jingle Bells

We went to CA to be with the Morphy side for Christmas this year. We had so many adventures... Such a fun trip.

Horse back riding and four wheeling............

Aunt Mimi was home from College.. Always a blast with her craziness!

We went to go see the CHOO CHOO trains..................

Cousin Brea and Grace swinging.............

Bike rides.....................

Boppa and Grace.........
We went to Great Grandpas Bobs house and played on the ranch......

Michael got sucked into throwing the frisbee over and over for the doggies................
Grace had fun getting treats from the candy table. Granny pat would be so happy Gramps has kept this table up. She always had it since I can remember.... yummy treats.
Lots of wrestling matches with Boppa................
Christmas morning.....

Santa brought Grace a bike......
Ready for Church....

We went bowling as a family.... Maybe I was the winner!!!! ???
Grace and Brea had so much fun dancing to the hip hop music at the bowling alley.



We had such a fun trip. I am so sad I didnt get more pictures of my mamma. She cooked cleaned and watched the girls so we could go shopping all the time. LOVE you mamma! Thanks for such a great visit. Cant wait to go back.

Ginger bread making

We had a gingerbread making party with our friends Lindsey. Hailey and Claire.
Grace is VERY proud of how hers turned out. She likes to pull the stool over to the counter and steals candy off it at least 6 times a day! Then she says.... soooo pretty!

Thanksgiving.

Michaels family was in town this year for Thanksgiving. We had our FIRST Thanksgiving in our new home. We had a great week.

We went to go see the TALLEST tree in AZ.

Michael's brother Josh was here visiting from BYU. Grace is pretty much OBSESSED with him.

Grace spent LOTS of time coloring, chit chatting and reading to everyone that was visiting.

We also got a few projects done while visitors were here. Painted Graces room, hung Christmas lights, cleaned out the garage, and built Michaels tool shelf. It was so nice to have lots of helpers!

More chit chatting..............

This HANDSOME guy carved his first turkey. He did a great job !
The table...........

Sis in law and mom in law helping in the kitchen.

The Glenns came over to enjoy the yummy meal. Thanks mands for all the yummy food you made as well.

kids table.......

We also celebrated a few days later Uncle Joshies birthday. WOW does Grace LOVE birthdays! All day she kept singing him the happy birthday song.

We had such a great time with everyone here. We sure missed our other family members but were glad we could at least be with some. Thanks for all your help with cooking and helping with projects around the house. We love you all, and have so much to be thankful for.

ZOO day.

This morning Grace and I met up with some of our friends for a nice walk at the phx zoo.

We had a WONDERFUL time... the kids were happy, and I had fun catching up with two of my old coworkers. WOW how our lives have all changed... Love these gals!!!

BIG week!

I never thought I would be "that mom" who blogs about potty training. But I had no idea how proud I would be of my little munchkin and our success this week. We started..... Yep... I made a decision.. and we are doing it!

So basically this week we were home bound and went for it. Read lots of books while sitting, sang plenty of primary songs and just chit chatted.

Thank heavens for Tootsie rolls and Dora undies to get us through the week!

Way to go BIG KID, we are far from getting it perfect but we are BOTH feeling pretty good about life!