Who needs a sled?

It was a white Christmas in Veyo this year but can you believe that my parents have no sleds... not to worry Kyle took care of it. He found an old pallet and hooked it up to the four wheeler and away they went. I guess Pioche people are pretty creative when it comes to playing in the snow. The kids loved it and I even took a ride, I offered to drive and let Kyle ride, but for some reason he was uncomfortable with the idea... something about not trusting my driving skills.... huh.... Anyways it was a lot of fun.

Kimbrie, Bailey and Emily

Bailey and Evan eventually got tired and so they just rode on the four wheeler with Kyle while he pulled the girls. This is all in front of my parents house.

Christmas Day

Well we had a fun Christmas. This year we were with my family in Veyo. It was a little crazy trying to fit in our car with two kids and all of Christmas, but we made it and it was so nice to be with family!

My sister and her family were there also and her kids were up and ready to go at about 6 am but Bailey was still asleep and she usually doesn't do well if you wake her up and I wanted her to enjoy Christmas so we were waiting for her wake up. The rule is that no one is allowed to see what Santa brought until everyone is ready so we waited until about 7:30 by then Paula's kids were going crazy so I woke Bailey up and she did surprisingly well.
Sophie had been up for a while but she was cool with just waiting. My mom "took one for the team" and held Sophie while we all opened up presents. I was helping Bailey and Kyle had the camera(thus no pictures of Kyle) My Dad had just had surgery on the 23rd, they replaced his shoulder (all those years of football finally caught up to him) So if you were wondering were his arm was, its in a sling secured to him.
Baileys main gift was a stroller, cradle, car seat set that had a matching baby, its so cute, you can kind of see it and a "poochy pup" shes holding it, its a purse with a dog in it. She really likes dogs these days. Santa treated her well this year!

This is her giving Santa a kiss!



And here is my cute little Sophie!

This is her first Christmas outfit, note the reindeer slippers. Kyle said the outfit looked kind of boyish so we threw on the headband and flower. She totally pulled off the look!
Hope you all had a great Christmas too.

Christmas Card

Merry Christmas!

I had every intention of making and sending out Christmas cards this year, but it didn't happen... So Better late then never right? These are just some I made playing with a program and I couldn't decide which one I liked the best so I decided to post them all, why not right? Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Wish you the best in the new year!

Sophies Blessing Day

We blessed Sophie over thanksgiving weekend up in Pioche. I forgot to take pictures that day so these are a little bit late. Kyle's Grandma Donohue, Sophie's great-grandma made (crocheted) Sophie's dress for her. I love it, Sophie is so lucky to have such a beautiful dress that was made by her great grandma just for her, what an heirloom. Grandma Donohue is a very talented lady and Sophie was lucky enough to get a blanket too, its the one in the picture, it is way pretty. We had a lot of family there, thanks to all our family for making the trip, it made it a very special day for Sophie.

( This isn't the best picture but it shows her hair)

So I couldn't resist getting Bailey a white dress too, she looks so cute in it. Did I mention that I was taking these picture by my self, Kyle was at work. I took about 50 of them and managed to get a few goods ones out of the bunch, Bailey was so tired she didn't really want to cooperate.

This is Great Grandpa and Grandma Donohue (the one who made the dress). We got to spend some time with them while we were there. We always enjoy there company, they are great people. Thanks again for the beautiful dress!

New Family Photos

Santa

We took Bailey to see Santa last weekend. I really hadn't talked to her about Santa before we got there and so we weren't sure how she would react. I tried to explain Santa to her and I asked her if she would sit on his lap and take a picture and she said "O-Tay." So we headed up there and she did really well. She didn't cry, scream or even squirm and she even kind of smiled. She was so brave!

So Tired!

So the other night/morning Bailey decided to wake up WAY too early! She insisted on watching a carcoe (cartoon) and so I turned one on with the sound off. Well this is what Kyle found when he got up. Both of us crashed, I think there should be a rule against two year olds waking up before eight, let alone before five!