BIG GIRL

Okay so one more fun thing happened over the Holidays that I forgot to mention: Sami Sam is now 3 and potty-trained so that means she got to get her ears pierced! YAY!! So me, lance, grandma and all the girl cousins (with their mom's) went to the Mall and got Sami's ears pierced. I would love to say my little girl was very brave but any of you who know her know she's far more dramatic than brave and this experience was no different. So despite the heartache you see in these pics, she was not permanently damaged and she does LOVE her earings! ;D
So that's all I'm going to say and I'll just let the pictures tell the rest ....

BEFORE: DURING:
AFTER:
AND.... AFTER THE SUCKER: :D

Well our Christmas break was a blast. I was off work for 2 weeks and Lance wasn't working much so once school was out we spent a lot of time together as a family. The most time we've had together since we got married! I loved it!! The kids amaze me, it was so awsome to have a stay-at-home mom experience. Anyway, we did all the usual, we went to the Festival Of The Trees down in Sandy, which I LOVE! Drove through the lights at Willard and went on a hay ride. Sami was more interested in the horses and how they pulled the wagon than anything else. We went to Christmas village in Ogden and enjoyed walking all those exhibits. We had a good time and did a lot of fun things. Here's some pics


Andy and Trey sporting their new "who" hats from Santa.

Andy's first time with Santa. He stared at him

for a while, pulling on the beard (to make sure

it was real I'm sure) before turning to the rest

of us and bursting into tears!! SOOO CUTE!
Sami's a pro at seeing Santa, this year she jumped
right up there all ready to tell him her age (because that's what he asked the other kids) when he threw her a curve ball and asked her if she'd been good. She quickly recovered though and sang him Jingle Bells.

ALL THE COUSINS .... thus far ;D

Us at the Festival in front of my friend Amy's tree's made in her kids honors. Cute Trees Ree!