rice cereal.... yummy???

it begins as a game...

we continue the tasting...

"you sure about this mom? this tastes nothing like breast milk."

and with the little miss... we never have to question if she's "done" or not...

she makes it loud and clear!

pregnant nephew...

my sister caught these "gems" in another spontaneous photo shoot... jonas suggested someone put the bouncy ball under there shirt to be like aunt michelle. there were no volunteers, so he did it... all the funnier! we love him... 7 and pregnant :)

my man is THIRTY!!!

he woke up to a table full of goodies!

a large cupcake just for him! make a wish...

and blow out the candles!

did you get that wife??

oh what a handsome man :) lucky me....

beauty and the beast turn 30...

happy THIRTY to US!!

we celebrated it with Beauty and the Beast

at the Fox Theater... compliments of my hubs...

oh happy day :)

we're a family now... 2010

the little miss is FIVE MONTHS!

photos compliments of my oh so talented sister in law shannon :).... more to come later!

watch the eyebrows...

miss phoebe and her curious scowl... curiouser and curiouser!

close up of the fun...

you want me to do what??

oh this is a BLAST!!!!

think again... it's DOOM!!

the human rubber band...

our christmas present to the fam... a human rubber band!!

8 yards of stretchy fabric... sew the ends together... 4 people... lean back.... and SLING!!!

note: beware of injuries :)

sitting up at 5 months!

phoebe's present to us... learning to sit up!

just about got it...

ta-dah!!

christmas morning...

started out nice... just wanted to eat the paper

tried some more and more...

see the scowl forming... stop takin my paper momma!

and that's enough of that....

when you can't kiss her enough...

there's something so fun about having a little mini me :)

such a curious little thing...

oh the fun of getting her to smile!

okay momma... i think i've had enough!!

candy cane demo!

in california for christmas this year we went to a candy cane demonstration... this large chunk in the red and white stripes becomes this below...

kneed it, dye it, chunk it, chop it, roll it, package it, and voila!

as you can see, phoebe was absolutely fascinated with the whole process ;)

here are some of the onlookers... miss aleigh, malia, kirra, kristine, and grammie...

simply scrum-di-di-ly-umptious!

early present :)

these two little beauties... gorgeous lamps i wanted that dallin purchased for me from "the dump"... love that place.

hand painted lamp shades on antique buckets! talk about quite the find!! merry christmas to me... er... i mean... US!! :)