family pictures 2009

Our Christmas Card 2009

andrew 5

billy 9

easton 7

the family

the girls
jocelyn 3, lydia 17 mos

jocelyn 3
lydia 17mos.

bill and me

Christmas Day 2009

santa was here

the goods

more at grandma's house

playing with the favorite gifts

Christmas Eve 2009

it truly is the most wonderful time of the year!

andrew and lydia

christmas dresses


Cousins

wrestlemania

take no prisoners

the girls


The Nativity
mary, joseph and the donkey (jocelyn, blake, and billy)

the angels (baylee and lydia) - a little disgruntled back on the chair, with the shepherd (andrew)


keeping baby jesus quiet (charlotte)

the wise man (easton)

Christmas Eve Presents

traditional christmas pjs

Christmas Baking - Dec 09

yum yum

visiting santa

yup - that's about right - she's 18 months old

better for everyone

first dentist and tons of snow! - november 2009

jocelyn's first visit to the dentist - she was a superstar! other young kids were crying - not my jocelyn!

SNOW SNOW and more SNOW!

we had a total of ONE snow storm last winter that left an inch or two on the ground for 2 days. the rest of the winter we had no snow and many 60 and 70 degree days - nutso weather - we are making up for it this year! tons of snow already and it's only november!

Thanksgiving - 2009

grandma and grandpa earnest came for thanksgiving this year. we loved having them all to ourselves. we had all the traditional food. I cooked the turkey for the third year in a row, turned out great, brining is the key, i think - and then of course not overcooking it! I made my first homemade gourmet key-lime pie - delish! i love food!

carving the turkey

the spread

grandpa & grandma earnest

the ladies



we spent the saturday after thanksgiving up at Uncle Scott and BobbiJo's house in Conifer.

Scott set up a treasure hunt for the kids - they loved it!

kids went sledding - even grandma earnest went down once with jocelyn - never thought I'd see that! so fun!

billy turns 9 - November 17, 2009

he's nine. that sounds old. he is old. he is mature and kind and responsible and oh so smart. he is sensative and thoughtful, he has a surprisingly mature conviction of the reality of our savior and understanding of the scriptures. he is quick witted, funny and a little too charming! he is a great athlete and friend. he is an awesome brother and son. we love our billy.

friend party - bowling and laser tag
billy has such a great group of friends

Never seen anything like this . . .

OOOOOOUUUCH!!! Man this poor little guy was a huge trooper when this happened last night.

We were sitting in the upstairs hallway and Andrew was reading to me, he jumped up to go get a drink of water, and somehow hit his mouth with his knee causing his upper teeth to jam one of his front bottom ones WAY too far down and in front of where it is supposed to be! You can see the path that the tooth took to get to it's new home. Of course Bill was gone at the Broncos Game (stinky game!!) when it happened (that's what we get for allowing one of us to go do something else on a Monday Family night!) So we paged the dentist, who was also at the football game, called over a neighbor doctor, used tweezers to see if the sucker would move (it would not budge at ALL), consulted the doctor that was with Bill at the game, called a babysitter over, almost walked into the ER at Skyridge Hospital, only to end up giving Andrew some motrin and putting him somewhat comfortably to bed for the night - tooth still jammed where you see it. I was prepared for a long night - but Andrew slept through no problem. We went to his dentist first thing this morning and . . . She left it there. Took some X-rays, and said that the best thing to do was to let it move back into place naturally, which she actually thought it might do! Wow, really?! We'll see I guess - two weeks we go back and get it checked out again. Lots of pudding, yogurt and ice cream for this little guy. Anyone have some great suggestions for soft, spoonable, yummy and healthy food - I have a feeling I am going to run out of healthy ideas pretty quickly!

Marathon Photos

Here are the pictures from my first Marathon - St. George Utah - Oct 3, 2009

Brecken and I on the airplane out (all smiles - I had NO IDEA what was in store!)

6:20am - 25 minutes to start - getting dropped off at the starting line

During the Race

nearing the finish line

so happy to be almost done!

after the race