Moienah's First Birthday

So our little Mo-Mo has turned 1, it seems like yesterday she was born, surprising us on Christmas day. She is such a joy and delight to have in our family. We decided that we would celebrate her birthday in the afteroon, that way everyone has opened their Christmas gifts and she has something to look forward to in the afternoon. We were able to celebrate at Gandma Long's house for her first. I got her a cake that she dove right into and loved. It is amazing how fast babies grow in the first year and how much they learn to do. I am thankful for my sweet little Moienah.

Christmas

On Christmas Eve we spent the day making candy, then we made clam chowder and chicken noodle soup for dinner. The kids were excited to open thier Christmas Eve gift and so we opened them before dinner. For Christmas Eve we always give the kids pajamas, all the kids look forward to seeing what their pajamas will look like, so after opening our pajamas and changing into them we ate dinner.

On Christmas day the girls got us up at 5:30 a.m. They were super excited to open their gifts and see what Santa got them. I told them that everyone had to be awake to open gifts, so they went and woke everyone up. We opened our gifts and then I made cinnamon rolls for breakfast. I had the kids get dressed and we headed down to my moms house for the day.

When we got to Draper the roads were packed with snow and it was a white out, so we pulled over to wait for it to clear up a little. We finally got back on the road and made it to my moms. Most of my family was able to come, some of them were not able to make it because of icy roads.

We spent the day having fun and celebrating Moienah's first birthday. We left around 5:30 and went over to Lamars for dinner. When we left to go home it had snowed tonz, the roads were super slick and it took us over an hour to get home. It was pretty scarry on the roads. I am thankful that we were able to make it home safely.

Christmas Lights

On Sunday we went to Temple Square to see the lights with my family, it was fun. I love looking at Christmas lights. It was super cold but the kids had fun. I forgot my camera so I don't have any pictures from going with my family. On Monday night we went to see the lights with Eric's family. We went out to eat at Skybox and then over to see the lights. We rode the frontrunner down to Salt Lake and the kids loved that, they think we should ride it all the time.
I love the holiday season and seeing family together.

Gingerbread houses

My family got together and made gingerbread houses. It was so much fun, the kids loved decorating thier own little houses. It was good to have most of the family together. The kids love playing with thier cousins and it is always good to hang out with my family. My brother Chris gave Eric a piano lesson while we were there. We brought our new puppy and I don't think she was put down for even a minute, all the kids loved holding her.

I am so thankful to have a wonderful family. One thing that I think is important is to make sure that we are helping make great memories for our kids to grow up with.

Tree Decorating

Tonight we decorated a gingerbread house with the kids. It was a huge mess, the frosting wouldn't stick to the house, the candy was everywhere, and everyone was covered in frosting. The kids had fun and that is what is important. The house fell apart as soon as we finished, but it was fun while it lasted.

We also put up our tree this week, the kids loved decorating and looking at all the ornaments that they have gotten through the years. My mom gives the kids a new ornament every year.

I love the Christmas season and hope to pass on the love of Christmas to my kids.

I Love Your Blog Award

So my sister tagged me for the I love your blog award, I have to answer each of these questions with one word only.

1. Where is your phone? car
2. Where is your significant other? couch
3. Your hair color? brown
4. Your mother? Mildred
5. Your father? Albert
6. Your favorite thing? Family
7. Your dream last night? none
8. Your dream/ goal? education
9. The room you're in? family
10. Your hobby? reading
11. Your fear? death
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? here
13. Where were you last night? home
14. What you're not? outgoing
15. One of your wish list items? car
16. Where you grew up? Orem
17. The last thing you ate? soup
18. What are you wearing? clothes
19. Your t.v? off
20. Your pet? dog
21. Your computer? HP
22. Your mood? happy
23. Missing someone? yes
24. Your car? red
25. Something you're not wearing? watch
26. Favorite store? Walmart
27. Your summer? busy
28. Love someone? always
29. Your favorite color? pink
30. When was the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? Monday

I now award 2 people the "I Love Your Blog Award"
April
Nancy

New puppy

So our new puppy is very loved. The kids want to hold her all the time. She is a very cute puppy. Our dog Boeing is not sure what to think of her, she does o.k. with her until Willow tries to latch on to Boeing to eat, Boeing does not like that at all. She also does not want Willow to get any of her toys. I guess I should be happy that they get along as well as they do.

I took Boeing and Willow in to get their vaccines today, I think that people were laughing seeing me drag one dog, push a stroller, try to keep a 3 year old with me, and hold a tiny puppy. Boeing was going crazy with all the dogs around and trying to keep her under control was hard enough. We weighed the dogs and Boeing weighed 43 lbs. and little Willow weighed 2 lbs. with the leash.

Moienah loves the new puppy and follows it everywhere, Boeing and Willow were laying on Boeing's bed and Moienah crawled in and layed with them. She loves her dogs.