Merry Christmas all! I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas. Mya is getting really excited, this year has been so much fun. We are so grateful to have Jesse this Christmas too. I will make time to post Christmas pictures!!

Scott's Birthday/ Thanksgiving

Scott had his birthday the Monday before Thanksgiving, he turned 31!!! Man, he is getting old! It is so wonderful that I will always be younger than Scott. No matter how old I am, he will always be older! The day before his birthday, Mya and I made Scott a homemade German Chocolate birthday cake. It took me all morning to make but it was all worth when I saw the look on Scott's face after his first bite. And it was also fun to be in the kitchen with Mya, she loves to cook with me. Jesse had fun watching the mixer go round and round. We had a little get together on Sunday. And then on Monday, Scott and I went to dinner and finished Christmas shopping for the kids. It was really fun to spend some time just the 2 of us.

Making the cake

Birthday picture

Blowing out the candles

When we went to go visit my mom, Jesse had a blast wearing Daddy's hat.

Thanksgiving was so much fun!

Jesse turned 9 months old the day before Thanksgiving! He is growing up way too fast.

Little Mya

Aunt Malia and Makena

Mya loves playing with Makena, I am sure that they are going to be good friends when they get older.

My mom had Jesse at the time of this picture, our little family just doesn't look right without him.

Grandma and Jesse

Halloween 2009

I know, I know.....I am so behind on posting Halloween! It is hard to find time to post, sorry. We had such a fun Halloween! Mya was really excited, she remembered everything from last year and so she was super excited to gets lots of candy. The day before Halloween I took the kids all dressed up in their costumes to Scott's work. It was so fun to show everyone our adorable kids! Scott's parents also work in the same building and so we got to go visit with them too.

Here are the kids after we got back from visiting Scott at work...they were pretty worn out!

I painted Jesse's nose black (his is a cow) and her rubbed it all off by the time we got home. That night we had a party at my brother's house. We ate chili, played games and carved pumpkins! We had such a fun time, thank Shane and Malia!!

Here are all the grandkids! It was kind of tricky to get all 11 kids sitting and smiling for the picture. We do our best, right!?!

We had a doughnut eating contest, the kids had to eat the doughnuts without theirs hands. Mya did pretty good but finally ended up using her hands.

Halloween day, we went and visited my Grandpa Lewis. He loves to see the kids all dressed up and always has plenty of candy for them! This picture was right before I took Mya out Trick or Treating. Cutest little cowgirl and cow ever!!!!

Daddy with the kids

Our cute pumpkin!!

Daddy and the cow

Right before I was about to leave to take Mya Trick or Treating, we were downstairs and Scott happened to find his old high school football jersey. Scott made me wear it and dress up with Mya. I was very reluctant at first but I am glad that I did it ended up being really fun!! I think that Mya enjoyed it as well.

Mya and me showing off our muscles!!

We are having so much fun with our kids, so glad that they are a part of our life!!!

And Daddy bless me!

This is just a cute little story about Mya. A couple of weeks ago for Family Home Evening we had a lesson on the Priesthood. We talked about how it is a special power that Heavenly Father gave to Daddy and other men to bless us when we need it. We told Mya that when she was a baby she had a blessing to give her a name. We went on to tell her that Daddy can give her a blessing when she is sick or scared or needs special help from our Father in Heaven. We explained that Daddy would put his hands on her head and give her a blessing. Well, on Monday, I decided that I would take the kids to get the H1n1 shot at the Davis Conference the next day. I figured that I should start preparing Mya so she wouldn't freak out when we got there and she had to get a shot. Mya told me "I cannot like shots" and I told her that it will help keep her from getting sick. Mya immediately responded with "I go to Dr. Rose and Daddy bless me!" I couldn't believe she remembered that Scott can give her a blessing when she is sick. Family Home Evening is not always the easiest thing to do and it usually last about 5 minutes but I guess it is well worth it. Mya always amazes me how much she is paying attention even when I don't think she is listening to a single word I say.

Getting ready for Halloween!

Last night we finally went to get some pumpkins. We went to this cute little place that Mya and I went to last year. It is near my mom's house in South Ogden. I was so sad to find out when we got there that my camera was out of batteries. So no pictures but we had a fun time. We didn't know it, but I guess it was family night at the pumpkin patch. They had all sorts of fun things for the kids to do and some wonderful smelling food. Mya got a ghost painted on her face, the same as last year. Mya is so funny, she likes things just the right way. There was a witch walking around and she made Mya a bit nervous, I even had to hold her at one point. Man, I wish I would have had my camera. All in all it was a fun little family home evening. Here are some pictures after we got home. Jesse was all tuckered out so he was asleep for the first photos.

Jesse with the pumkins this morning.

All the kids! We love you, Toby!

Random Pictures

Just some fun pictures of the kids lately.

Mya and I made a Happy Halloween sign for her room.

Kites and Picnics

Before the cold weather hit, we went to the park for a few picnics. I have been so busy I haven't had time to post the pictures. This is a little park right by our house. Jesse got hungry so we didn't stay very long but it was still fun to get out of the house. Mya and Jesse love to be outside!

I totally forgot about this until I stumbled upon this picture. One day Mya saw me putting on my belt and she said that she wanted to wear her belt. This was the next thing I saw. She tried to put on her pants all by herself, she did a pretty good job. But they are on backwards! Silly little bug.

Another picnic, this one was just days before the weather turned bad. Jesse was intently watching the trees move in the wind.

Sitting up by himself, good job!

Cute Mya!

I tried to get a picture of all of us but it really hard.

My kids.

Big sister feeding cheerios to little brother while mom does dishes. Mya is such a good little helper.

Happy brother

The day before the weather turned bad was perfect for kite flying. So Mya and I got out her kites. We were able to get them up for the first time this year! Mya loved it!!!

For 2 years old, I would say Mya did an awesome job flying her kites!

When it looked like her kite was coming down, Mya would talk to her kite and say "no no kite, stay up high". It was so much fun watching all of her expressions. Mya is such a fun little girl!