Me at Emree's age

The Infamous Santa Pictures...

Every child needs a picture on Santa's lap, whether they are screaming or not. My cousin James played Santa at our ward Christmas party and we captured four very priceless moments.

First, James' own daughter Jeanna would not sit on Santa's lap. She definitely didn't recognize her dad.



Second, is Tyler. He loves Candy Canes and presents.



Third, our new friend's the William's daughter Haddie seem to think Santa was out to get her.



Fourth, someone forgot to tell Emree not to flirt with scary old men. She has always loved older men. In the airport when she was little she would smile at the strangest men she could find and then I was stuck having a conversation with them. (No offense James... you made one amazing Santa).

Sunday Naps are the Best!

Wait I wouldn't know... Emree only napped for about 20 minutes today. I was tired and sick of her crawling all over me as I tried to catch a few zzzs laying on the floor next to her pile of toys that she refuses to play with. I gave in and to entertain her I gave her some candy in her chair.She was simply delighted. First I gave her a sucker and grabbed a piece of chocolate for myself, but she quickly wanted the chocolate I was eating. Figures. She was pretty happy and who can blame her. Don't judge me for my bad mothering. Just enjoy the photos. :)








Don't worry... besides teaching her to eat candy, I won't forget to help her floss her teeth!

Piggytails!

Today we decided to do a little something different with Emree's hair and I was pretty excited that it fit into two really cute piggytails. However, by the end of the day it looked a little scary!

Catch-ING up!

We have been busy ...

moveING, welcomING Quinn, car buyING, crawlING, grabbING everything, thankING, dancING, workING, vendING, growING, choosING a school, stringING lights and the list goes on and on.

We are excited to be heading to Denver! We are excited to have to watch Emree like a hawk as she is crazy mobile! We are excited to be in Washington! We are excited to have a "new to us" Car!

A very very very long trip!

Picture this:

We were moving our stuff from California to Washington. My brother Jordan filled his entire truck, every available space. We filled out entire car. From California to Utah we forgot one small thing, our car doesn't have a heater. This didn't affect us in the warm California fall, but on our 9 hour drive from Orange County to Provo (in the middle of the night) we were afraid we might freeze. Or should I say we were afraid Emree might freeze.

Sad to say, this story only gets worse.

We spent a few days in Utah and then we added a U-Haul full of stuff on to the back of Jordan's truck. We then put Ty in our car alone (because of the lack of heat) filled the rest of the car and hopped into Jordan's truck for a 12 hour trip.

We only made it to Treemonton. The car broke down at 6 o'clock p.m., just in time for all of the mechanic shops to be closed. Two hours later we abandoned it for someone to look at in the morning. Ty hopped into the warm truck with the rest of us and off we went.

Sad to say, this story gets worse.

We got to the Blue Mountains and found our selves out of gas between LaGrande and Pendleton. We had such short notice that we didn't quite get the truck off the road. It was lightly snowing and 2 am. The car died and so we couldn't turn on the hazards so the boys headed out to flash their phones. They were trying to get the Semi trucks to notice the car and someone to stop. A snow plow man, 5 gallons of gas, a jump, lots of prayers, and one and a half hours later. We were back on the road.

Glad to say, this story doesn't get worse.

We made it!

Cute as can BEE!

Or at least we think so!

Emree, Ty and I dressed up for a trunk or treat. I have been waiting for Halloween since the days she was born. Nothing is cuter then babies in costumes!

This is her with Mandi!

Brian refers to this picture as "EmBEE!"

We can't wait to put this costume back on for Halloween.