There is a Santa! Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas. And all I have to say is that I Believe in the Magic of Christmas!!! It was so much fun to be with family. We went to my parents home this year, as did my brother and his family. It was so much fun to have Karlee this year, it made the day that much more special. Our Christmas was much more than we had expected, and that is because we have such an amazing family. We are so blessed to have a family that is so thoughtful and caring. We had our traditional Christmas Eve Ham Dinner, followed by the Christmas Nativity, and an evening of games. We had so much fun spending Christmas together. Christmas morning was so much fun as we watched everyone open their gifts left by Santa(s). The morning was priceless as the little kids opened their gifts from Santa. What wonderful memories we have made this year, and we are so grateful for so much.

Christmas Eve pj's from Grandma & Papa (THANKS)

Rob "BoB" with Jordyn and Alyia over the Christmas Break

Karlee playing with her new toys!

Grandma and Grandpa Weston spoiled Karlee this year with an adorable Pink Horse that moves, and plays music, and some cute clothes.

Karlee (and her binkie - must've been tired) with her little pink horse!

Spending time with Family

We had a fun couple of days before Christmas. We headed up north to my aunt and uncles home. This trip was so much fun, Rob worked on their basement floor, doing some Acid Staining, and Karlee and I visited with the family. It was so much fun to come and hang out with them again. I say again, because we both lived in Cedar City years ago, and had so much fun together. The only thing that has changed is that their kids are getting so much older. Wow not sure how they got older and I stayed the same age. ha ha ha. One of the memorable times shared in Cedar City was when Jen and Marty would feed us. Yep probably every other weekend. Seriously we had it so good!!! I think that is what Rob missed the most when we finally left Cedar City 4.5 years ago. Marty always made the best Steaks and with time he has only gotten better. For good ole times, Marty grilled steaks out in 20 degree weather (now that's love!). Rob was in HEAVEN!!! The steaks were delicious! Thanks again.

Look at that Steak!!! WOW!!!

Rachael & Tyler ~ Getting so big!

Karlee had so much fun with Rachael and Tyler. I think that they had just as much fun as Karlee did. What surprised us the most was their little dog "Princess". Karlee took one look at Princess and she was taken, as was Princess. They would follow each other, and Princess got a little protective of her. She would bark if anyone was holding her.

Karlee & Princess

Karlee and Tyler just chillen.

We had so much fun. Again Thanks for everything! Oh yea I guess I should put a picture or two of the finished basement, of which Marty and Jen loved. It turned out beautiful.

Wishing Everyone a Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!!

This is my slacker way of a Christmas Card this year. Just haven't gotten around to it, and really have no excuse. I am so impressed with all you out there that have your act together - Maybe next year! We have been so blessed this year, and if you have followed our blog this year, you have been able to see our most cherished gift, our little Karlee. We are so grateful to have answers to prayers. Christmas time is so much fun for our family and to be able to experience this year with Karlee has been so amazing. To see the light of Christmas through a child's eyes is one of the most precious gift we have been given. At this time of year we think of our Savior, and his birth. We hope that you all have a wonderful and memorable Christmas Season, and hope that the New Year brings many wonderful blessings to you and your families.

Storage for the Winter

We have a little squirrel on our hands. Rob picked up those Gerber Graduates Banana Puffs the other day, thinking maybe she would enjoy a nice snack. What a thoughtful dad! Good News... she does like them, and thinks they are pretty great. So today I put Karlee in her highchair and put some banana puffs on her tray, went about my morning tasks. When I came back they were all gone, I was so impressed that she ate them all gone, I got her out so we could play. As I lifted her out, I saw all the little puffs stashed away in the corner of her seat. Too funny!

Karlee enjoying her Banana Puff snacks!

Karlee's (aka. Our little Squirrel) Winter stash!

Snow has fallen...

We have SNOW. . . WOW. . . about 3-4 inches fell last night. Karlee thought the snow was pretty fantastic. This is the only picture that I have since my camera has stopped working. Not sure why! Karlee thought the snow was pretty cool to see, however that is all she was able to do with that. Karlee is just getting over some sick days, so I didn't want to take her out. But it was pretty cute to see her eyes light up, and then get really serious like, trying to figure it all out. And just as a side note: My dad called this morning to see how much snow we got. He told me that over in Page they got something like 3-6 inches of snow. (which is pretty good for Page) He also told me that they had cancelled their annual NGS basketball tournament due to the weather. This is the first time in its history of tournaments. So crazy, but probably the smart thing to do with everyone having to travel to attend!

Karlee's First Photo Shoot

A couple weeks ago while up north for my niece's baptism, we caught a first... Our little Karlee decided she would pose for grandmas camera. Karlee was really getting into it. She had us all laughing, and waiting to see what she would do next. Here are some of my favorites. Thanks mom for catching these adorable memory moments. Who knew Karlee had it in her...

Karlee meets Santa

Karlee and Santa

This week we had two opportunities to meet Santa. I know, I know most of you would have taken the first opportunity and would have checked it off the "To Do List". But since its Karlee's first Christmas, and I have nothing better to do with my time... we got to see Santa twice this week. Early in the week we had Santa stop by our clubhouse. He was an awesome Santa, from the real beard/mustache, to the white tinted eye lashes. (Which I thought made him look ever so Magical!) Karlee did really well ~ no tears. Only thing was, she was so busy doing what she loves to do - look/study everyone around that we were unable to get her to look at the camera. No big deal! Our second Santa experience was today at Boulevard Home Furnishings. Everyone got a Free digital Santa photo, which was nice, downside the line was almost a 2 hours wait. But what does one expect at Christmas time! We waited patiently along with my brother and his family. Again Karlee did great! I had to scan this picture in, so its not the best quality, none the less still a cute picture.

Kicking off the Holidays

This past weekend we had a wonderful weekend. It started with a fun Family Holiday Party and a gift exchange. Rob's sister Holly was a perfect host, and her house was decorated so cute. I am kicking myself as I forgot to take a picture of her holiday table setting. It was so so beautiful. Great Job Holly!!! We all had a really good time, everyone was enjoying the time together. Karlee and her two cousins Cody and Bo Daniel also had a good time playing together, and then posing for a Christmas PJ picture in front of the christmas tree.

Saturday was a special day as well. We were able to attend the baptism of our neice Abbey. It was such a special day. We just can't believe that Abbey is old enough to be baptized. Wow!!! Now I feel old! Hayley (my sister-in-law) put a yummy breakfast style brunch for all the family that attended the baptism. She really did an amazing job! (stole the pic from sister-in-laws blog)

We ended our wonderful weekend with a nice relaxing day at Rob's parents home. We again ate very well, and took long naps. We ended the night with all the family watching Kung Fu Panda. We are really blessed to have such wonderful families.

Milestone: 10 months

Our Karlee is growing up so darn fast. She is already 10 months old. WOW! She has grown up really fast this past month. Karlee is really loving to eat. She loves when dad lets her drink water from his water bottle he keeps in the fridge. She thinks that she is so big. Karlee also loves when her dad slips food her way. She is a big fan of crackers, and loves eating sweet potatoes. She is moving around really well these days. Infact she is no longer doing her famous army crawl, she has found that crawling on her hands and knees is a much quicker method of getting around. She is growing out of all her clothes... She has such long legs, that she is already wearing 12 month pants, but she is still so darn skinny that when she crawls, she will practically crawl right out of them. Karlee still takes her 2 naps a day, she loves her morning naps as do I (it lasts 2-3 hours... Love it!) She is such a happy baby!

Its Christmas Time!!!