On the Go

Jackson took his first steps the other day. He is still a little scared and prefers crawling, but it is so exciting to see him getting around, so I thought I would share some videos of him on the move.

Christmas and New Year's 2009

We started out our holiday celebrations Christmas Eve by Celebrating Todd's Birthday, He turned the big 30!

Here are the boys Christmas Morning, Santa brought Brian just what he asked for a Dump Truck, plus a fish tank with some goldfish. And Jackson got a Train he could push around.

We loved having Grandma Eiko spend Christmas with us, we all had a wonderful time together.

Even with all the toys they could want they loved playing with the bubble wrap!

Grandma and Grandpa Carey got the boys a great toy Barn with lots of animals, they love playing with them. Jackson is learning the animal sounds, he can say "Baa, Baa" for the sheep and "ruff, ruff" like a dog.

Jackson pushing his train, he was so happy he could do it by himself.
Here is Todd with our Christmas Dinner, not to fancy but pretty tasty. Our main dish was Prime Rib. I need to perfect my recipe and cooking technique, but we decided to make Prime Rib a Christmas Dinner Tradition, so I will get plenty of chances to do so.

An attempt to get a nice Family Christmas Photo, I think it is a lot harder to do so with two kids than one.


We had a wonderful Christmas and hope everyone else did too.

To Bring in the New Year we headed up to Bonners Ferry, to visit Grandpa Steve and Grandma Ruth. We had a nice relaxing time just hanging out and playing games, mostly Pinochle. Brian loved playing with his cousin they even got to go sledding in the Backyard one day. It is so nice to be able to spend the holidays with Family. Now it is back to the old Grind, We wish everyone the very best in the Coming year!



Tyler with Jackson at Grandpa and Grandma's House.

Enjoying the snow, while it lasted. It rained that afternoon and was gone by the next day.

And here is Jackson with his Great Grandpa Chet and his two furry companions.

A Christmas Party

Last night was our Ward Christmas Party and they asked me to sing a song in the program. Since Todd was away on a business trip my mom came up to help me with the boys. It was a very nice party and we had a good time.

Here is Brian sitting in Santa's Chair.

This is the very first time Brian sat on Santa's lap and did not scream.

Jackson's Now One

Jackson's Birthday was November 19 and I forgot to post some pictures,

So I decided better late than never.

He was mesmerized by the candle and he tried to touch the fire so Brian quickly helped him blow it out.



At first he was not sure about his cake but than he dug right in.

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

O' Christmas Tree

Last Saturday we went up Christmas tree hunting and found a nice little tree. It was harder than I thought to find a nice tree. But it made for a fun family outing.

Todd and Brian cutting down the tree.

Trying to take a nice picture with our Christmas tree.

After we found our tree we drove a little further to check out Mesa Falls. Here is Beau looking down at the Falls. We could not get to the bottom of the Falls because the roads were closed for the winter, so hopefully we will go next spring or summer to see them up close.


And here is our Christmas tree all spruced up for the Holidays!

Trick or Treat

Here we are just before we went out "trick of Treating" this Halloween. It was Brian very first time at it, by the end he was a pro. Beau did not like getting dressed up like a pumpkin, but it did score him a yummy doggy treat.

Our little Dragon and lion.

"Roar"