Gingerbread houses

Our friends the Dickinson's came and decorated gingerbread houses with us.

Hot Sauce, Coal, and Can I Touch Myself?

Garret has been saying a lot of bad words lately (like shut up and stupid). I told him if he said another bad word that he was going to have to eat hot sauce. Of course he immediately said another bad word so I got the hot sauce out and made him eat a spoonful. His response "that was yummy". Who thinks hot sauce plain is yummy?

Garret was misbehaving the other day and Kirt told him he better be good or he was going to be on Santa's naughty list. Garret asked what it meant to be on the naughty list and Kirt told him that if you are on the naughty list you get a lump of coal instead of presents. Garret said, "A lump of coal, that doesn't sound so bad." I think I'm going to return his presents and get him a lump of coal if that doesn't sound so bad.

I took Katie to the Dr. a few weeks ago and Garret came along too. When we went back to the exam room, there were instruments all over the room. I told Garret not to touch anything. He looked at me and said "can I touch myself?", and started poking himself in the forehead.

Katie's Dance Recital

Katie has been taking dance from her aunt Michelle. She loves it.

Halloween dance recital/party. Katie was a vampire.

Katie and Miss/Aunt Michelle

Winter dance recital.

Order Up!

Garret has been begging me to make meatballs. So Tuesday I told him we could have meatballs, but that he had to help me make them. He helped me measure everything out for the sweet and sour sauce and put the meatballs in (I am not my mother and I do not make meatballs from scratch). Then I had him stir the meatballs. He had been stirring them for a few minutes when he said "order up". I never say that so I asked him where he learned it and of course he said "Spongebob". He was so excited about making the meatballs and told everyone at dinner that he had made the meatballs and that he knows how to cook now.

Katie Looses Her 1st Top Tooth

Sitting on Santa's lap

We went to my mom and dad's ward Christmas breakfast because we heard a rumor that Santa was going to be there. They were so excited to sit on his lap.

Sadie's Baby Blessing and Pictures of Us with Sadie

Katie and I went to the hospital the day Sadie was born. 

She was so excited to hold the new baby.

Garret loves holding Sadie too. He held her for about a half hour this night and sang her a song that he made up about her the whole time. He sang "baby Sadie, baby Sadie" over and over and over again.

Since all the family was together for Thanksgiving and Cameron and Rachelle's wedding, Jon and Michelle decided to bless their new baby girl Sadie. She was born on October 22nd. Isn't she beautiful.