Christmas 2010

We had such a FUN Christmas! We spent 6 FUN-filled days with Jared's family. Both going out or staying in--we had a GREAT time!!! It was especially nice to see Sammy play with his cousins--he has so many that are his age.
Some of us met one day at a park. Sammy, of course found a puddle (we've been having a lot of rain lately) and went swimming--really. He got wet from HEAD to TOE.
Jared took off his wet cloths and Sammy just kept on playing.
Thankfully, Aubree lent Sam her jacket.
This was a before-the-puddle shot on the walk to the park.
Christmas day. I am so proud of this shot. It's hard to get Sammy to smile for the camera. But all I did was say "SMILE!" and Sammy just started laughing.
Quinny got this toy in his stocking.
Aubree and Sammy very engaged in the show they were watching.
Here's chubby Quinn in his Christmas PJ's. I don't have one of Sammy because he got his dirty right away.

This was taken later on in the week. I loved seeing these guys playing together. They got along great--for the first few hours, but it was always a fun few hours.
Here's handsome Quinn. Thanks Baylee for giving him this outfit. The tie wouldn't fit because Quinn has too many chins to button the top button.
Here are my beautiful boys all ready for church. Quinn was being more cooperative for this shot than Sam. Sam had all the new toys to play with!
We had such a fun Christmas. It was nice to see everyone, but we missed those who couldn't make it.

So, Jared gets a bean bag for Christmas and I get...

THIS!!!
Yep, Jared got me a car for Christmas!!! We've been talking about getting a new car for awhile because our current family car was going downhill fast. So, it was really a gift for us all, it was just really great timing to surprise me on Christmas morning. The real surprise was HOW NICE of a car Jared got!!! It's practically brand new and has so many fun features!
We had a great Christmas. Some more pictures of the kids a re coming soon!

A white Christmas?

For Christmas my mom bought Jared some new filling for his "precious" bean bag. Jared loves his bean bag but I've been wanting to throw it away for the longest time because it just wasn't comfortable! So my mom got him a very nice gift. Before we could put in the new stuffing we had to take out some of the old "stuffing." So it looks like it SNOWED in our house. Sam LOVED playing in the "snow," he was actually swimming in it. So, it was a HUGE pain , but...
it's a comfortable seat again! But, we're still finding little snow pieces EVERYWHERE in our house. And I'm sure we'll still be finding them next Christmas.

Thanksgiving weekend

We were in Utah for Thanksgiving this year, and we had SUCH a NICE TIME! There was a lot of snow for us to play in. I thought it looked beautiful, but Sam didn't like playing in it this time. Jared liked the workout he got while shoveling it though.

Here's my boys with Marci's kids. Everyone LOVED getting their picture taken with little Quinny!
Baylee MADE Quinn's hat. I love it and it looks like Quinn loves it too. Thanks Baylee!
There was a lot of movie watching at grandma and grandpa's house. Sam loved the company too.
Dad was the BEST one at getting Quinn to calm down or fall asleep. Awh...sooooo cute!
We blessed Quinn in my parent's ward on the 28th. It was so nice to have so much family come to be there! It was a SNOWY day so it meant even more that everyone braved the icy roads. It was such a nice day, and a fun party after church with good food and good company. Thank you everyone for coming! (I love how Sam is playing with my hair in this picture)
Here is the man of the day. He was so calm during his blessing. Jared was able to take his time and he really gave Quinn such a beautiful blessing.
A family picture. What handsome boys I have!!!

Trunk or Treat

I had such a good time at our ward's Trunk or Treat this year! Sam did better too--he would actually walk up to people who were offering him candy. He didn't get it last year. (Sam and Jared are in this picture. Look for the bright green spot at the front of the room.)
After everyone was done outside, we all came in to the cultural hall and watched the "parade."
They were playing the song "Ghost Busters" and Sam loves to dance when there's music playing, so these pictures are of him dancing.
It shows that he was having such a good time! I was having a GREAT time watching my husband parade my dancing child around the room, while dancing to the music himself. I love that Jared didn't care who was watching--he was going to dance with his son! What a good dad!!!
These pictures are of my Primary class. Here's cute Little Red Ridding-Hood.
Here's a scary Zombie--YIKES!
Here's a beautiful Greek goddess.
And here's the pretty green M&M--love the boots!
Quinn was a hit in his bat costume! A lot of people were surprised I could find a real costume that small. Thanks, mom for sending it. He was so snug in this little fleece romper!
And here is my little dinosaur. Sam even had the sound effects down. He was growling at everybody! He is such a fun little guy!

My boys

My friend, Amy, made these shirts for my boys--aren't they so cute?!? (the shirts and the kids) Finally Quinn fits into his. I never got to let Amy see them wearing these shirts, so hopefully she sees this post.
Looking at this last picture is interesting to me. I don't see any family resemblance between the two. Neither do I see any of me or Jared in them. Oh well.

Quinn @ 2 weeks old

Here you go Marci and Mandi
My sisters have been requesting MORE pictures of the new baby. He's 2 weeks in these pictures, but he's 5 weeks today--what a difference 3 weeks makes! I think he's a little over 8 lbs in these pictures, but now he is over 10lbs! AND he no longer just zonks out anywhere--I actually have to work to get him to sleep now!