It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like....

On Saturday we got out the Christmas decorations and went crazy. The kids had a great time as usual, despite Alex's little cold. Justin got the lights on outside. It's all festive over on this side of the neighborhood!

Thanksgiving 2009

This year we spent Thanksgiving at the Young family cabin. It was so peaceful and nice. The weather was perfect. Both my brothers and their families were there. It was a full house with all 16 of us there! We played in the snow, ate some seriously delicious foods (I even made nanny & poppy's squash pie!), got in some major snuggle time with baby Jack, playtime with my nieces and nephews and just hung around enjoying each others company. Jen and mom even got me to get my butt out of bed at 4:00 am to hit the stores for a little Black Friday shopping! Justin went all Iron-Chef on us and made this out-of-this world breakfast with eggs Benedict with his own homemade sauce, crab, asparagus and mimosas. Um....can we say YUM-O? We had a wonderful time and I'm so thankful for my family. Mom did an amazing job pulling it all together.

More Great Eight!

Alex had three parties. One with his friends from school at Classic Skating. This party was so cool! We went on a Wednesday and the 10 kids had a blast doing everything Classic had to offer! Bounce house, laser tag, jungle gym, roller skating, ball blast zone, pizza, scooters, and a big ol' Indiana Jones cake. They all loved it! Next he had a doughnut party at school with his class and finally a big family party at our house complete with hot dogs and hamburgers grilled up by daddy. Thank you EVERYONE for the super awesome presents Alex got. He is soooooo very happy.

Eight Is Grrrrrrrrrrreat!

My baby turned eight today. I am sad he's growing up. He is excited that he "officially" can sit in the car without a booster (all though he reached the height requirement when he was five ;). He is so smart and loves to cuddle (still, everynight). He loves Indiana Jones, Lego's and Wii. Loves candy, sweat pants and his hiking boots. I love my little man so much. He makes me laugh every day. Congrats on being eight buddy!

Growing Up

Here are the new school pictures of my babies, only, they are not babies anymore :(. This year they have both officially lost that last look of the toddler phase. They are growing so fast. Alex is as tall as Sieauna! This is the year they look like twins. I get asked frequently. Oh I miss my babies, but I love what they are growing up to be.

Sieauna - 2009

Nine years oldAlex - 2009

Seven years old

Ahhhh, Fall. My Favorite Season.

I absolutely love Utah in the fall. Where can you see a more magnificent display of God's beauty? These are just a couple pictures I took over the weekend when Shannon and I went up to the cabin and to Park City. Hope you enjoy as much as I am!

Snowbird Oktober Fest 2009

What a great time of year. We love going up to Snowbird and feasting our eyes on the magnificent colors. Not to mention THE BEER! This year was especially wonderful because we had Shannon in our presence and the kids got really involved!
Sieauna and Alex competed in a huge round of musical chairs with about 20 other kids. Okay, let's paint the picture: down to five girls and Alex, half the crowd is cheering for him, the music starts and stops until it's down to Alex and one other girl. Music stops and, oh bummer, he came in a close second. BUT the winner, this cute little girl, came over and gave the 1st place price to Alex! It was really sweet, she was probably 12 and said "You did a really good job! I would love for you to have my tram ticket." Alex was really excited. We told him if he won we'd all go on the tram. So, we did! Alex was SO hungry, he ate his bratwurst before we even got out of the line!Instead of tramming it back down, we hiked down to the next chair lift and took that down. It was soooo much nicer than taking the tram. It was slower, all outdoor and the scenery was fantabulous! The kids and daddy also got in a slide ride! It was a perfect day and hey...did I mention the beer?

Soul Sisters

My best friend Shannon came in to town for a visit and we were lucky enough to get to host her for a few days. I love spending time with her. Even when we don't see each other for years, we pick up right where we left off. This visit consisted of lots of catching up gossip, a beautiful relaxing lunch at Diva's, old school rap music, food, a barbecue held in her honor to meet my friends, 4-wheeling at my parents cabin, a Wallace family reunion, a visit into Park City, Oktober Fest in Snowbird, and lots and lots of fabulous FOOD!
Justin was super husband and watched the kids so we could spend the entire day together. Then he cooked breakfast for us in the mornings! Today he made us this incredible eggs benedict with crab meat and served it with mimosas. (Love you hunny!)I love this girl. There is no secret she doesn't know. It's so nice to have a soul-sister who you can share EVERYTHING with. Love you Shan!