Dec 30, 2008

The rest of December . . . (except for a couple of special events)

Sorry, this post is all out of order, but you'll get the idea.

The night before we left I had all of the S boys sit down and play the dirty diaper game that we played at Sara's baby shower. I believe Matt won with 100%! That was better than any of the ladies got at the shower.













On Saturday night (the 27th of December) we had our S family Christmas celcebration. Here we are opening presents . . .
You may not recognize this cute young lady. This is Emmy, our soon to be sister in-law. She and Rob are going to be sealed in the Manhattan temple on Valentines day.




The picture below is what happens when my flash and Papa S flash go off at the same time.

Here is Papa S. playing with Emmett. My favorite thing was watching Brian let Emmett pull his hair to his little heart's content. (I don't know if that has done me any favors though:)

The S. fam had a big family get together with their cousins, who were in town from Texas, Grandpa M. and Aunt Janet, and Grandma and Grandpa S.

These pics are from Christmas Eve at the T. home. It was great having Grandma and Grandpa N. there with all of us crazy kids!







This was on Saturday the 19th. We went bowling the Brian, Emilie and Rob.


We had a big BYU football party on the 19th to watch the Vegas Bowl. It was so much fun having My older siblings and their families over, as well as a bunch of Paul's old college roommates.While on vacation we also got together with Natter and Mike for lunch, went to Papa Kelsey's in Twin Falls, Paul went geo cashing with Bryan and Mark, I took Scott's senior pics in Mertaugh and Amy came along for the ride, we made a gingerbread house, attempted to look at Christmas lights in Hansen, but never found them:) We played games, ate a LOT of yummy food, watched a lot of movies, visited Dave and Laura at their new condo and experienced some extreme winter weather!
Emmett had a lot of fun playing with his cousins! It was so much fun watching his little girl cousin N. sneak up stairs and read him stories when he was supposed to be napping. We would hear him laughing and that's how we knew she was up stairs playing with him. She also did a great impression of Emmett's one of a kind laugh. When we visited Dave and Laura, Emmett got so excited when we walked into Aly's room and he saw her sleeping in her crib. He also enjoyed playing with Nathan and all of his masculin toys! When we got home I had to go to Wal-Mart and spend Emmett's Christmas money on a little fisher price walker, because he enjoyed Nathan's so much.
I think that about covers Christmas. Here ar some pics from December at our home.
Emmett loves it when we brush his gums.
He discovered the keys on the piano.
We had our own little family Christmas before we left for Utah. Emmett opened his first stocking and found wood blocks.

Here is our family photo with the gifts that we got.


I didn't take any pictures on Christmas morning, because we were too busy video taping everything. Emmett got some really fun toys and cute clothes. We are grateful for everyone's generosity and had a great time with all of you.

Now it is your turn to come and visit us!:)

Dec 16, 2008

Paul's 2008 holiday party






We went to the balboa bay harbor yacht club and it was beautiful.

Dec 15, 2008

2008 family pictures









We need to get some more sun next year!:)

Dec 14, 2008

Emmett over the last couple weeks . . .

He was having a rough night and came in to lay down with Mom and Dad.
Paul gave him a piece of ice to play with on his stroller tray when we were out for lunch.




He thought all of the Christmas decorations were really neat when I got them out to decorate.

What baby doesn't love playing with a doorstop?!

Nov 27, 2008

Gobble! Gobble!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov 22, 2008

E Playing and a peak at our weekend adventure . . .











(I love the look of wonder on his face! This little kitchen has been THE best toy for him! It is the perfect size for him to climb all over and not get hurt, usually.)

This weekend we attempted to go and visit the San Juan Capistrano Mission. When we got there we found out they charge $9 per person! Good thing I got to go there when I was in High School! We had a great time walking around the rest of the town though. I'll post more pictures later on "Creative Cookie."

Nov 20, 2008

Thanks Moms!

I just have to document this momentous occasion. After 2 years of having a blog both of our Mom's left comments for the first time this week!

Parents will do all sorts of things once you give them a grandchild;)

I think it is really do to the fact that they are becoming super tech savvy! Go Grandmas!

Thanks!

We love you!

Uuuuuuhhhhh......

My brain is going in a million different directions right now. Needless to say, I am feeling a little overwhelmed. You know those times when you can think of about fifty things you could be doing, but don't even know where to start? That's today!

I have also been thinking about how my blog has been pretty lame lately, not that E is lame, but I don't want our blog to be ALL baby ALL the time. I have a list of things I want to blog about, but alas I can't seem to conquer any list right now. So, until I get around to that list I have a little secret to share with all of you...

Although I generally post daily, I don't blog daily. I LOVE batch blogging! I usually sit down on a Saturday (when Paul is taking care of E) and spend some of my "alone time" blogging. I download my pictures from the past week and put the aforementioned list to good use. Hopefully that will be the case this Saturday and you will all have delightful posts to read daily next week!

PS I just finished my first custom card order this week and it was so much fun! I loved working with my client to create something specifically for her family that totally suited their personalities and complimented their family photo. I think it was extra gratifying because I don't even know this woman! She just stumbled across my blog.

I feel blessed. I hope you do to!

Now I better go tackle the five to do lists I have sitting on my desk...

Nov 19, 2008

Little Blue Overalls


Whenever I dress E in his little Osh Kosh overalls they make me smile. Why? because when I was pregnant I went shopping with my Mom and Grandma. We stopped at D.I. to see if we could find some decent baby clothes. I found a lot of stuff, some of it was brand new with original tags! Anyway, I was going to put these overalls back because I was far exceeding my spending limit. My Mom and Grandma insisted that every little boy needs a pair of Osh Kosh overalls so they each paid $1 and bought them for me.:)

Nov 18, 2008

Tag

My friend Brendi tagged me for this QUIRKY tag. Here's how it goes: I am supposed to tell 6 quirky things about myself and tag 4 other people (and leave a note that you tagged them on their blog), so here it goes:

1. My hands are a little on the large side. My brothers call me "Lori Ann man hands." (I can't believe I just shared that.) I know the next time I see any of you, you will be staring at my hands!

2. I don't like Italian food.

3. I don't like the sound of sports on the TV. I am always asking Paul to turn it down, or on Sundays we have an agreement that sports are muted.

4. I don't like to exercise by myself and basically don't, unless I have someone to go with. (I am so grateful for my walking buddy!)

5. I don't like to cook something that requires more than 5 or 6 ingredients.

6. I enjoy organizing, but I don't enjoy cleaning.

I know you are thinking Paul is the luckiest guy in the world right now! Ha! I tag, Christie, Danielle, Mikelle and Lisa.

Nov 17, 2008

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