Sister/Cousin Weekend!

This past weekend was a fabulous one to say the least! Shaye was going to be out of town for his traditional extravaganza with his friends so I decided to invite my sister Emily, who has recently moved to Provo to attend BYU and my bestfriend cousin Brittany who lives in Orem to come down to Cedar to have a sister/cousin getaway. I was thrilled when they agreed to come and it turned out to be a fabulous weekend. Brittany's sister Lacee is going to school down here so it was just perfect. Things were going great until late Friday night Mikkel got really sick and wasn't able to enjoy our sister/cousin time on Saturday but luckily she was feeling better Sunday and was able to join us for dinner. All in all I would say it was a complete success and we have already been planning when we will have our next getaway.

Our first night we tried to enjoy a movie after the kids were in bed but it turned out to be SUPER boring. Midnight in Paris, we do not recommend. Good thing we actually had more fun talking and laughing and staying up late like we did when we were young:)

Lacee, Brittany, Me and Ems as things really started to come alive:)

Saturday we had a full day. We started by headed to the Aquatic center for a swim. The kids loved it! Emily brought Mikkel's kids since she wasn't feeling well. I tried to take some pictures there but none of them turned out. It was to steamy in there to get a clear picture. We were thankful the water was so nice and warm though. After the pool we came home for the kids to take naps while the mom's enjoyed some down time. Here is Blake, Bridger and Peyt enjoying some tub time before it is off to bed for them.

Shaye was home Saturday night and he made us his new specialty of hot chocolate with ice cream for our late night treat. I must say it was pretty tasty!

Here is Peyton and Blake after church on Sunday. Aren't they just about the sweetest little boys you've ever seen!? Peyton loved having Blake here and Blake was so great to play so nicely with Peyt. They were too cute, Blake kept calling Peyton his bestie and he would set these little chairs close together and want Peyton to come sit by him.

Peyton loved to chase him around and try to do everything he was doing. We miss you Blake hope you come back to see us soon!!

Yay Mikkel was back with us! Here we are after we enjoyed a wonderful dinner after church.

One more of the cute boys before they had to hit the road, Blake had set the chairs up again, ha ha:) Me and Peyton are missing everyone today but we are so so thankful they came to see us and can't wait til we can get together again!! Thanks again for driving down Brittany and Emily it was a blast!

Peyton's Favorite Things

I can't believe how quickly Peyton is growing up! I see his personality come out more and more everyday. He is always making me laugh at the silly things he does. Here are a few of his favorite things right now and what he's been up to.

Peyton has loved shoes for quite some time now. He always wants me to put on my shoes and put his shoes on him but lately he likes putting mine and Shaye's shoes on. At first he would get really frustrated cause he couldn't keep them on and he would fall. But I must say he has kept at it and now he is becoming quite good at walking in our shoes. He doesn't need our help to put them on anymore so he will just come walking by and I'll notice them and it makes me laugh every time:)

He continue to love to cheese it for the camera but now he knows that you can see the picture on the back so he always wants to come see what he looked like in the shot. I love those big brown eyes!

He thinks he is quite the big boy these days and does not need my help for many things that he thinks he can do on his own, like eating. He refuses to take anything from a spoon in my hand but when I hand it over to him this is what happens. I guess he has to learn some how.

This was a successful bite, maybe half of the applesauce made it in his mouth.

This weekend Peyton and his cousins got a treat when their uncle Brandon came to town and brought his new puppies. Don't ask me why Brandon now has two puppies I was very surprised myself but Peyton, Tavin and Trajen thought it was the best thing ever! Here is Peyton trying to get Tank to talk to him, they are pretty darn cute.

What a cute little thing he is and Peyton thought so to.

I think this one is Teddy.

Last but not least one of Peyton's favorite things is his Daddy! He knows when he hears the garage door open that Dad is coming home and he will run to the door and wait. It is so cute and he loves all the silly games Shaye plays with him like snakes on the bed and pillow fights. Oh the excitement Peyton brings to our lives, I don't know what we did for entertainment before?!

A Happy New Year and then some

Can't believe we are into 2012! Crazy how the years keep flying by, faster and faster it seems. We had a good New Year's and 2012 is going great so far. Here are just a few pictures of Peyton sporting some of his new Christmas gifts and such.

Now doesn't he just look like a little stud muffin? Shaye and I got these for Peyt for Christmas and Shaye has some matching ones too. It is just about the funniest thing when he puts them on and he's walking around the house playing and wearing these, makes me smile every time:)

Peyton's new favorite thing, put on any clothes he sees. If he finds clothes on the floor he wants to put them on. Dad's socks and shirt almost fit him just right.

Peyton got these styling new camo jammies and matching robe from GG for Christmas. He looks like a little miniature man walking around, to cute!

