Cute Pics

The kids had fun playing at the park by Aunt Kristin's house in Phoenix.
This is her cute son Anson.

Aunt Kristin and Linnea.

Linnea has found her thumb again. She lost it for a few weeks,
but she is back at it. She also loves to suck on blankets. It is so cute.

Having fun on a truck!

Handsome boy!

Linnea loves this toy. It is fun watching her try to
get all of the toys. She is growing up to fast.

Mini Jeff. I can't believe how much he looks like his daddy.

Ry absolutely loves to wear his pj's everywhere and all of the time.

Tasia is looking so grown up. She loves using the desk daddy made.

Little Princess. She loves her daddy.

Phoenix Zoo

This last Weekend we went down to Phoenix to visit Jeff while he worked. We decided to take the kids to the zoo. They loved it. It was fun to see what animals they liked. The Tiger scared Dandin, but he loved petting the goats. Ryland liked the Meerkats, and Tasia liked the Giraffes.

Sorry about the word proof throughout the picture. That is the only way to
get it, unless I wanted to pay a fortune on the pictures.

Christmas Morning 2008

Christmas morning our kids woke up at six and were very excited to open their presents. Ryland was the first to wake us up. He was so excited, he kept yelling "Santa came, Santa came." It was fun to watch the kids get excited about their presents. I love this picture, the kids are all waiting patiently. That is probably the only time they sat quietly.

Our little princess Linnea

A couple of days before Christmas, Ryland informed us that he wanted Santa to bring him his very own camping tent. Thank goodness Santa had time to add it to his list of presents. Ry absolutely loves it.

Tasia and Ryland had fun playing and taking a nap in the tent. Thanks Aunt Sara and Uncle Eric for the pj's. They love them. That is all the Ryland wants to wear now. All day, every day. It is like pulling teeth to get him in anything else. The pj's remind me of Dr. Suess.

Here's mini Jeff (Dandin). I can't believe how much he looks like Daddy. I loved to see the excitment on his face when he would open his presents. This age is so precious.

Tasia's special present from Santa. Her own drawing desk. She loves to draw and color, so Santa
(aka daddy) built a beautiful desk for her. He did an awesome job on it.

This is the boys special present from Santa (aka Daddy). He also built the rocking horse. For never building anything before, Jeff did great. They look very professional. He could sell the rocking horse.

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.