Christmas 2011

We spent the night at great grandpa & grandma Ford's house in Salt Lake Christmas Eve. Teagen had a blast the next morning. So many presents and he kept asking for more. He got a fire truck & hat, a tool box, measuring tape & construction worker hat, and lots of books. He had to make sure every little piece of wrapping paper and tape were removed from every present. Not the fastest unwrapper :) After gifts and breakfast we headed to Jared & Nancy's for a little cousin playtime and lunch. Then we went to great grandma & grandpa Griffiths' for dinner. Teagen got more neat gifts including a puzzle, shake n go car, and bath toys.

Presents!!!

Cool Firetruck from Gammie & Grandpa Kirkland

Future Bob the Builder

Making grandma play construction worker :)

Santa brought lots of good books to read!

Christmas Eve Roundup

Grandpa & Grandma Ford w/ new baby Easton

Holly & Easton

A little obsessed with the guns :)

Playing Christmas cowboys with Crew

Cornbread Houses....

To celebrate Christmas time I asked Teagen if he wanted to make gingerbread houses with grandma.  He told her they needed to make cornbread houses :) FYI he LOVES cornbread so we had a good laugh about that. He had a great time decorating AND eating. I was surprised at how many candies actually made it on the house. I for sure thought it might get one or two knowing Teagen has a mighty fine sweet tooth.

The Before

And After. I love the gingerbread family strapped to the roof :)

Thanksgiving Pictures!!

With Gammie & Grandpa Kirkland.
 Found lots of great sticks on our walk :)

More sticks...

Goofing off for Gammie

In wagon at Ft. Casper

Who Took The Camera???

So I would have lots of cute pics to post from Thanksgiving but we lost the camera :( Such a bummer. I know I had it on the way home but I'm hoping it didn't accidentally get thrown away or fall out at a gas station. I had some good ones of us in Caspar WY. We drove to spend the holiday with my family at my Aunt Peggy and Uncle Ken's home. It was especially nice because we got to see my brother Jake who just returned home from his mission in France. We had a lot of fun eating and visiting a few museums and shops. Dustin got to go pheasant hunting with the men while the girls got mani/pedis. It was a great time to be able to catch up and hang out with family.

The only pic I could snag from fb...the moms and daughters with all of our yummy pies.  I love our matching aprons that my mom gave us. Too cute!

Trick or Treat

Forgot to post our Halloween pics. Just wishin' my sister Hanna would have been with us to play goldilocks. She would have helped us pass for more than just the three mice or three dogs.  And yes I am one lucky lady to have a hubby that is willing to dress up. Makes Halloween that much better!

Just for Kicks

It's been a long week full of sickness at our house. I blame the Halloween candy :) Thankfully, we are starting to function properly again. Apparently at some point while I was down for the count Teagen taught himself how to put his shoes on. I was so amazed today when I saw him for the first time put on real shoes, not just flip flops. He even got them on the right feet which was probably more luck but still sooooo cute. I am just so thankful to have such a dedicated and independent little guy to teach himself things that I ridiculously thought he wasn't ready for.