Christmas Party!

A couple of Sundays before Christmas everybody in our family gets together at my Moms house for a fabulous Christmas party! I would have to say this is my favorite Christmas party every year. We start it off with amazing food, and then we read Luke 2 from the scriptures and watch the movie. While we read the scriptures we have our own cute little nativity scene :) There are pictures of that down below. After that we put a whole bunch of presents in the middle and play the game where you pick a number and then can unwrap a gift or steal one, we always have such a fun time doing it! This year Tyler and I got a DVD (Cinderella Man, I cried all the way through it) and lots of candy! We also got a Jamba juice gift card and a football. :) I love spending time with my family, I really have the best family ever!

Here is one of my all time favorite pictures...Gramps was making Lily smile SO big, which in return made him smile so big!! Isn't this the cutest picture?

Here are the girls. I love these girls so much, I am glad my brothers and cousins married some great girls. I am also glad to have my best twinner cousin Jenny here!

And...of course the boys. I love all of these boys so much!! I grew up very close to these cousins and brothers, and Tyler is just as great as they are :)

Here is Mary and Baby Jesus...aka, Annie and Lily. They are so cute!

Mary has a pretty stylish head thing if you ask me! Here we have Joseph, Mary and Baby Jesus, as well as a shepherd and a wise man...this is always our cute little nativity! :) I am glad Lily got to play Baby Jesus, she did great in that role :)

Lilys Christmas photo shoot :)

I took about a billion pictures of Lily! The tan dress is her Christmas dress, the green one is as well....I couldn't decide on just one! And then of course Tyler said we must put her in a stocking while she can still fit! It was fun to take her picture, she really is just a perfect little angel. I love her so much! :)

To laugh? Or to cry? She didn't know...so she mixed them together. Made for a funny picture :)

Christmas Season!

I just love the Christmas Holidays!!! It all starts off with Black Friday shopping, and than the shopping doesnt cease until Christmas. I love the shopping, the Christmas music in the stores, and the cheerful spirits of others out and about.

I love making goodies upon goodies and sharing them with friends.

I love Christmas parties, ugly sweaters, and being with friends and family.

I love taking pictures of my sweet little angel, and sending out Christmas cards.

I love decorating the Christmas tree and decorating stockings.

I love reading Christmas stories.

I love seeing Christmas lights everywhere, especially at Temple Square.

I love coats, beanies, and boots...as well as sweats and hot chocolate in our cozy home.

I love giving and recieving gifts, I especially love wrapping gifts.

There are SO many things I just love about this Christmas season! The very best things I love about the Christmas season, however, is the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ, and being with family. To me, these are the things that matter the very most in my life. I am so thankful for this time to truly rejoice for our Saviors birth, and to share that with loved family members.

I love the Christmas season!! :)

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving this year we went to good ol' Winnemucca Nevada! Both of Tylers older brothers and their families live there. It really is a cute little town in the middle of nowhere! We had SO MUCH FUN!!! Thanks Jeremiah and Eowyn :)

We went out shooting and into some awesome mines! That one behind us went straight down! Maybe not the safest thing...but sure cool!
Tyler and his brothers minus Chris, his dad, and Brian!

The first time I shot Tylers Glock 40!

I just thought this picture was so cute...Ty warming Lily on the heater...she loved it!

Lily and her cousin Brandon sleeping. He is only 3 weeks older than Lily!

Some of the fam. It was an adventurous weekend! Sledding, shooting, basketball, volleyball, black friday shopping, lots of games and lots of fun!!! :)

Graduation!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! After a year of nothing but work and school, Tyler has graduated!!! He really has worked so hard, and I am so proud of him! I asked what kind of cake he wanted to celebrate and he said icecream cake...so here is my first attempt at icecream cake! It is chocolate with cookies and cream filling, and the frosting is icecream too!! I thought it was so cool you can frost cakes with icecream.

Tyler and his cadet friends.
Tyler being sworn in to law enforcement or something real important.

Yahoo Tyler!!!

So now the job hunt is on!! Who knows where it will take us?? Possibly to Nevada...possibly Ogden?? Maybe right here in Cache County??? Wherever it may be, I am excited for our little family to move on to our next adventure!!!

Immunizations

Lily got her two month old immunization shots...it was so sad to witness! I didn't know this little girl had that much lung power! Its always been such a little cry....but when they stuck her with those needles she screamed something fierce! It was so sad!!! It was over quick though, and she did pretty good!

I don't think the shots were the very worst part of this whole experience...this is the look lily gave me the whole day after! It was like she was ticked off I would let that happen to her. She was so sad all of the time! I am sure she didn't feel good, I was glad that she slept a lot because I hated to see her this way! My energetic little girl was so out of it! Oh gee, I just love her so much! :)

Lilys Blessing

Lily was blessed on November 7th, 2010! She turned exactly 2 months on that day. She wasn't very happy while taking pictures, these are the best ones we have. She looked so precious in her white dress! It was such a wonderful day. Tyler did an amazing job blessing her, and there was so many people in the circle that not everyone even got to touch her! She has so many people that love her, we are all so blessed! :) I was worried she would cry during the blessing because she wasn't very happy before church, but she just looked wide eyed right up into the heavens :) She also slept the whole rest of the day! We love Lily Rae Day SO MUCH! I can't imagine life without her.