Merry Christmas

We hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas and that you have a safe & Happy New Year

Growin up so fast!!

I can hardly believe how fast Ben is growing up! He wants to be involved with all the kids and act like a big boy.

December 23 he decided to get up on his knees and to rock. 6 months old already

He looks so tiny! Way too small to be wanting to crawl!

The Nutcracker Ballet

Grandma Barnes, Andrea, Taryn, Me, Emma, Olivia, and Brooklyn. Down in Provo at the Covey Arts Center. This was during interrmission. Emma loved it! She keeps saying that she is going to be Clara next year in the ballet. Grandma with all the grand-daughters. She gave them the ticket and dress for their Christmas present.

The boys hung out with Aunt Jenn at home. Jordan, Benjamin, Isaac, and Jeffrey

Me, Benjamin, Isaac, Emma, and Olivia

Dance Demonstration

Emma and Taryn doing ballet in their dance class

Their teacher, Miss Bobi, is so fun. She lets the girls dress up for a freestyle dance to help get wiggles out about halfway through the class. She has fun stuff for them to dance with, crowns, wands, teddy bears, feather fans, etc. The girls love it.

They had a little dance at the very end and this is them taking a bow

Taryn, Grandma Barnes, Benjamin, Grandma McKinney, and Emma after the performance

Taryn and Emma with Miss Bobi

Happy 4th Birthday Emma!

I can hardly believe that little Emma is 4!!! Here are pictures taken from her Birthday party back on Dec. 4
Emmas doll cake that Grandma Barnes made for her- so darling!!

The girls had foam stickers that they decorated a take home bag with. They had a lot of fun seeing who could fit the most stuff on their bag

Emma was spoiled and had a blast opening lots of Birthday gifts

Princess Emma in her cute birthday outfit next to all her birthday stuff

At the end of the party, Grandma, Emma, Me, and Olivia.

Writing to Santa

At the first of the month we went to South Towne Mall to Macys Department store to write a letter to santa and get it send off to the North Pole. After we finished that we did a little Christmas shopping and Emma rode the train with Taryn and Jeffrey. Perfect way to start off the Christmas season!

Little Owl Emma and Pirate Benjamin

Halloween Fun

Emma, Miss Margo, and Taryn after the Halloween Party at Preschool

Taryn and Emma hoarding Pink Cotton Candy at the Marden's Halloween Party

Emma attempting to eat a doughnut off the string!

Happy 10th Birthday Olivia!

Jordan, Isaac, Olivia, Benjamin, Brooklyn, Andrea, Emma, Taryn, and Jeffrey up at Zjani's house

Olivia opening up gifts

Happy 10th Birthday Olivia!!

Good Bears Day 2010

Cute little Benjamin loves being around cousins and seeing all the yummy food!

Emma was letting me help decorate her Teddy Bear face. Ben took a nap while I worked on his

All the grandkids with their finished bear faces

Listening to Grandma Barnes at the Teddy Bears Picnic

Benjamin and Emma with their Teddy Bear faces. It is so fun to carry on the traditions that I grew up with.

Halloween Outtings

Over UEA weekend we took the kids up to look around at the Witches at Gardner Village.

It was really crowded but everyone waited patiently while waiting to stand by the witches for a picture or two.

It was too insane to try and actually do any of the activities so we just enjoyed the scenery

Afterwards we went to a Enghs Garden. They had a lot of fun stuff set up and were not nearly as crowded. Ben and I took our turn posing for pictures

At this point the kids didn't wanna be in costumes anymore really or be in pictures. But they were good to stand in front of the pirate for one last picture.

Emma's preschool Pictures

These are not the official pictures, just some that I took while waiting to have hers done at school. She is growing up so fast!

Blessing Day

Daddy, Benjamin, and Grandpa Orson after the Blessing

Matt Dollar, Nathan, Benjamin, Samuel, and Jonathan

Isaac, Dagan, Jewel, Emma, Olivia, and Benjamin.

We blessed Ben at Grandma Barnes house yesterday. He was such a good boy and was all smiles!!

This is How its done....

Ben being very observent to what Jeffrey is doing. He loves the new freedom of his chair so he can sit up and be so big!

Preschool

Lagoon, its what fun is!!!

Emma went with the other cousins and aunts to Lagoon with season passes. It was so much fun!! She went 6 times!! She was so brave and tried as many rides as she was tall enough to go on :)