Christmas 2009

Here we are at Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa's house on Christmas Eve. We've eaten and taken a family photo and now we are getting ready for the gift exchange game.

The kids all got pajamas from their Great-Grandparents. One of the best gifts at Christmas in my opinion!

The food was so, so good too!

Sarah almost never talks to Santa but she did it for the treats he was handing out this year. The other two sat on his lap too but I didn't get pictures because I had to go sit with them!

Christmas morning started at 5:55 this year. When, oh when, will they start sleeping in?

Oh lovely!

My father-in-law always takes a picture of the table at holidays. This year we did not have the traditional prime rib dinner because our wonderful chef had to work till 4:00. It was ok though, we had his amazing split pea soup and french dip sandwiches. It was so good!

I never like photos of myself but this one with my sweetheart Dayton...I love it!

Here's my sweet sister-in-law Melissa with my cute nephew Connor. That kid is so awesome!

This kid is gonna be trouble. He gets nearly anything he wants with that face!

And this little one is an absolute angel. Who could resist those curls?

Here are Hodgson and Grandma helping Connor open his present from his cousins.

Maggie is sommersault queen.

This little sweet pea was pretty excited about Santa leaving a Nintendo DS under the tree for her.

This one was pretty tickled too.

This is Sarah's super excited face!

Maggie's play kitchen got stocked up by Santa!

They finally slowed down enough to realize they were hungry for monkey bread and cinnamon rolls.

Halloween 2009

Halloween with the cousins is always one of our favorite holidays! What kid doesn't like to dress up, right?Dayton had to take his Jack Sparrow wig off for rolling down the hill!

Maggie rolled down the hill several times too. That gorgeous tutu Nama Jane made for her didn't slow her down one bit.

Sarah was the cutest witch!

Here's everyone but Davis...Brooklyn and Mason, Sarah and Charley, Maggie, Presley, and Dayton. What a good lookin' group of kiddos!

This face kills me! And with the added purple sparkle it sent me over the edge.

Johnny Depp wishes he was this cool.

This girl is going to be the end of me. Oh Lord....

And that little muffin of a teddy bear is the cutest little guy I've ever laid eyes on. My nephew Connor has really captured my heart!

Coeur d'Alene

Chance and I took a mini-vacation to Coeur d'Alene in October. It was short and sweet but so much fun! We will surely visit again soon.

Pumpkin Run - Thunder Mountain Line

Thank you Nama Jane and Papa Dale!

Normal Day

Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return. Mary Jean Iron