Kora Alice

My youngest sister, Kilee just had her baby.  Her name is Kora, and she was born last week.  She weighed 10 lb. 6 oz.!  Can you believe those chubby little cheeks.  I can't wait to snuggle her up.  Kilee was considering the name Mabel for her.  I'm really glad they went with Kora, though.

Easy Bake Lovin'

Since everyone's been bugging me to put some pictures up.  Here's one of the latest.  The kids have really enjoyed the Easy Bake Oven (and the aprons)  Kolby has decided he wants to add chef to the lengthy list of his future jobs.  Currently he wants to be a dentist, soccer player, fireman, rock-climber, and now, a chef.  Mallorie's list is pretty long too.  She wants to be a dancer, cheerleader, dentist, and vet.  I'm glad they have so many dreams.  I'm personally hoping that one of them ends ups a dentist.  Then they could fix my teeth.  Ha!

4 AM Christmas Morning!

Christmas day started early for us at our house this year.  Kolby and Mallorie woke us up at 4 AM!  Kolby's first words were, "Mom, Santa didn't leave me a lump of coal.  I must have been good!"  I guess he must have really been worried.  We opened presents and then went back to bed at about 5:30.  Mal Mal got an Easy Bake Oven and a Tini Puppini (dog that wears clothes and bling) from Santa, and Kolby got a Game Boy and Road Ripper (monster truck).    The kids watched Wall -E twice, which I'm not sure why.  I didn't think it was THAT good.  Later we went over to the Sutherlands for some amazing turkey, stuffing, ham, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, and all the fixins'.  Eric is such a good cook!  They got a Wii, so the kids played that while Staci and I watched Mamma Mia.  It was a lot of fun.

The First Time Sledding

We had such a good time sledding on Christmas Eve, that I think it should be a new tradition.  Kolby and Mal loved it, and weren't the least bit scared.  They even went off some big jumps and crashed, but they laughed so hard when it happened, and then immediately wanted to do it again.  Afterwards we went back home and opened their Christmas pajamas, and changed into those, then ate our Christmas Eve, candlelight dinner, and read scriptures.  Although, we longed for our family this year, it was very relaxing, and low-key.  We tried to keep things very simple this year, and not go overboard.  It seems like we always over do it.  But, this year was so peaceful and Jeremy seemed to agree too that we felt closer to the true meaning of Christmas this year by keeping it simple. 

Random Pictures in front of the tree

Kindergarten Class Christmas Party

Here are some of the pictures I took from Kolby and Mal's class party.  The kids made two ornaments and played a couple of games.  For treats they had raspberry sorbet and 7-up with a candy cane in it.  I forgot to get a picture of Mrs. Raish.  I'll have to remember to do that at the Valentine's Day party.  All of the kids seemed to have a really good time.  One boy in the class, even said that this was the best day of his life.

After Church

I was really disappointed that these were a little blurry.  I'm not sure what's wrong with my camera.  For some reason my pictures have been turning out blurry.

These were the only pictures I got of them, though, so they'll have to do.