A New Year Already!

They say the older you get the quicker time goes by, well I feel like I must be 80! where does the time go. It feels like yesterday that I didn't have any kids and we were poor college students, but that was like 5 years ago - what!? And I have not one, but two kids which somedays still seems wierd, but I wouldn't change it for anything. This has all come about because today I recieved from Dax after church his certificate of graduation from primary along with this picture. what? so big...

Let Christmas begin!

Snow filled fun right before christmas, building forts in the backyard with Grandpa Sample. Licking the snow off the your gloves is the best part of building a fort in the snow. Ummm tastes like water mom!

Daxton has discovered that bribing Santa and his deers with yummy treats may get you some extra presents, Santa drinks mountain Dew????? Where was mom on that one?

Christmas morning was so much fun, Daxton was the kindest boy of his age that I have ever known. He was so concerned about everyone getting to open some presents and helped Dace open his presents and made sure to stuff them as close as possible to Dace so that Dace would be able to inspect them especially well! There was never a mine, no thats mine. Just some glowing "oh I sink he really yikes this one mommy" As dax would help dace discover the buttons. I just know that Dax was who he is before he got here to our family and that he is a very special boy who will do a lot of good in this world, because how do you teach a 3 year old those things! Any normal 3 year old you can't, and thats why I know its who he was before he got here.

GG Harper was here in town for Christmas and we really enjoyed having her around. She is such a sweet Lady and Dax and Dace adore her. Yes if you look close at the picture of Dace with the wrapping paper, he has successfully bitten off a piece of paper and is eating it. Yummy!

Daxton is joyfully helping uncle Craig unwrap one of his presents. Dace is watching.

Mommy feeding Dace some breakfast before the festivities began (this picture is out of order, sorry) one thing mommy did learn this year is, if you sleep with your makeup on the pictures of the next morning won't be nearly as terrible and everyone wont have to wait for the fun to begin until mom looks ok for pictures.

Each year on Christmas eve we have gone over to Grandma and Grandpa Harpers home and the grandkids act out the nativity. Daxton was one of the wisemen who followed the star(hes holding the star they followed.) It always turns out so cute and in the picture of the kids it is Holland(hollys) Daxton, Ethan(Heaths), Packer(Hollys).

Dear Santa:

As a family tradition Hutch and I decided we wanted to have the kids start writing letters to santa. So that is something we did the other night as a family. (you can see dax with his letter) His letter was as followed:

Dear Santa,

I like a motorcycle bike for Christmas. I like a fast fast race car too. Please Santa Clause can I get a motorcycle bike? I have been a good boy.

We told Daxton that Dace needed some help with his letter and what should Dace get for Christmas, Daxton replied: He has been naughty boy, Santa bring you no presents. We said, No presents for Dace? Dax said Yes, no presents, he has been naughty and I be a good boy, he will bring me presents. Very very funny!

Happy Birthday Daxton! #3

We started off the morning by waking up to a room full of balloons, he loved it. So did Dace, surprisingly none of them have managed to pop yet?!

It was a lightening Mcqueen party of course and so the cake had to be mcqueen peeling out! Dax wanted to know if he could eat the car too. I said you can try!

Uncle craig was our very own balloon specialist! The kids were amazed that he could make all types of things like cool hats and sharp swords. Dace was especially pleased with his hat uncle criag took more time on it than anyone elses.

Uncle craig made these cool sharp sword and hats only to be taken hostage and beaten in radsome for the cake. As you can see from left to right we have Lucy Bromley, Cannon Brown, Noah Burnham, and Birthday boy Dax.

Dax and his favorite friends (Lucy wasn't here yet) and his attempt at blowing out the candles, he did manage to blow one of them out without spiting on the cake. All in all it went very well and the kids had a good time. They get big so quick, where does the time go. I remember as a kid thinking the adults were crazy, saying christmas was coming to quick or I was getting bigger so fast. It was taking forever if you asked me! Ahhhhhh...... Now I understand. Funny though I am certainly sleeping less, must just have more to do than just play huh.

Daces very first haircut

Before......











After........













It's hard to see them, but in the before picture you can see he has some long hairs that we could twist and he would look like alfalfa. So cute.... but daddy didn't think so. So here is his before and after pictures of his very first haircut at 7 1/2 months old. There still wasn't much hair to cut off but it is very cute. No more long hairs. Dax had his first haircut at 4 months and he had gobs of hair to cut off. I love my boys!

Happy Halloween

Dace for Halloween is a yummy Hot Dog!!


Daxton is Tow Mater from the cars movie













Heres Hutch and Dax, Hutch is a 1970s basketball coach







This is our family at the ward trunk
or treat do you like my pink hair?! Me too!











Uncle Austin Came to visit us finally, Yeah!!!





One of our family traditions that we love to do is after carving the pumpkins we get all the seeds, salt and roast them, yummy. Dax loves them! Can you tell we've been busy!
Happy Halloween!

Porch Candy

Dax didn't really want to actually touch the pumpkin guts with his hands, I tried to get him to and he gave me a look - like are you crazy?! So we used a spoon









Hutch did a Batman Pumpkin













I did a Pirate flag








Dax did a Scary Black cat pumpkin











Dace just wanted to eat his pumpkin












Uncle Craig did a pumpkin whos belly didn't feel well.














And wallah!! Porch Candy!!