Thursday, January 27, 2011

Homeade Gifts



I made Andrea "Happy Birthday" decor to hang and use in her house.


Greg put together a nice little homemade date for Tyson to take someone on.



Tyson gave my mom some personal computer lessons.





Rachael and Frank gave my Dad and Greg some homemade stationary





My Dad gave Ty my Dad's old bbq new and improved!


Andrea painted Brecken a collage about her life for her room



Ty made Rachael an online scrapbook of 2010 (blog)




My mom made Kate and I matching aprons!


But what is so fun about the Homemade Gift Exchange is it is one of the few times all of us are together without our kids! What a good time we have!

Monday, January 10, 2011

Sister Hanni

If you have ever talked to Kate she has probably told you about Sister Hanni. She is Kate's amazing nursery leader. When Kate turned 18 months I was so nervous to take her to nursery since she was SO attached to her parents. I knew it was going to be a disaster. But Sister Hanni just took her from me kicking and screaming and said "I will come and get you if I need you." Sure enough after 2 wks of Sister Hanni's amazing activities and charm Kate was skipping into nursery. When we pick her up she always comes with a bag of goodies (coloring book, bag of gummie bears, bubbles, books, etc.) which actually end up saving us during Sacrament meeting. About a week before Christmas Sister Hanni stopped by with Kate's Christmas present. She brought a princess nightgown, slippers, bubble bath and chapstick. Needless to say Kate was ecstatic!



Thursday, January 6, 2011

Christmas Activities

Since the zoo was our favorite past time during the summer we couldn't let the opportunity pass us by to go see the Zoo lights. We decided to hook up with the Summerhays and for FHE we braved the cold! Kate loved all the lights shaped like different animals.

If Ty looks cold in this picture.... he is. He met us there from work and his "responsible" wife was supposed to bring his coat. I offered him mine but he wouldn't take it! :)

One of the monkeys was only three days old. It was really cute. Of course Ty pointed out that the dad was passed out in the corner while the mom was taking care of the baby.... typical. :) Kate kept waving to the baby. She loves monkeys!





The Summerhays clan....it's still kinda weird for me to see them with four kids! Such a cute family!


The next wk for FHE Mimi planned for us all to go up to This is the Place Park. This was the first time I had been there at Christmas time. They had so much fun stuff going on from carolers, Father Christmas, and the nativity to crafts in each house for the kids to participate in.


Seriously the happiest, most content baby I have ever met. Get me one of these next!


Kate and Ty writing their christmas list for Santa. Kate: Kangaroo? Ty: I pad? yeah we'll have to see.....

Kate was in heaven. Not only did she think her new coat was the coolest thing ever (straight from the tupperware in the basement), but she was also with all of her cousins! I am pretty sure she told every person there that she was a marshmallow!