Christmas Eve 2008

Baby Linnea is always smiling!

My smile here is from Dandin........ We were playing BINGO and he would eat the pieces when I wasn't looking!!!

We had some members of the ward build this for us!!! WOW!!! They did such a great job!

She fights everyday to get that thumb and....oh....oh....oh....she got it. Mmmmm that's good!

Here we all dressed up to tell the story of Christmas and baby Jesus. The kids love to dress up!

My wife is so beautiful and what a great mother!!

Snow In Leeds!!! 8 inches

Tasia is posing in the snow after we built this beautiful blue snowman named Frosty Oatmeal
Tasia is very creative with her names and she loves to name everything.

Look how cute this snowman turned out! It was so cold for this snowman in such a warm climate, even he turned blue, along with Dandin's hand's. He would not wear gloves and before long he was crying and wanted to come back in. He is just like his Daddy!

Ryland made the head with his pink gloves on........ I don't know!!!

What a beautiful babe!!

Dandin had his first real snow experience and he started liking it and then hated it. I think he finally learned to like the glove thing!

Having Fun Making A Gingerbread House

This last Friday we got together with our friends Bryce and Brandi to making cookies and decorate a gingerbread house. The kids had a lot of fun. They enjoyed the cookies. The kids started helping with the gingerbread house, but after awhile we moved them to sugar cookies. It is a lot harder than you think to decorate a house with three kids wanting to help out. Jeff and I ended up finishing it without the children.

Bryce & Brandi holding Linnea

Look how big I am getting!

I can't believe how big she is getting. These pictures were taken right before Thanksgiving. She has probably gained a couple more pounds since then. She is growing up way to fast. Linnea is a very good baby. We really enjoy having her in the family. She is now two and a half months old and 14 pounds.

Linnea's Baby Blessing

Here is some beautiful pictures of Linnea. She looked wonderful in her blessing dress. Thanks mom for making it. It's beautiful, just like my daughter.

Some cute pictures!

For one of Tasia's family school projects, she had to make a turkey out of whatever she wanted. We made it out of cereal and fruit roll-ups. It turned out really cute.

While Dad, Tasia, and I worked on the turkey, the boys wrestled. Dandin is getting pretty tough. He can hold his own with Ryland.

Dad and Tasia hard at work.

For family home evening we roasted marshmellows on a thing called a volcano. The kids had a lot of fun and it wasn't as messy as a fire or as smelly. The volcano is pretty cool, you can cook almost anything on it. Grill things, dutch oven and roast things, etc.

I love this picture of baby Linnea and Jeff. So adorable.

Happy Halloween!!!

Our beautiful Princess! Tasia wanted to be Alexa from Barbie's Diamond Princess. She had a lot of fun at school today. She loved dressing up. They had a parade around the school and they had a Halloween party in her Kindergarten class.

A princess, two fireman and a little kitty. What fun Halloween is.

All of the cousins met at Grandpa and Grandma DeWitt's house for pictures. Are family is really growing. These are some really great costumes.

Instead of going trick or treating around town, we did a trunk or treat in the church parking lot. I love the idea. It is so much safer and the kids are still able to get a bunch of candy. They love it.

Dandin absolutely loved this dog dressed up like super-man. He couldn't keep his eyes off of it.

Linnea's First Bath

Here are some pictures of Linnea's first bath. With all of my other children their umbilical cord fell off between one and two weeks. Linnea's was being difficult and didn't want to fall off on its own. The doctor said that if it didn't fall off by four weeks that he would help it, so that is what we did. He had to put some special stuff on it and the next day it came off. Yea! We were getting tired of sponge baths. She seemed to enjoy her first bath, even though the sink was a little small for her.

Pumpkin Carving at Grandpa Steve's

This last Sunday we went to Grandpa Steve's and did some pumpkin carving. The kids had a lot of fun doing it and spending time with Grandpa and Grandma. Tasia's pumpkin is a castle. Ry's is the silly face and Dandin's is the regular smiling pumpkin. I think they each fit the kids personalities well.

Dad did a good job carving the pumpkins. Coby played some songs for us. Jeff and Coby sound great together.

Dandin claimed this chair for his own. He wouldn't share with anyone.

Grandma Randi looking cute in her pumpkin shirt holding baby Linnea.

Fishing with Dad!

Jeff and the kids decided to go try out Ryland's new fishing pole. They went to a couple of ponds in St. George. Unfortunately they didn't catch any fish. The kids sure did have fun.

What a wonderful family I have!

Ryland and Dandin love to run. It is hard to keep up with them sometimes.

Since Dandin didn't really fish, he threw rocks in the pond. He loved it.

Tasia and Ryland fishing. Are new hobby I think.