family photos

New Year's

Hmmm... let's just say... we're boring! Dallas had planned to work all night and I didn't even realize it was New Year's Eve until about 7:00pm!!! Dallas ended up coming home shortly after that. So, what did we do? I called home to hear about all the yummy food they were eating. ;o) And THEN what did I do???? I drove to the gas station and bought some chips and dip!! We watched...ok...can't even remember what we watched!! We both fell asleep at about 9:30. ha! We woke up at 11 because someone from home (hour later than us) was calling to say happy new year. And we went to bed. How lame is that?! Next year we'll do better!

Christmas

This year was an interesting Christmas. We decided to limit our purchases to the Target gift card we got from Dallas' sister. Let's just say... we won't be doing that again. ;o) After a few days of Dallas asking if he could open a present, I finally gave in and he got to open his movie "Prince Caspian" and I got to open 2 bags of Reeses mini Peanut Butter cups... YUM!! Dallas worked all the way up to Christmas Eve and then we went to Rupert to spend Christmas with Dallas' parents. We did open a few presents at home because we didn't want to put them in the car...a lego table for the boys, the mega blocks (my mom) for the table, and a tent (my family)for the boys. I set it up in their room and they had a lot of fun playing in it. Christmas Day we woke up around 7 when Hyrum woke up, ate some breakfast and then opened presents. Hyrum had fun playing santa and throwing the presents at everyone (for a while anyway). He loved his little animal set Dallas and I got him. It was fun to actually see him get excited about opening gifts. Brayden just ran around, but also liked opening presents when called him over. The rest of the day Dallas spent plowing the lane because we'd had a nasty, windy story the night before. He also got a little snowboarding on the ramp in. Sat. Spencer (Dallas' brother) took us snowmobiling and let me just say I am a WHIMP!!! I ended up just sitting in the snow until Spencer came and picked me up. ;o) That was after Dallas had dumped me off a couple of times and I thought I was going to cry because I was so scared!!! It was fun after I got on with Spencer though. Let's just say Spencer is a bit better with a snowmobile than Dallas. We'd planned to come home on Sunday, but the interstate was closed, so we headed home on Monday. Tuesday we finally went and got some family photos taken, so those will be up as soon as i get them! The boys did awesome, so it was a good experience. And that was our Christmas!

Here we go again!

I figure I'd better let everybody know, because my mom's been spreading the word anyway! (even though it's a bit early) Well... baby number 3 is on the way! I'm actually really excited about this one because it is the first baby that has come planned...well...sortof anyway. I actually wanted to be pregnant a few months ago for scheduling reasons with dallas being in pocatello for school, but it didn't work out that way. I was actually getting worried because the other two were "unplanned" and this one was taking me longer to get pregnant. I know a few months doesn't sound like a long time, but when I was pregnant with Brayden I found out that I may have endometriosis and was told I'd have a hard time getting pregnant ( at the time i thought... yeah right!) So, I was worried that 2 would be the final number. So, I feel incredibly blessed to announce this pregnancy! My sisters-in-law (Taralee and Rose) just had baby boys a day apart! So, now I'm really ready for this baby to come! I haven't gone to the doctor yet so I'm only a month along... i'll let you all know the actual due date after the doctor visit.

Thanksgiving in St. George

We spent Thanksgiving in St. George where Dallas' grandparents live. We went with his mom and dad in the suburban. The boys actually did pretty well with the long drive. Hyrum had his movies to entertain him and we had lots of snacks. It was fun to actually meet Dallas' grandparents. Dallas' mom and I went and did black friday shopping. We started at Kohl's and one waited in the hour long check-out line while the other shopped and then we would swap. Worked-out good. Then we went to Office Max real quick and then on to JC Penny. So, we weren't too crazy of shoppers, but it was fun. Here is a video of how Brayden kept kicking his leg to stay awake:

Brayden's B-day

I was sick the week of Brayden's birthday, so we didn't celebrate it until a week after! He didn't mind.;o) He actually ate the cake and loved it! He's such a goober. He's a very determined, mischevious little boy. He'll go to the tv to push some buttons and look to see if i'm watching then look back at the tv, back at me (with a smile now) and then start pushing buttons! Little stinker! We also discovered that he is allergic to eggs and I'm definitely thinking milk too. I started giving it to him slowly and the next day he had diarrhea, same thing happened when i tried introducing it again once the first round of diarrhea ended. So, we'll be making a trip to see the doctor one of these days. Anyway, we just love him and he is so fun!

Halloween... a little late!

I'm a bit behind, so I'll do a quick catch-up! Here are some Halloween pics. We did trunk-or-treating with Tyrell and Rose and the kiddies. Dallas was a cop, I was a superhero (remember college days here...going to see the incredibles???) Hyrum was a dinosaur and Brayden was a clown.