Michigan Christmas #2

Craig's fruit creationPrince Hayden

Christmas Poppers

Parrot kids, Williams kids, Hunter kids

Mary and her beautiful mealHayden decided to smear his food in his hair

Williams Family tradition: The pick up a bag with your teeth game

The bag gets shorter and shorter. Mark is the champ!

Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus

Angel Hope rolling around

The Cast

Christmas Morning!! Addy and her Zooble houseWhat are you thinking Hayden?

Hayden standing on his own!

The first Christmas tantrum
She must be bi-polar

Later on Christmas day we saw the play Mary Poppins. It was incredible! Hope especially loved it. She is still saying, "I saw Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins fly away!"

Ugly Sweater Contest Party

SANTA CLAUSE!

We went to Somerset Mall last night to see Santa. I was impressed that he knew all about Zoobles and ZuZu Pets! After the visit, the kids got Magical Coins and we went on a treasure hunt through the mall collecting yummy treats and prizes. It was a fun evening out!

Table Food

Hayden has given up on baby food. He wants what the rest of us are eating. He loved his pizza tonight!

New Camera on Black Friday

So our video camera is on the verge of dying and our still camera is dead. While we thought about getting a new TV for Christmas, it will have to wait until next year because the priority became a new camera. Its pretty big, daunting, just learning how to use it, but here are a few of our new photos:

Hope is still nuts

Addy still needs her two front teeth for Christmas

Hayden in the tub.

Hope Sings I am a Child of God.

Dallin and Sam-October 8th, 2010

It was a perfect wedding weekend. Dallin and Sam got married in the Salt Lake temple. President Monson performed the ceremony. It was an incredible experience!

They had the wedding, luncheon, and reception in Salt Lake on Friday, then an open house in St. George on Saturday. Everything was beautiful!

Addy practiced long and hard on her violin for this event. We played Canon in D. Addy did awesome.

Hope and her ABC's.

Hayden

Our Summer in a Nutshell

I can't believe I haven't posted all summer. It's definitely been a hectic one, full of fun, fear, fretting, and faith. How's that for alliteration?

So, here are a few highlights.

UTAH

1. We flew to Utah on standby at the beginning of July. We spent 12 lovely hours in the Kansas City airport...me and the 3 kids...eeek, I'm having flashbacks.

2. We had a FUN 4th weekend with our friends the Adams and Greens. They got us good with their prank of sending us to a beat up, run down house with an invitation to come in... HAHA! We'll get you back!

3. We saw most of Craig's family at a last minute reunion at the Pizza Factory

4. Spent some time with Grandma Barb and Grandpa Gib. We miss you!

5. Pine Valley with Grandma Farol

6. Lake Powell for 4 days with Mitchell's, Freis, Berry's, and Copes

7. It was great seeing everyone. It was nice just hanging with my family. The kids LOVED it all!

8. Missing a few flights out of SLC, hanging at Ali's, spending the night with Sam's family (thank you, thank you!)

MICHIGAN

1. Flying into Michigan straight to appointments with our realtor to find a new house

2. A visit from Grandma Farol and a trip to Mackinac Island, renting bikes, a fun trip!

3. After much deliberation MOVING to a new rental condo. We love it and are very happy here!

4. Days at the BEACH

5. Days at the TRACK...lots of running prepping for St. George October 2nd! The kids are very innovative while playing there.

6. Losing the transmission in the Lexus (on the freeway with all kids), selling Lexus and Voyager, buying our SWAGGER Wagon.

We are finally feeling settled and happy. Craig's work is slowing down a tad bit, although we still wish we could see him more!

Addy will turn 7 in September, I can't believe it! She lost 3 teeth this summer--the bottom tooth pulled by Dad in Utah, the top front tooth pulled by Mom just before moving, and the other was a molar extracted by the dentist.

Hope is as crazy as ever. She runs faster than any 2 year old I've ever seen. She's teaching Hayden how to wrestle!

Hayden is growing and smiling constantly. He is the BEST baby. I love him to pieces. He is 5 months old--he sits up but still tips over once in a while. He laughs at his sisters when they are acting crazy, he likes baby food, but may be allergic to sweet potatoes or bananas. He broke out in a rash after eating those...

Life is good. We are looking forward to our next trip to Utah for the Marathon and Dallin and Sam's wedding! Hooray!

Just now as I was publishing this post, I heard Hope wake up and start walking around--at 12:30 at night. She wandered in here and said, "will you read me a book, please." It was the cutest thing ever. She fell on our walk to the park this evening and did a number on her forehead, nose, knees and hands. I couldn't resist snapping her picture. I love this girl.