Christmas 2014

I'm a little out of order, but how could I forget CHRISTMAS?!?!  It was possibly the best Christmas ever!

This year we had a Polar Express party with the Williams Fam.  We made golden tickets, the kids all wore pajamas, we had a hot chocolate bar, I taped a railroad track out of duct tape on my floor, we blew up the air mattress, turned off all the lights, and watched Polar Express!  It was a blast! 

Cash and Kinley are such sweet babies.  They both wanted Jaime to hold them! 

 All snuggled up for the movie

 When the movie got crazy, so did the kids on the air mattress!

 Addison chugging along the track

 At Grandma Jensen's house we re-enacted the nativity scene.  The kids did a terrific job!  Then we listened to Grandpa's Christmas records.  We danced and sang and had a fun "old time" Christmas feeling.  

 Addison took her job as Mary very serious.  She was a rock star.

 I wrote what Addison wanted to write to Santa, and she copied her very own letter!

 I love decorating for Christmas.  My house feels so magical being lit with Christmas lights!

 Christmas morning!  Cash wasn't sure what to make of it.  The first thing he wanted was some food.  As soon as we got him a roll, he was ready to open gifts :)

 Our matching jammies this year were fleece flannel.  Stewart and I both had matching pajama pants and black shirts.  We love matching Christmas eve Jammie traditions!

 Opening one handed!

 Elsa and Anna Jammies

 Addison was so proud.  She picked this spider man doll out for Brogan and he loved it! Good job Addison!

 Cash didn't have to open presents, so usually someone had to help him.

 My sweet baby.

 He loved being able to just be with us. He didn't have to be tearing into presents, or running around.  I sat on the floor with him for the better part of the morning trying to get him to open things on his own, but I usually had to help him.  He was just so content to be with us and take in all the goodness of Christmas morning.

 Addison got a doc sticker kit.

 Opening the big present from Santa.

 A train table set!

 My four favorite people in the world.

 Addison opening her Santa present, A Doc-Mobile!

 Cash loves a good Selfie!

 I sure love this baby.

 Doc in front of the tree.

 Brogan got some fun toy story figurines.

 Cashtheflash got some fun toys too.  Along with this he got a drum (all of our favorite) ;)

 So much fun!

 Our last present we needed to go to Grandpa Funk's for. Meet Bullseye, our miniature pony/donkey.  She's an older pony, whose owners are all grown up now.  She has some hoof problems, so she's not always up for a ride (that's when the donkey in her comes out), but she's been great for Addison and Brogan to start learning how to care for a larger animal.  They walk around her, pet her, brush her, and Addison can even get her halter on (almost) all by herself!  She's been a great pet.  

Another tradition we've started is to have all the Grandparents come visit us on Christmas day.  We used to try and head to both sets of parents, but with the kids getting older, we just want to stay put and relax a bit.  Our parents have been so good about coming and seeing us anyway.  They always bring their presents and the fun and love continues in our house.  We love Christmas day!

Family Pictures Spring 2015

We got our Family pictures done this spring by my Friend Hailey Dixon.  She did such a great job, I love them!  Of course, everytime we have family pictures a million things aren't going our way (the wind was blowing, one kid fell asleep on the drive over, another demanded a snack before they would cooperate).... but such is life.  We still got some pretty good shots! 

 Brogan is such a handsome little man!  He just turned 4, and he's such a big boy!

 Addison turned 5 in January, and she's growing up to be quite the little lady (with just enough Sass to be her Mother's child)

 This is my favorite picture of all-time.  My perfect little family.

 These three are such good buddies.  Addison and Brogan have always treated Cash SO well.  In fact, a few weeks ago I was talking to my mom.  I said, "When do you think the 'newness' of Cash will wear off and they'll start treating him like they treat each other."  My Mom said, "Maybe he's just so special that they will always treat him like he is."  She didn't know how right she would be.

Cash fell asleep in the car on the very {so very} short drive to our photo shoot.  We took as many pictures of the other kids and Stew and I before we woke him up.  It ended up in Cash not being his normal happy self for pictures.  Even though these pictures do his personality little justice, he's still one handsome little dude!

Such handsome boys I have!

These three are my world!

Special buddies.

My Baby boy.

Our traditional "Don't look" picture!

Vegas! Girls trip 2015

This spring I was able to go on a girls trip to vegas with some of the most awesome people there ever were! We left Thursday night, flew from Boise into vegas, and flew home Sunday afternoon. We rode to and from the airport in style (a limo both ways!). We walked up and down both sides of the strip, ate waaay too much delicious food, danced on the coyote ugly bar, danced at a concert and threw a few penny slots on Fremont street. We stayed out late every night, slept in, made an awesome model video montage, and went to the amazing circ d'solei show,  "O".  My abs hurt just thinking about all the laughing we did. Such a fun group, and an awesome get-away!

Stewart at 29

Look who turned 29 this March. He enjoyed his remote control helicopter until it crashed to it's death only a few short days after his birthday. He's such a kid (I  usually tell people I have four kids) ;)

I love you Stewart. You make me happy and i can't imagine this life without ya!