For Mama

My mom wanted all her kids to go home and participate in a musical number this weekend, but I wasn't able to make it. So, here's a little something we did to make it up to my mom and to thank her for all that she does.
We Love You, Mama!!
Keep in mind that it was around midnight when we recorded this, and we are not professionals!

Scary...

Well, it's been a while since we last gave Joseph a hair cut. We finally got around to it tonight, and boy was it scary! Here are some pictures to give you an idea of just how long it was.

Me & My Girls

I had Jopes take pictures of me with some of my nieces when we were in Boise for little Tate's baby blessing. I love my girls. Here are some of them, plus a cute video of the girls playing ring-around-the-rosie. Enjoy!

First Post of 2009

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

2008 was a great year,

and now we're looking forward to 2009.

Some of the things we look

forward to in 2009 are:

Our first Valentine's Day together!

Our due date! March 17th!

Blessing our baby!

No school until summer!

We're so grateful for the wonderful lives we've been blessed with; the people we know and love; the experiences we've had and those we have yet to enjoy.

We know our Heavenly Father loves us

and is ever so aware of us.

He has blessed us in more ways than we can count.

White Christmas

I'm getting my first white Christmas
whether I like it or not!
See, the cars are covered
with fluffy white stuff
and it's very cold outside
[it's very cold outside!]

I'm getting my first white Christmas
and I'm not quite sure how I feel...
it is very pretty but the wind is nippy
and I'm just a Mesa girl!

I'm getting my first white Christmas
I prayed for it for many years
but since it gets colder each night
I am doing my best to stay inside!

Christmas Shopping!

In the beginning of December,
Joseph and I made a paper chain to count down for Christmas.
However, rather than label each day
with the number of days until Christmas,
we supplied a Christmas-time activity for each night.
It's been a lot of fun. We have family night/date night every night!!
I'm thinking we need to make a chain for every month!
Anyway, tonight's activity was to go do our Christmas shopping.
One of the things we got is a puzzle to start off our family's tradition--
we want to do a new puzzle as a family every year for Christmas.

We wanted to get the "Autumn Whitetails" puzzle, but alas, it was not available.
So, this year's puzzle is "Time Well Spent." 750 pieces.
(This picture shows 700, but our box definitely says 750)
We decided to start it tonight, but realized that we have a problem--
we don't have a table big enough to hold the entire puzzle!
Our apartment was partially furnished, though mostly unfurnished.
Still, there used to be a kitchen table in it,
but it disappeared when the last tenants left... so we don't have one.
Nonetheless, we are excited about our puzzle and
our first Christmas as a family of our own.
I am so grateful that I married an incredible man
who loves and cherishes me so dearly.
It makes all our time together wonderful.
I'm so happy that I get to spend eternity with him.