Good bye 2010

We loved our time at Aunt Amy and Uncle Eric's house.  It was nice to get out of our little apartment and let our girls run around. 

Here's just a few left over photo's of our week there.

The girls and me in our Bronco attire.  Haha, we're Tebow fans.

Taya loves her daddy.

CHRISTMAS 2010

Taya was so excited Christmas Eve... She loved hearing the story about how Santa flies all over the world in his sleigh and brings presents down the chimney.  I told her if she listened really close she just might hear the sleigh bells, she was so excited she was shaking. 

Luckily she did fall asleep by 11pm.  3 hours past the normal time. 

Come Christmas morning she was so excited to jump up and get Tanner and me out of bed.  She absolutely loved going through her stocking.  Santa brought Taya just what she wanted,

Hiccup and Toothless.


Paige loves her new little Toy Story Car.

Half way through opening presents each girl had a meltdown. 

Here's our little family all dressed up.

Merry Christmas

On Christmas Eve, we were able to carry on a tradition at Amy's house. 

We each opened 1 present, NEW PJ'S.  The girls had a great time ripping through the paper.

Here's the girls in the cute polka-dot pajamas. 

I typically don't go matchy with them, but I loved these warm fuzzy jammy's.

Portland for Christmas

I'm still blogging December! Ha!

We went to Tanner's sister's (Amy) house for our Christmas Holiday. 

Tanner was really worried about how the trip would go.  I must confess, I was a bit concerned myself.  But this is what we got most of the 6 hour drive. Needless to say, we did not take any stops.

The girls ate snacks and watched Christmas movies.  They were AMAZING! 

We would definitely take more trips if they were all like this!

While there the girls got the chance to run around with their 4 cousins.  We even went to this play land where they could go CRAZY.  It's like a McDonald's Play Land but TIMES 10. 

They were exhausted afterwards, so was I and I was just watching.

Taya and Mackenzie

Paige loved all the kiddos running around.

Don't Turn Around

As a mom, I feel I often need 2 extra hands and surveillance cameras in my house. 

I guess we just have to work with what we've been given.

This is Paige's FAVORITE spot to terrorize when I'm not watching.

Please Hurry Christmas don't be LATE

Taya loved the whole experience of Christmas this year.  She's at such a fun age...

We have a Santa hat hanging around and of course, Taya loves to pretend to be the Jolly Ole Soul.  She let Elmo sit on her lap and tell her what he's wanting for Christmas. 

We also got the chance to see the AMAZING nativities displays at the

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Blaine Street. 

They had HUNDREDS of displays from members of the community.  These are a few of my favorites.

We also were able to dress up as figures from the original nativity scene.  The girls are ADORABLE!  I look like I just gave birth! Haha

Doesn't Taya look like a little Angel!

Taya didn't want to leave the "baby."  And she's convinced that this baby is NOT Jesus.

We had a great time walking around as a family talking about the birth of our Savior and enjoying seeing pictures of Temples. 

Gingerbread House

My mom is a elementary school teacher, so naturally I grew up making/decorating gingerbread houses almost every year of my young childhood around Christmas. 

This year I got the chance to do that same activity with my husband and 2-year-old, Taya. 

I bought this house pre-made at the grocery store, Highly recommend this. 

Then we got out 2 packets of frosting and a ton of candy and went to town. 
Taya had a great time sampling all the candy and especially the frosting! 

Here it is afterward, our messy little masterpiece.



Doesn't Taya look like she had maybe a little too much fun!

Paigee did not get to help with this one, to many chocking hazards!