Sunday, January 27, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAKENNA!!!

Jan. 5th Makenna turned ONE!!!! Can't believe how fast the year has gone by. She is a definite cutie with a very real personality. We had a family party, and I made a frog cake that turned out fine as long as you didn't look to close. It took forever, and at the end I gave up and just started squirting the frosting out in blobs. My hand was soo tired! At first she was very unsure, but once she tasted the frosting she was a goner!! She wanted to feed us all.

She was a pro at opening her gifts, all the practice at Christmas paid off. I think she begun her terrible twos already, as she is very possessive of HER toys. She knows what hers and I'm not kidding. She is walking now, that is when she wants to. What a year its been. We love you to death Makenna!!! Happy Birthday!!!

CHRISTMAS 2007

CHRISTMAS WAS GREAT, BUT ITS BEEN OVER AND DONE WITH FOR AWHILE, SO I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS SHORT. WE WENT TO ST. GEORGE AND HAD ALMOST ALL OF MY FAMILY THERE. WE MISSED WADE AND NICOLE AND THEIR FAMILIES. BELIEVE ME THOUGH WHEN I SAY THERE WAS EVEN CHAOS! 25 PEOPLE PLUS A DOG IN ONE HOUSE, ITS AS CRAZY AS IT SOUNDS!!! WE DID HAVE FUN THOUGH, WITH MOVIES, GAMES AND EATING, YES LOTS OF EATING!!!

CHRISTMAS WAS HUGE. THE PRESENT PILE WAS HIGH AND ENDLESS. I THINK ALL THE KIDS
WERE QUITE IMPRESSED!!! JOCY AND BRAYDON BOTH RECEIVED NEW BIKES, WHICH THEY HAVE HAD FUN RIDING IN THE GARAGE AND EVEN A LITTLE IN THE SNOW ALL BUNDLED UP.


WE SPENT NEW YEARS WITH THE HORNES DOWN IN CHANDLER. WE HAD THE TRADITIONAL HAMBURGERS AND HOMEMADE FRIES. THE PARTY WAS PRETTY LOW KEY, AS EVERYONE I THINK HAD HAD ENOUGH OF THE HOLIDAYS. WE DID PLAY A FEW GAMES AND RAN BEHIND ADAM'S GRANDMA AS SHE RAN AROUND THE HOUSE BANGING HER PAN WITH A WOODEN SPOON. ITS FUN TO WATCH HER. HOWEVER DESPITE ALL THE FUN WE HAD, 2 WEEKS AWAY FROM HOME WAS MORE THAN WE COULD ALL HANDLE, AND WERE VERY HAPPY TO SLEEP IN OUR OWN BEDS. THE NEXT MORNING THE BILLION LOADS OF LAUNDRY HIT ME AND I WISHED I COULD GO AWAY FOREVER. IT LITERALLY TOOK ME 2 WEEKS TO GET BACK ON TOP OF EVERYTHING!! HOPE YOUR HOLIDAYS WERE JUST AS FUN!