of playing we have had to find time to relax to recover from the hard-core-playing.

Lego Mega Tower on wheels. Notice that a Monster Truck found it's way into the picture!
Bradley getting ready to ride his new bike for the first time!
His legs are still a little bit short, but with a little help getting started he can cruise around at a new top speed!

A Little R & R:

Eliza manages to sleep through just about anything!

Her favorite is to snuggle when she is awake.

Daniel is sleeping under one of his pillows! Need I say more...

Watching a new movie...thanks Grandma Kenison for the great nature video!

(Bradley still loves taking pictures!)

Cute Outfits:

Part of the fun of having a girl is all the outfits and accessories!

Here Eliza is sporting an outfit and head band from Aunt Janna!

Daniel has to inspect Eliza to make sure we got her accessorized properly.

Eliza in her Christmas outfit from Grandma Shirley.

She is a very pleasant little girl. I just love it when she smiles!

Last night I had a bow making party with some friends and this is one of the bows/clippys I made. A friend gave me the headband and it has a place to slide bows in and out. We are really enjoying it!

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The boys absolutely love the karaoke machine from Grandma & Grandpa Shirley. They are naturals!

The boys recruited Dad to help them build a Mega Tower! They did a pretty good job!

Christmas 2009: The year of the Monster Trucks

Christmas Eve: Eliza keeps getting bigger and bigger! She is pretty pleasant most of the time. She delights us when she smiles and coos. She is very one's favorite!!

We did a Nativity Puppet show, thanks Aunt Janna for the puppets. The boys enjoyed being able to help tell the story of Christ's birth. Unfortunately we didn't get any pictures of the puppet show because I was busy being everything except Joseph and one wise man. Andy was carving the turkey and only listened to the show. (I didn't get the turkey in the oven soon enough. I am not used to being in charge of all the details since we usually go home for Christmas. I am sure I will get better though.)

After the puppet show and birthday cake we opened our pj's.

I love how excited they got about pj's! The only thing I love more than that is how sweet they were to each other. I had to do all of the picture since they were being so cute!

"To insinity and beyond!"

Brotherly love!

After pj's were on we let the boys open their gifts to each other. I had taken Bradley shopping for Daniel one day and Andy took Daniel shopping for Bradley a different day. They both picked out monster trucks for each other.

They had a hard time going right to sleep because they had new monster trucks to play with, but it was worth it the next morning when they played for 30-45 minutes in their room before coming out! We didn't get started on presents until about 7:30 am!

Christmas Morning:

New helmet to go with his new big boy bike.

Once they opened Daniels Lego's they stopped opening presents. Notice all the presents still wrapped under the tree! We had to make them keep opening presents, so we could be done with all the wrapping paper. They found lots of fun things to play with.

"The Year of The Monster Truck!"

Once they realized there were more monster trucks under the tree nothing else mattered! They spent all day playing with the monster trucks. EVERYTHING else took a back seat. (Even the super hero capes made with love by Mrs. Clause.)

Daniel with most of his loot.

(A few things got scattered and didn't make the picture.)

Bradley and most of his loot!

Eliza slept through the hole thing! Her brothers had to open all of her gifts for her. Isn't she lucky to have such helpful big brothers?!

Dec. 24-25, 2009

Christmas Videos

This first video was from Christmas Eve. We let the kids open their new pj's from Mom and Dad and one gift from each other. I think Daniel liked his pj's.

The boys both gave each other a monster truck for Christmas and they each got two from their Washington Mitchell cousins. Daniel was very excited to have his own monster trucks.

This last video is kinda long, but it is so cute! Bradley got a new bike that he was VERY excited about, but his excitement didn't out way his sorrow at no longer needing his old bike. His love for his OLD, rusted, falling apart bike, is touching. (His sad little face is pretty good too!)

Happy Birthday Daddy Dear!

Happy Birthday Dad! Bradley was my helper getting ready for Dad's birthday. Here we are decorating the cake. Bradley helped me pick the picture and do the sprinkles and candles.

Pick a picture, print it on card stock and hot glue half of a tooth pick to the back.
Then stick the tooth picks in the cake in desired place.

The finished product.

Enjoying the cake.

Daniel picked what kind of cake we were going to make and Bradley picked the kind of frosting. They both enjoyed the frosting!

Dad with his presents.

Bradley waiting patiently for Dad to open the gifts.

(We aren't sure how Bradley got the injury on his face. He was playing outside and started crying. When we asked him what happened he wouldn't tell us. It was probably something he wasn't suppose to be doing and that is why he won't tell. However, if you ask Andy what happened he will tell you "His Mom beats him!")

Happy 29th Birthday Dad!

Dec. 24, 2009

Squaw Ski Trip

I went to Lake Tahoe with a friend from work, Will C to go skiing. We were at Squaw, where they had the 1960 winter Olympics.

You can see Lake Tahoe in the far background.