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!

SAGE

This last Saturday our family experienced a horrible loss. Lance and I were taking the kiddos out to ride the horses when he got a call from his mom saying to hurry because Sage got hurt and his dad had gone to get the vet. When we got there we found out what we feared the worst. Evidently Bruce went out to feed and when Sage saw him coming her and Mooners tried to beat each other to him. (Our Sage-y LOVED food )They slid on the snow into each other while racing around the horse trailer Sage hit the side of the trailer and went down taking Mooners with her. Mooners was okay but Sage went under the trailer and broke her left front leg. Both bones were snapped and the back one was through the skin so even though she did get up again the Vet said she would never heal and would have to be put down. It was awful! I cried the whole day. I stayed with her until the guys came to take her body away. At least she isn't in pain now. We bought Sage this summer as an early Christmas gift. We didn't have her nearly long enough and I miss her truly. She was an awesome horse. Sometimes moody (like any female), a little lazy and over-weight but fun all the same! The kids loved riding her and so did Lance and I. We're really going to miss our big girl. Sami doesn't understand the concept of death yet so she's still saying that Sage will come back. Maybe eventually we'll get another horse for the kids to ride but I don't plan on ever finding another Sage-y girl. She was a one of a kind in my eyes and I'll always love her. She was my first horse, I waited a long time for her and if you know me you know that my pets are family and its not easy to lose any. I have faith that I'll see my Sage again one day. She undoubtedly went to Heaven with all the other perfect creatures and I can't wait to go for one more ride with her. Love You Sage!!