Merry Christmas

We just want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Here is a picture of our 'little drummer boy'. We hope you all remember the true meaning of Christmas and the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Merry, Merry Christmas!!

The Great and Dreadful Day and Surprise!

So I have been dreading it for a few months now.. I turned 30 yesterday. I don't really know why I was dreading it since Cam is already 30, but I just realized I that I am not getting any younger! My mom always told me that when you turned 30 your butt dropped! So I woke up Friday morning and no it hasn't dropped yet... thank heavens! Cam surprised me this year by taking me out to dinner at PF Changs and then we went to the Nutcracker Ballet. It was so nice to have an entire night to ourselves and thanks so much to my in-laws for watching my crazy kids! Maddie is cutting her two top teeth and lets just say I am glad I wasn't the one watching her that night! I love the Nutcracker and Cam was a sport to sit and enjoy it with me. Then the next day we went to lunch with some friends and later that night Cam threw me a surprise party. I had no clue at all and we walked in the house and my friends and family yelled SURPRISE! We had a fun dinner and cake (Holy Smoke! Look at all those candles! I did blow them all out.) Thanks to everyone for making my thirtieth a memorable birthday and turning it into such fun since I wasn't really looking forward to it! But, you know what they say- 30 is the new 20, right?

Taggart's Birthday Slideshow

Taggart turns 3!

Today was Taggart's third birthday. It is hard to believe that 3 years ago he was born 6 1/2 weeks early and spent the first 3 1/2 weeks of his life in the NICU hooked up to IVs, monitors, oxygen and everything else. Now you can see that that obviously didn't stop him. He was so happy to turn three! We started the morning off going to McDonalds for breakfast and to play at the 'place' (as Tag calls it.) Grammy and Grampy came with us and I loved playing on the slide. Grampy even took Tag for a ride in a big tractor... he thought he had died and gone to heaven! For lunch we went to Del Taco and ate lunch and played with some friends. I decided for his third birthday that I would let him do exactly what he wanted to do- eat cake, candy, and play hard. Hopefully he didn't contract any disease after today, but we did a serious sanitizing session after each place. For dinner we went to the Pizza Factory with Grammy and then home for cake and presents. Tag was obsessed with his Spiderman cake (Pan cake, is what he called it.) He wasn't happy with a single piece- he wanted to lick the entire cake! He especially loved blowing out the candles, so we did it a couple of times. He got a new dump truck, a wooden train set, some new motorcycles, and lots more. He is sleeping in his bed with half of it tonight. Thanks everyone for the gifts and celebrating this special day with him! Happy Birthday Taggart! We love you!

Holiday Weekend

We finally took the kids to see Santa this past Saturday. Taggart has been terrified of Santa the last couple of years, so we were interested to see what he would do this year. He had been talking about wanting to sit on Santa's lap and having Santa come to his house. Anyway, he walked right up to Santa and sat on his lap and told him he wanted 'Thomas Train" for Christmas. He didn't really look at him much (I think he was a little afraid.) Maddie loved Santa; she couldn't stop pulling on his beard. Then, later that night we went to our ward party and they sat on Santa's lap again. Tag can't stop talking about it and how he wants to see Santa again. Sunday night we celebrated 2nd Advent. We lit our two candles and opened our gift and read a story. Taggart is obesessed with blowing out the candles, so they didn't stay lit too long. He also opened another door and had a chocolate from the advent calendar that Grammy sent to him. He has a really hard time just eating one piece a day! The holidays are so much fun with kids!

Maddie is 10 months old now and she isn't quite crawling, but very close. She scoots around on her tummy and bum and manages to make her way around. I must have set her down too close to the Christmas tree because I walked in and she was playing with an ornament and hitting the tree. Hopefully she won't be crawling too quickly until Christmas is over and the tree is down. We had a fun and busy weekend! Merry Christmas everyone!

Christmas Caroles and My Maestro

So anyone who knows me knows how much I love Christmas music. I have quite the collection of Christmas CDs (thanks to my Dad) and I listen to them exclusively from Thanksgiving to New Years. I don't like to listen to anything but Christmas music during this time of year, it just doesn't feel right to me. Anyway, I have several CDs in my car and I love to jam to them when we are out and about. I especially love to sing all the songs- I know I am sure I look real cool singing at the top of my lungs while I am driving, but tis the season! A couple weeks ago I noticed that Taggart was singing along with me in the back seat. Even if he doesn't know the words, he is still singing. If I turn down the music to talk on my phone or something, he gets mad at me and says he wants me to turn it up. The last couple of days he has started to lead the music in the back of the car- both hands in the air, just like at church. He looks hilarious sitting in his car seat leading the music! We were at TJ Maxx today and they were playing Christmas music and Tag recognized a song that we listened to in the car. He was standing in the back of the cart and he started leading the music and talking about how he knew this song from Mom's car. And sweet little Maddie has started dancing the last couple weeks, so if I start to sing anything or if she hears music, she starts swinging her head back and forth. So I guess I am passing this Christmas music obsession onto my children. I don't think Cam is too happy about it. He is not that into the carols.. but I make him suffer! Is it just me or does everyone else love Christmas music as much as me?

Thanksgiving

Here is Tag munching on marshmallows and my mom's homemade rolls! Yum!!
Me and my Family- I love you guys!

I know that it has taken me forever to post about Thanksgiving, but I haven't really had the time. My family came down to celebrate Turkey day here in St. George. We had dinner at my house with my immediate family and Grandma Faye and Aunt Cathy. My dad's family also came down and rented two different houses between them all and it was fun to have everyone in our town. Thanks so much to all our family that made the trip. It was so much fun to have Thanksgiving here in sunny St. George and we were so happy to not have to travel for once! It was a great weekend! I love you all! I am so thankful to have been blessed with so much! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving too! Now it is time for Christmas.. Yeah!