New Years!

New Years Eve was great! We went to my sister Kendra's house to party! Yes I got covered in silly string and wasn't happy about it! Plus I couldn't get the lid off of mine to fight back! I shouldn't complain, Nate got alot more of it than I did.

This is the party clan. I was sad Chad and Nat weren't there. We missed them.My favorite part about the party is the food! We bring the chocolate fountain every year and it is a hit! Bailey just liked gettting the fruit on the tooth picks.

Christmas break with the Fam

Christmas break was very nice. Paul didn't have to work since he teaches school now so that was great! Both of my brothers and their families were in town! Samara and Bailey got in the hot tub with grandma (grandma wouldn't let me take a picture of her). Bailey thought the sun was just too bright so she needed her sunglasses. We brought snow in for them to play with and Bailey couldn't figure out why it kept melting!We spent the day at my sister Kendra's house. Samara, Bailey and Maddy finally decided that they could maybe play together!

Sorry this is upside dowm, I don't know how to change it. We went sledding and I thought Bailey would be terrified, but she loved it!

Christmas I know I am a little late!

Christmas was wonderful! I didn't have to work this year! We spent Christmas Eve at Paul's parents and had a candle light dinner with them.

We got a new camera so that has been fun to play with. I can't believe how out of date technology can be. Our camera was 5 years old and it was time to retire.
So this is how it is at my moms house every year. Yes it is a little crazy, but I love it. All of the little girls got stuffed horses from Nettie and Sage and Bailey loves hers.

Bailey got a kitchen set! It was so fun to see her face when she saw it. She is such a perfectionist so she gets very upset when the pizza wont stay on the plate, or the microwave won't close. She seriously needs anger managment classes haha! I love this time of year!

CHOCOLATE!

So my lovely weekend off after Thanksgiving was an eventful one. Paul and I thought we would enjoy a fun day shopping, but after Bailey spilled her smoothie all over her and the carseat (where we had to walk into Sears and buy a new pair of pants,) then peed out of her diaper and ruined those pants, we finally headed home!

We had a very busy day getting our Christmas tree as well as going to Veva's baby shower. Val gave us some yummy mini chocolate muffins which Paul decided to give to Bailey on our way home from a very busy long day. It was finally quiet back there so Paul and I both silently decided not to look in the back seat all the way home from Ogden. After we pulled in the garage we had to look. Bailey had eating both muffins and had then quickly fallen asleep with chocolate all over her face and body. We were laughing so hard I thought she was going to wake up, but nope. So Paul grabbed the camera. He quickly wiped her face off and put her in bed so as you can imagine she was quite a sight too when she woke up the next morning. What would we do with out chocolate??

Holiday Treats

I always love the holidays because there are sooooo many goodies to make and enjoy. These are my apple dumplings. They are just cored and peeled apples with cinnamon and sugar inside. Then you wrap them up in pie crust and bake them. Last but not least you pour on the caramel and scoop up the ice cream! Bailey is going to be a great little cook. She had to help me roll out the dough and pretty much try everything I did. It was very fun, but then she wanted to play in the flour and that was too much for me. I hope all of you enjoy your Thanksgiving! If you want the recipe it is really easy and you will look like a pro chef!

YUMMY (My college roommates will appreciate this word!

Bailey is always my big helper so we made some cupcakes and she just had to eat the batter. She kept dipping her spoon in the bowl so I finally just gave her the spatula and beaters. Its a good thing I stripped her down before she started.

Isn't it great being a kid!

You Get what you deserve

So while Bailey was taking a bath I was experimenting with my blog, (trying to figure things out) and she decided to pour water all over the floor. I guess that is what I get for not paying attention. I was just outside the door. I guess I am already starting to zone things out. I always hated when my sisters weren't paying attention to what their kids were doing and now I am turning into them!