Here comes Santa Clause!

We had our ward Christmas party on Sat. and Santa visited!Pete tried to put Danika on Santa's lap, but this was as close as she would get to him!

Elora was way excited to sit on Santa's lap (you can see how excited she was in the next picture)!

Zach was excited to get the goodie bag. He told me Santa was just someone in a costume because he wasn't fat enough.

One of the teenage girls put this furry hat on Danika so I took a pic :)

(Danika was still recovering from scary Santa)

We got an inch of snow over the weekend.

So this morning we had a beautiful snow- sunrise!

(someday I'll have a good digital camera and then I'll be able to take good clear pictures:(

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Oh Christmas Tree!

On Saturday we went to one of the many tree farms around here and picked out our tree.

The kids had tons of fun running through the trees and getting lost and then of course they would turn the corner and run into "monster mom"! (I always had them within sight because they really could have gotten lost. )

Then we came home and decorated the tree!

Zach just had to stand on a chair and reach as high as he could.

Elora took decorating very seriously.

Danika just wanted to wear all the ornaments! She had about 10 ornaments on each arm before the night was over!

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8 Years!

Pete and I have been married 8 years now! Wow!

Just for fun,

here are a few fun candid shots at the San Diego Temple!

Pete's such a romantic!

I was a little giddy that day! He he.

Oh, the confusion of weddings!

Here's a pic of all our family that was able to come to the Temple!

I love you Pete!!!

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Cousins

My cousin Courtney, his wife Laura and their 3 kids came for a visit this weekend. It's been about 8 yrs since our last visit, so it was fun to catch up and meet each others kids. Elora had tons of fun playing with her "twin" Daphne! They totally look like they could be sisters!

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Happy Birthday Zach!

Zach is 7 now! It's so crazy that he's that old! He had a fun day with his family and got some fun gifts! He really wanted a Transformer, so we made him a Transformer-toped cake! He loved it of course!

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Our kitchen is officially done! Here are the pictures to prove it!

This is a pic of the kitchen before we moved in. It was nasty dirty and there was lots of junk laying around. But anyway you can see what it looked like and what we've been living with for the past 3 yrs.

This is our new kitchen!

Old.


New! (we still need to put up the baseboard)

Old.
New!

We kept the old farmhouse sink, but Pete had to build a cabinet for it because it's an odd size.

Pete's so handy!

I love our Island!
Here's a pic of the nice new floor! No more Yellow! Yippee!
This is the back room or mud room that is connected to the kitchen.

I love our new kitchen and I especially love having a dishwasher!

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Happy Halloween!

Zach the Bat! (This is the costume I made for him when he was two!)

Danika the Butterfly!


Elora the Fairy!
She wanted to be Tinkerbell, but I convinced her it was much better to be Tinkerbell's best friend (and much easier for me to make the costume)!

She's dancing like a fairy.

Elora's blowing kisses.


Here's my costume, it's a cool old gunny sack dress. I love finding old dresses at Thrift Shops and yard sales, Halloween gives me a chance to actually wear them!!

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