My Favorite Time of Year!

I love Christmas! This is my favorite time of year! I love decorating the tree and the house.I love being at the malls and hearing Christmas music in every store. (not any time sooner then December 1st) I love figuring out what we are going to give for gifts. I love it all!!!! So...I Pretty much love everything Raynel hates about this time of year. But seriously, what we both really love about Christmas is the time we get to spend with our families! This year was the year we spent Christmas Eve with my family! Raynel was working till that evening, so the kids and I went up to my aunts to spend the evening . We always love Christmas Eve and enjoyed the time we got to spend with everyone.

This year we did a fish pond for the kids. It was a big hit. It was all they wanted to do all night!Thanks Mom and Susie! The Gardner kids did a great music number with hand bells! Love the Handmade Sweaters Guys! Lexie, Cael and Alison wanted to show off there talent of singing I am a Child of God

All the performing caused Jordan to drink!

Me and my cute kids! My Cute Grandpa reading us the story of Christ's birth. Jordan enjoying her first candy cane! Yum!

Thanks Everyone! We had a fun Night!

Dreaming of a White Christmas! I think it has been years since we have actually had snow on Christmas! I always find myself saying, "I would not mind if we did not get much snow all winter as long as we get snow on Christmas Morning." Well... this year we got more then just a little snow for Christmas!

It had started snowing the night of Christmas eve and did not stop until the evening of Christmas day.

We soon realised that the car was not going to make through! After Digging the Car out... Raynel had to dig us a path just to get in the house!

Cael and I spent the next day trying to clear the snow away! And Jordan just watched from inside!

What a Cake!!!!!!

Cael loves fire trucks! For his birthday, his Aunt Pam made this amazing Cake! I was sad to have all of us eat it! It really was amazing!

Cael didn't want to eat it either. He just wanted to play with it!

Thanks Pam! You are Great!!!!

Our Birthday Boy!

3 YEARS OLD!

As much as I have been so excited to say Goodbye to the terrible two's! Thinking about this last year I am almost sad to see them go! Cael has been a talker since the day he was born and there is not a day that goes by that he does not have me amazed or even embarrassed at the things that he says! He is always making me laugh and is always reminding me of all the things I should not say! Caels favorite line is," Mom, do you want the sauce?"

He keeps us all in check!!!!

Here are some of my favorite pictures of him this year!

Cael is not only proud of his fire boots but he is also very proud of his big boy pants!!! Cael loves dressing up in Uncle Tanners Football stuff! I just love that cheesy Smile!!!! Cael is such a great big Brother! We love you Cael!!!!!!

Our Little Photographer

I don't know about you mothers that have a two or three year old... But My Cael is OBSESST with taking pictures! Besides always wanting to talk to who ever is on the phone, He is always asking if he can take pictures with our camera. Most of the pictures he takes are the most horrific angles and poses of myself that can absolutely not be seen by any other living being. But yet he still thinks that he is the best and never fails to say after every shot "That's a cute one!"

Yesterday I had to be on the phone with the phone company for what seemed like hours.By the looks of the pictures I found on my camera last night, Cael really enjoyed this time of freedom. Not only was he able to get pictures of Raynel and Jordan, he also got really good at getting pictures of himself.

Raynel and Jordan

FACES THAT A MOTHER CAN TRULY LOVE!!!!!

OUR THANKSGIVING "BACATION"

This year for Thanksgiving we went down south to St. George. With life as crazy as it has been this is the first time we have gone on any sort of vacation since Cael was a baby. This was a break that we were really looking forward to. On the Drive Down Cael just kept asking "Are we on our bacation yet?" He was really just as excited as we were to get away. As Raynel and I were talking about the stops along the way Cael heard us talk about stopping in Nephi. He got so excited and would not stop asking us when we were going to meet George and Nephi?

We had a great time and loved spending the time with Raynel's Family!

Jordan and Cael helping me pack!

Cael waiting to meet Nephi and Jordie with some great bead head!

Cael with his best buddy Henry

Cael with his Grandpa Day

Raynel and I letting Cael show us his photography skills Cael and Jordan got to meet there Great Great Grandma and Grandpa Farnsworth

Jordan and Cael enjoying the outside

THANKS FOR A FUN WEEK!!!!