Friday, March 29, 2013

A Little More Christmas

We were lucky this year to be able to spend so much time with both sides of our family for Christmas! Here's some more of what our festivities looked like.

Checking out all the loot that Santa left.
(Take note that the first item McCall went for was the shoes,
following at a close second was her "pretties" or necklaces.)

By this time she had traded out the necklaces for her new apron,
and currently busy with one of her favorite activities - coloring.

Looking at a book with Grandma and Grandpa.
(You'll notice a different pair of shoes now adorn her feet.) 

Taking a break with her new doll, puppy pillow, and baby blanket, which was mine as a child.

Meeting one of her new babies for the first time.

What would Christmas morning be with out a good game of golf?

Or even fishing?

The only thing that could make it better,
is if Dad pulled you around in a sled, in several feet of snow!
Mom came out for a bit too



This is the Christmas village I went to as a kid
(this picture doesn't really give you a very good perspective),
and it was fun to go back after several years. The kids were pretty good considering the FREEZING temperatures!

Here's one of the "houses."
Funny how everything seemed so much bigger as a child.

Hitchin' a ride
I was able to squeeze in a couple hours to see my five best friends in the whole world! It's hard to believe we were all in the same place at one time! Love you guys!

You would have thought Cade got a pot of gold when he opened this up!

Yay for more books!

Stealing Aunt LeAnn time from Addy

McCall was quite pleased with this dog that barks, jumps in a circle, and whimpers.
We were quite pleased that we don't have to feed it or take it on walks! (No offense Wiley)

An almost-good-picture of the girls

A very cute picture of the boys
(You may notice that this is the day Cade tried on several different things!)

Grandpa sandwich in new Cougar gear
(Oh and if you look very carefully, you can see that Uncle Lance was there too!)

McCall's first Cabbage Patch doll.
I was almost jealous.


Gotta love matching cousin presents

And cousins who are best friends!

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

A Merry Little Christmas

There are of course, lots of Christmas pictures, so in no particular order, here are a few! (I'll follow up with more.) Hope you all had a Very Merry Christmas!

Getting pulled in Grandpa's sled

Loving every minute of being outside

Happy to spend a few minutes with Santa


Deep in thought

Wouldn't even look at him...


Wouldn't look at me either!
I got some cute pictures of Cade in front of the tree when he was about 1,
but this is all I could get of her. 

Spending time with Uncle Jaque

And cousin McKinlee

Salt Lake Temple at dusk

Cade always refers to this temple as the place where we (Mom, Dad, Cade and McCall) got married.
I guess he's right!

Under the lights with Aunt Lindsay

If you tell your children, "Say cheese!" and these are the faces you get,
they're normal.

Maybe it's better to take them separately 

Another beautiful shot

McCall enjoying a free ride

Not the best family picture, but at least we all match!



Again, she's not very cooperative in front of a Christmas tree, but we still love her!

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Just Random

Just posting a few little tid-bits of our lives…

One of my favorite bath time shots

McCall got a play kitchen for Christmas and the kids couldn't wait to help Dad put them together!

McCall was a regular carpenter

A little measuring...



… a little hammering
(I guess I didn't take a picture of the final product, but I'm sure it will be featured in future posts)

Playing with her "pretties" (any type of jewelry, hair accessory, etc.)

Not great smiles, but cute cougar outfits for the basketball game!
(even better when you can sport them in Grandpa's office chair!)

Making marshmallow popcorn with Mom
(They thought the electric popper was pretty neat. McCall kept yelling, "Mom, popping and popping!"

Family picture at the Cougar game

Loving the pigtails

She loves reading

He loves reading

Cade's first attempt at watercolors

This is the most organized, child's watercolor I've ever seen. I'm sure it tells you a little bit about his personality!

McCall will color longer than any other activity