Family Pictures...

Our Family...

The kids...

The Girls...

The Boys...

Our friend Denise took our pictures in December. You can see more of her work at http://fancypantsportraits.com/

She specializes in children's portraits, but was doing a special at Christmas, so we were able to get some images for our Christmas cards. We were happy with how they turned out!

Sophie: 8 Months Old

Just after Christmas,

Sophie turned 8 months old...She is growing so fast!

Lets just say, she is getting very busy...even as I type this she keeps pushing all the buttons on the keyboard!
Then if I put her on the floor, she crawls under the desk to get the cords!

She also started crawling this week...she's been scooting for a while, but now she is truly crawling all over the place.
Now there will be no rest for me...she already gets into everything!

We love her funny smile...we call it her "bitter beer" face. Add that smile to the "growling" she does & you can't help but smile yourself!
She really has been such a FUN baby! She is the center of all of our attention...let's just say she is very LOVED by everyone in our family!

A few more things about Sophie:
*She loves music...When ever she hears it, she starts bobbing her head & dancing!
*She also gives high fives!
*She loves to spit bubbles with her mouth.
She thinks it's pretty funny...

*She claps & says, "yay"! It's so cute!
*She waves bye-bye
*When she's really excited she actually "growls" I have to get it on video...it's funny!
*Her smile melts our hearts!

*She is starting to love baby food...sweet potato/Turkey is her favorite.

*She puts EVERYTHING in her mouth! She can always seem to find the tiniest thing on the floor & puts it right in her mouth.
*She now has her 2 bottom teeth.
*She really is a happy & sweet girl!

Here's a little video of her...

Luckily, with Libby's warning we didn't catch the little streaker running by on video!

New Year's Eve

2012

It's hard to believe another year has come & gone...
For some reason it wasn't the most exciting New Year's Eve. For the first time, I was ready to celebrate at 10:00pm with New York and call it good! We did hang in there until midnight though & had a pretty good time.

We ate good food...
If you can't tell by Tyler's face....since his food is all over it!

The kids hung out & played games...
Zack & Tyler are loving their pogo sticks they bought with Christmas money.
They are getting pretty good....
Tyler might need to be a little heavier, but he never gives up!
Then my aunt Alayna helped him out...this was quite comical to watch!
Then we were entertained by some great music...
Jazzy & Libby
We celebrated with New York at 10:00pm

Wishing it was midnight here...
Then it finally arrived & we rang in the NEW YEAR!

We had some horns, poppers & sparklers.

It was freezing, so it didn't last too long!

Let's hope 2012 is a wonderful year... full of much happiness!
Happy New Year!!

Christmas 2011

We had a wonderful Christmas!

Christmas morning...
My kids were so excited!

They had reason to be...they were pretty spoiled!

Libby

Sophie

Tyler

Zack

Then we got ready for church & enjoyed a wonderful Christmas meeting. My kids sang a few songs with the Primary, which is always fun to hear!

We took a few pictures after church in their nice clothes...

Then the dog felt left out & walked over, sat down & actually "posed" for a few pictures!

Now we have everyone in the picture...he even smiled!

Sophie was SO excited for her first Christmas!

I can't believe she's almost 8 months old already...

Then we rushed to my parent's house for some more partying.

I love these two...they sure spoil all of us!

My boys are excited when they get anything Bey Blades...

My Mom sure knows what I love...

I have a supply to last me quite some time!

Sophie liked her present too!

Libby got this cute hat that was made by Christine from Switzerland...she loves it! Those two had a special bond when she came to visit this summer!

Then it seemed most of the boys spent some time playing with all of their electronic devices!

Josh, John, Bailey, Dallin

Dallin & Jacob

Wyatt

I think Steve found a new game he really likes...

Brooklyn couldn't get enough of holding Sophie.

The "girls" had fun playing too!

Then we enjoyed a yummy dinner, thanks to my wonderful mom!
I don't know how she does everything!!

Sam found my camera....
I love it, after every party I go through the pictures & I find a self portrait of him!

STAR WARS FUN

Josh was a Jedi Master when it came to R2-D2....he listened well to all of his commands!

Zack was busting some moves to R2-D2's Dance program...
I really need to capture this on video!!

John was perfecting his light saber skills!
Then Tyler kept saying mom take a picture of this...

With his favorite bud, Josh!
Then he'd say, "take a picture of this!"

Somebody likes his picture taken!

These kids always give me a good laugh!

We hope you had a Merry Christmas too!