Late nights... treats...laughing... Jamies!

Christmas was so much fun this year, the girls are getting old enough to catch on to the magic of it all. Adam had to work the whole weekend, but he works nights so he was able to be with us in the mornings and late afternoons. We did our own Christmas morning. We had to wait for Adam to get home from work, so the girls and I stayed in my room and had a little something to eat while we waited...it reminded me of a Christmas when we had to wait for our Dad to get home from work, it was so exciting all being in one room with a whole bunch of giggling girls and a lone boy! For some reason we all had to "go to the bathroom" a couple times.... from our hallway, you could see into the livingroom! Anyway, it brought me back :) Almost my whole family was home for Christmas ( Dan and Nicole weren't able to be there and Sean is on a mission. We missed them so much) but some live close enough to do their own stuff in the morning and then we all got together that day and the rest of the weekend. A way fun tradition is that we get P.J.s. It's got to be so much work and we all love them, thanks mom! So I managed to get a FEW pics of the whole shabang, but of course my camera kept turning off...soooo frustrating, but what do ya do?!

Awe, so photogenic.

Abby and her "real toy computer"

Natalie's little Jaida wasn't in the picture yet but I had to take a couple shots while my camera was actually working..."I love technology"

These two are my life, I can't believe they're mine!

A little of this and that...

Natalie and Nathan's beautiful fiance, Melissa on our way to SYTYCD! Season 5's tour group came to Salt Lake so Mom got all the girls tickets! We really missed Heather and Mary though :( I didn't really watch or get into the season, but that didn't take away the excitement of it all...I think I screamed in all the right times!!!!! Thanks girls :)

Sorry it's a dark pic, our seats were high but we could still see everything really well!

Just getting into character....I love it! I'll spare you all the other pics, but you get the idea, we had soooo much fun!

And this is the guys day out at the BYU vs. Utah game. I guess this is as "in character" as they get. They should have done the Heisman pose or something!

At the lights in Salt Lake. There were A LOT of people there, but we were still able to catch the spirit of our Savior's birth.

Isn't this the sweetest picture?! That look says how fun it is to be a kid at Christmas :)

Baby Gretchen all bundled up!

Abby was so excited to do Mini Cougaretts this year....but only if Grandma and Dev were there with her!

With cousins Aspen and Halli...they were all soooo cute with one very proud Grandma!

Halloween!

Snow White

Ladybug

They loved trick or treating. Abby led the way while Aisha said thank you Mamma or Daddy or grama, or papa. Whichever one that was the closest in age:)

Annual Halloween Party at the "Willvies"

Brooke and Brock sporting the disco look!

Dayne was told he couldn't eat until he dressed up... so he grabbed some stuff from his mission and some old halloween paint form downstairs ..... that's classic Dayne:)

Dev and her gangsta self!
I wish I would have gotten a picture of everyone else, they were all really funny!

I went all out and put on Abby's bunny ears from last year!

More of what we've been up to...

Okay, okay as requested by Nicole... here is a belly shot of our little GIRL! 25 weeks and going strong!

there is something that goes against my grain to post pics of myself.

My favorite time of year...we LOVE pumpkins!

I got the winter stuff out and of course the girls had to try it all on.

...but first Aisha had to take her clothes off in order to try hers on! I'm not sure why:)

I had to put this one on, doesn't she look so big *sniff, sniff*

Our little project...

Before it got too cold, Adam took us to the mountains for a hot dog roast. We usually go on drives up there, but hardly ever stop to build a fire. It was perfect weather and a nice spot by a creek. It was so fun, I love that the mountains are so close.

....and this is right before Aisha went head first into the water!

Soaked and shirtless, but still smiling.

My friends and I went out on a much needed play date to the zoo. They are good at getting me out of the house...thanks girls!

The monkeys were going crazy and one came right up to the window and hit it so hard....but Aisha didn't scream like I did, she handled it very well. Problem solved :)

Abby's first day of Preschool....wait, wait I'm not ready.
She is so smart and loves her teacher Miss Kellie!

A little recap

Swimming with the fam this summer.

I heard Abby giggling in the bathroom and when I asked about it she said "Mom, I look like a lion"

All comfy watchin' a movie

Our 2 year old birthday girl!

She is such a FUN 2 year old! She loved her special day!

It's never a good thing when this girl is quiet (my mascara) I showed her what she had done to herself in the mirror and she started crying so hard and wouldn't open her eyes for a while! If you look close you can see the tears and runny nose :)