Little Sister

I went in on the 27th and had another ultrasound done so the doctor could get a better look at Strawberry Shortcake's heart and face. She was very cooperative and held still long enough for us to get a great profile pic.

Everything looks great and she is healthy! We can't wait to meet her :)

Merry Christmas!

We hope you all had a great Christmas spent with family and friends. We had a beautiful holiday season reflecting on the birth of our Savior.

We started out Christmas Eve at my grandparent's home with my mom, aunt and uncle and the cousins. We had an early turkey and ham dinner and exchanged gifts. My mom had to work later that night and couldn't sleep over, and we weren't staying over either since we had church early the next morning.

Kenzie has been sporting a super-cheesy smile lately, which you will get to enjoy several times as you read through this post :)


My mom bought the kids some super soft blankets and she had me embroider their names on them. It was a fun project and definitely helped fine-tune some of my sewing skills ;)






Meme had a painting project for the kids and Kenzie was very proud of her reindeer. (She had me paint the brown part, but the rest she did all by herself.)


Then it came time to read the nativity story and act it out. Kenzie started out wanting to be a shepherd, then an angel, then she didn't want anything to do with being involved, and then she ended up being a wise man at the last minute. She just couldn't make up her mind haha!


After acting out the nativity and talking about why we celebrate Christmas, we went home. Papa (my dad) came down first thing in the morning and shared the magic of Christmas morning with us.





I was inspired to make this after I saw something similar on Pinterest. It is a way for me to let my honey know why I love him for different reasons every day. I just use a dry erase board on the glass :)


This was our gift for the grandparents. Kenzie was pretty excited about them. This was also inspired by Pinterest ;)


Kenzie was pretty happy with her gifts. We had a pretty small Christmas this year due to Micah having been unemployed for a few months. But because of this, I think this was one of the best Christmases we've had. I'm determined to make Christmas small from now on because I want our children to understand the true meaning of Christmas, not "Santa brought me all this awesome stuff!" Kenzie did end up getting a lot of fun stuff from everyone else too, but I'm glad it was spread out during the day and not all at once in a heaping pile under the tree.


One of the wonderful things about Christmas being on a Sunday is that we were able to go to church. It was a beautiful reminder of why we celebrate Christmas- the birth of our Savior. He is the best gift any of us could ever receive.



This has to be one of my favorite pictures of the day- I love that they are both laughing :) These two are pretty funny to watch when they are together. Kenzie sure loves her silly Papa!


Next we went to my mom's house. We didn't get to stay too long, but we had spent a lot of time on Christmas Eve during the day together which was really nice. Mom spoiled us pretty good as well. Kenzie was pretty excited about the Strawberry Shortcake stuff she got. And along with some great gifts for me and Micah, my mom got me a gift card to JoAnns fabrics (which is pretty dangerous haha) and I've already bought a bunch of stuff for baby sewing projects for little sister. Thanks Mom!

Then we went up to Ogden and spent the rest of the day with Micah's family. We had a great time laughing and being silly- evidence of the silliness just below... haha. However, we didn't really get that many good pics from them, so I need pics from Mom and Dad's camera as well as everyone else's, ok? :)



We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!!

Early Christmas

About 2 years ago the support beam in our couch snapped and the cushions sank to the floor. We were sad because we loved that couch and it was really comfy. It had lived a long life through my grandparents, my mom and then was passed on to us when we were married. We knew we couldn't afford a new couch for a while, so we stored all our extra blankets and pillows under the cushions to hold them up. Doing that was such an easy fix and it worked so well that most people never knew that the couch was even broken ;)

A few months ago my dad called and said he and his brother were getting rid of some furniture and wanted to know if we were interested. Free furniture? Of course!! So at the beginning of December my uncle rented a Uhaul and we were able to get a couch, chair and ottoman from my dad, and 2 dressers and a mirror from my Uncle Tim and Aunt Alisa. We are so grateful for these beautiful pieces of furniture and can't thank you all enough! We sure do love them!






We're hoping that someday when we're in a different home we can use these dressers as our bedroom furniture. Until then, they will look beautiful in the living room. The wood matches perfectly with my glass curio cabinet so it works out :) The mirror that is supposed to hang over the long dresser is actually hanging over our bed. It looks great (although I'll spare you the pics of our room haha)


So once again, thank you daddy, Uncle Tim and Aunt Alisa for the wonderful early Christmas gifts. We will take great care of them!