Me and Shaye on New Year's Eve. We had a nice evening enjoying a nice dinner at Rusty's and then treats and games with friends. It was wonderful except when at almost exactly midnight I was running to the bathroom to ring in the new year throwing up! It was pretty awful especially since I have only thrown up once in the past ten years! I guess that wouldn't be considered getting 2012 off to a good start...hope the rest of the year goes better:)

Some more cute jammies from Gpa Chuck and Connie, wait till you see his little bum...

too cute, love the bum flap, ha ha.

Shaye enjoyed a couple days ice fishing with his Dad and Bransen during the holiday's. Looks like it was a pretty nice day...not so much for the fish of course, sorry little buddy:(

Shaye and the boys. This is Peyton and his good friend Trace Quarnberg.

Cute little guys:)

Merry Christmas to all!!

What a great Christmas weekend! I am still trying to recover from little sleep and good eats:) We had a great time with family and are very grateful for all the kind gifts we received. Peyton had a fabulous weekend. He didn't care at all about the gifts he just loved seeing all of his favorite people and he loved all the decorations! He loves Christmas trees and lights! It was fun to watch him with everyone and see how happy he was. We can't believe how much he is growing up and how much he is changing and learning. He is getting so smart and sometimes finding himself in trouble but he makes us smile and laugh everyday and we just couldn't love him more!

Christmas started early last week when Peyton got to go to Aunt Janet's and open a present.

Good thing I took a picture this was the only present he helped open all weekend.

This is Christmas Eve morning, I swear Peyton knew it was a special day he was so happy and crazy all day.

Peyton was SO excited when GG got to town! He really was it was cute he followed her around the moment she arrived and wanted to help her bring everything in. She brought him this very cute rocking horse that Peyt is still warming up to. He was a little scared of him at first but they are becoming better friends now:)

Don't we look like an excited bunch? Good thing me and Bransen are excited, everyone else doesn't seem to excited for Santa to come, or maybe they were nervous about the food since I did some cooking:)

Everybody waiting for Jenn to call us on skype from the Philippines on her mission. Grandpa Chuck wouldn't let the computer out of his sight he wanted to be the first to see her face.

Here's the busy body just running circles around the house.

I just realized this was our 5th Christmas together, crazy how the time goes by and how much has changed.

Our little family

Merry Christmas morning!! Peyton was excited to come down and discover all the gifts he didn't realized he had gotten the night before.

He loves his new chair from Grandma Monica. It is just his size he loves to climb on and off it by himself.

Then it was off to Kanab to the Jackson's. Peyton was thrilled to find Fredy there. This poor dog got chased around all day long! I am sure he was happy to see Peyton go:)

Run Freddy run!

We were spoiled and got see Jenn again while she talked to her Dad and family. She looks so great and happy and we couldn't be happier for her and all the good she is doing!

Then we found Santa at my parents house! Peyton really likes uncle Nate but he wasn't so sure of him as Santa. I must say Nate is a great Santa and getting better every year:)

Peyt and Santa's best helper, Auntie Em:) Merry Christmas to all!!

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

I can't believe it is already Christmas time, this year has flown by so fast!! I'm not complaining though cause I love Christmas time, you know it is the most wonderful time of the year:) We have been enjoying decorating the house and seeing Christmas lights and teaching Peyton not to play with the decorations, they are just so pretty he can hardly stand it! He does pretty good though, just has to be reminded several times a day we don't play with them. He keeps trying thinking one of these days things will change and he can play with whatever he wants:) He has already met Santa this year and the following pictures will show how that went...

Things started out pretty good...

then it was like, what am I doing up here...

and who are you?!

Love those little teeth on the bottom. He is getting A LOT of teeth right now. They are coming in everywhere! It will be a happy day when all the teeth are finally in.

I love this. He is so funny he loves to look at the nativity. He likes to growl at the sheep and then when he talks to baby Jesus it is in the soft little whisper of baby talk, so sweet I love it. I keep telling him that sheep don't growl but he doesn't listen. It is pretty funny though. He knows he is not supposed to touch them but sometimes I find that the sheep have been rearranged. It is so fun when you see your child catch onto something you have been trying to teach him. Last night when we were getting ready to go to bed he was just playing around and I said Peyton should we say prayers before bed? He popped right up and walked over to me with his arms folded. It just about brought a tear to my eye, it was so sweet.

These are all of his buddies on the stairs. He likes to say hi to them as we go up or down. They are all of our Christmas stuffed animals. It makes me smile every time when he waves at them:)

He loves the tree. He gets as close as he can and sometimes touches it and then says, "preee" for pretty. I always tell, don't touch it's pretty. So he knows not to touch pretties:)

Happy Christmas time with my boy!

Look who is looking all grown up?! We went to my sister Emily's dance concert last week which was great. Peyton enjoyed it as long as he could sit in his own seat. I guess he thinks he is a big kid and doesn't need to sit on my lap anymore:( He liked sitting there and dancing to the music, it is crazy to me how much he is changing and growing up so darn fast!