HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

2009 HAS COME AND GONE AND IT'S TIME FOR A NEW FRESH START FOR A NEW YEAR!!! WELCOME 2010!! MAY YOU BRING LOTS OF HAPPINESS AND LOTS OF BLESSINGS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS NEW YEAR AND THE MANY ADVENTURES IT HAS IN STORE FOR US. WE HOPE EVERYONE ELSE HAS A WONDERFUL 2010!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Little Ballerina

Tegan has been taking ballet/tap since September and she really enjoys it. SHe loves to go see Miss Neta(her teacher) and her friends in her class. She is really starting to remember how to do everything she learns at class. I was able to catch some pictures and video of her today and glad I did because she did really good today.

Who's Got a Beard That's Long and White??

"Santa's got a beard that's long and white....Who comes around on Christmas night?? Santa comes around on Christmas night!!"

Tegan has been soooo excited about getting to sit in Santa Claus' lap to tell him everything "he wants to bring her"--as she says. She has asked everyday since Thanksgiving, if not before, if we are going to go sit in Santa Claus' lap. She has said everyday the things she is going to ask him for. She has it all rehearsed & told him exactly like she tells anyone else who asks her what Santa Claus is going to bring her. Today was the day we got to sit in Santa's lap(we had to wait b/c I was working on their outfits for their picture with Santa). It was our turn and Tegan runs right up to him and jumps into his lap...she was so excited. Carley was the opposite though--- we placed her on his lap and she went to crying so we picked her up and let Tegan stay and speak with Santa for a minute. I went back to try again with Carley, adn the same, so I sat down and put her in my lap and sat beside Santa...then Terrel came and sat in front and we got a great family picture with Santa!!! We had to do whatever would work so we could have Carley in the picture too....and the only way she was doing it, was if I was holding her! We had a great time and can't wait for Christmas morning to see the girls' faces when they see everything Santa Claus brings them!!

"Thankful" Family Home Evening

On Monday, November 23 we had a special FHE on being thankful. We had a short lesson on how we are supposed to be thankful for things and how Heavenly Father wants us to be grateful. We then made a "Thankful Turkey". I went ahead and made the turkey's body and glued it on paper, then I cut out a bunch of different colored feathers. Each of us got one feather each and wrote something we are thankful for. I cut out enough feathers for the week leading up to Thanksgiving Day, so each day we will write one thing we are grateful for on one of the turkey's feathers. After we did the turkey we hung it up on the wall to be seen all week long. We then took Reese's pieces for our 'dessert' and went around a spoke about the things we are thankful for and why we are thankful for those things. Tegan truly understood what the meaning of our FHE was and she was so cute when we were taking turns with the Reese's pieces saying things we are thankful for. She said "Jesus" the first time around...we then went and said a few other things...and it came back to her on about her 3rd of 4th time and she said "Jesus" again... I told her she already said Jesus, so she then said ummm... "Jesus Christ". It was so cute and so priceless!!!

FALL 2009 FUN

Make a Smilebox photobook

Berry Patch Farms

CARLEY'S 1 YEAR CHECKUP

CARLEY HAD HER 1 YEAR WELL CHILD CHECKUP. EVERYTHING WAS GREAT. SHE WEIGS IN AT 23 LBS. 2 OZ AND IS 30 INCHES LONG. SHE IS STILL FOLLOWING THE SAME CURVE SHE'S BEEEN ON SINCE SHE WAS BORN, SO SHE IS GROWING JUST PERFECT.

SOME THINGS CARLEY DOES/LIKES NOW:

~WALKING.... SHE STARTED TAKING STEPS AT ABOUT 10.5 MONTHS THEN AT ABOUT 11 MONTHS SHE STARTED WALKING ON HER OWN REALLY GOOD
~SHE CAN SAY THANK YOU(KIND OF--- WE TELL HER THANK YOU AND SHE IN RETURN WILL SAY TANK U)
~SHE IS STARTNG TO BECOME A LITTLE BIT OF A PICKY EATER...BUT APPARENTLY THIS IS NORMAL SO I SHOULDN'T FRET ABOUT IT
~SHE LOVES WHOLE MILK
~SHE CAN RIDE ON HER LITTLE POWER WHEELS 4 WHEELER ALL BY HERSELF
~SHE PLAYS REALLY WELL WITH TEGAN---- BUT TEGAN HAS A HARD TIME SHARING WITH HER(WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THIS)
~SHE GIVES GREAT KISSES AND HUGS

WE LOVE THIS GIRL SO MUCH SHE BRINGS SO MUCH HAPPINESS INTO OUR HOME!!!