birthday girl!

Here she is..... our 1 year old!!!!

Even though I think it went too fast, I love this age :) Sami is almost unbearable, seriously sometimes I can hardly contain myself.... she's too kissable, too squeezable and way too much fun! (most the time)

Not walking yet, but she's thinking she's pretty big!

This was a fun cake to do. I actually did it earlier that day so I wasn't rushing to get it done right before we ate it.... I had time play with and perfect it (Okay, so it was easy, not much to perfect)




This picture cracks me up! Abby was the only one ready.... I was distracted by those cheeks and Aisha with Abby's hair!

Poor guy had to go to work that night... it's a dirty job, but somebody has got to do it....I'm just glad it's not me :)

Since Adam had to go, we invited family over early and had a party in like 20 minutes! But they stayed afterwards and I loved having the company....thanks guys!

Sami giggled with every present she opened, it was so cute!

Just look how she loved that big bear! The novelty hasn't worn off yet either, she still does this every time she see this guy!

Not sure.....

She figured it out. Not too messy though, just enough please everyone watching and waiting to see a mess!

HAPPY B- DAY TO YOU, OUR SWEET GIRL!!!

Recap of the Holidays...

Let's just start at Thanksgiving... This year our family scheduled the church (I guess we're growing) and it was perfect. So much room to eat, a nursery for the kidos, a movie in the overflow, and a gym to play dodge ball afterwords :) Oh yeah, I forgot to mention no football games on the telly....right ladies ;)

Cute, their own little tables!

You see my plate FULL of food.... don't worry none of it went to waist :)

Watching a movie!

Here we are at Meagan's bridal shower. Meagan is the newest member of our family (Dayne's wife) She is on the couch 2nd one in on the right. Beautiful huh?

Adam is back in school (nurse practitioner program) and here he is practicing for his final...head-to-toe assessment.

I think Aisha had been sitting there a while! Something about the "is this over yet" look in her eyes tells me that :)

Is this not a guilty face or what?! She has had enough of the baby toys... time for the real stuff she thinks!

This is totally candid! This was on my birthday (the big 2-6) and this is pretty much what we did all day, lay around and stare at the TV. It was nice and relaxing.

Christmas morning!

And they're off....

I couldn't get her to look at me....good job Santa!

We had a special treat Christmas morning, Adam's mom, my parents, my sister Dev, and my Grandma all came for breakfast and presents! I can't tell you how much I loved having them there. We live close to both our parents (and when I say close, I mean same ward kind of close) so when family comes home on either side they usually go to our parent's houses. I'm not complaining, we are so blessed to live close, but it was fun to have family come to us!

Dayne got married on the 28th so we went to the lights the night before.

Just look at those handsome boys! I've got the cutest nephews! There are two boys missing in this picture. The oldest grandchild is Braxton and he turned 8 the next day! There are only 17 other after him!

We tried to get all the girls to get in with those tough boys, but it was freezing and they all had the same face as Aisha did, so here is half of them. So cute!

So I got plenty of video, but these are all the pictures I got of the wedding. Apparently I can't to both.

you can't see, but make-up and glitter are covering her face!

1st pony tail!

The girls love Grandma Boyer!

this is our favorite pass time, the webcam!

Happy Holidays everyone!

Sami...

Okay, so I know how fast babies grow up, but it doesn't mean that I'm prepared for it or that I like it when it actually happens.

Take my little Sami for instance...

....I could have sworn she was newborn or even 6 months, but no she'll be 10 months in a few days! No, really. I'm trying to stop and enjoy everything about her and it's going faster than ever! What do ya do? Just enjoy each stage, I guess.

Some things about Sami:

she's crawling!

LOVES the bath and to be naked

momma's girl

loves her sisters

wants to be silly

waves in many variations

points

has the softest skin with BIG rolls

says da-da when pointing to Adam

has 6 teeth with more coming

does random screams (especially in church)

WAY feisty when she doesn't get what she wants

SO sweet the next minute

loves pat-a-cake

does NOT sleep through the night

has a little fire in her personality

We can't get enough of her and she has all of us wrapped around her pretty little finger!