Friday, December 19, 2008

Christmas Time

Last year Monte and I decided to do a "Cowboy Tree". We bought some shot gun shells from Cabella's to make our lights and went around to every store we could think of that sold cowboy ornaments. This year we have added a couple more ornaments and some horse shoes. We just love our cowboy Christmas tree. I took some pictures of the girls in front of it and it was quite the experience....









Mindy is such a Turkey...for the longest time we could not get her to both look at the camera and smile at the same time! she was either looking at the camera and not smiling or smiling but looking away!! Now she figured out that she is supposed to smile at the camera....but....i'm not sure who she learned this smile from!!






Last night was our Ward Christmas Party. Mindy was so cute and happy and Makayla slept the whole time. This is Mindy BEFORE we ate....



And this is the AFTER.....


She started gaging on some food and threw up just as we were finishing eating and someone else was sitting at our table to eat. It was very embarrassing!! But, she still looked cute!


She couldn't wait to see Santa. She was talking about it all day. She said she was going to ask Santa for a "barn with horses and cows". By the time we got up to where he was she wasn't so sure about him, so, i had to help her a little.


Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Thanksgiving Weekend

We had the opportunity to go up to Tamarack with the Johnson's over Thanksgiving weekend. It was so much fun to be with ALL the family. We watched the BSU game up there on Friday, had a wonderful Thanksgiving diner and gift exchange on Saturday, and then drove home Sunday. Monte was sick all Saturday day and night so he was a ball of fun!! The adult gift exchange was a such a blast! There was delish food, movies, and lots of kids and pies. We really had a good time and will never forget the great memories.


Our Family Photo


Our new van

the beautiful cabin we stayed in


Two sleeping kids and one sick sleeping Monte


Makayla was in the portable crib but she was still happy!










Friday, December 5, 2008

Cowgirl Pictures

My friend Corinne took these amazing cowgirl pictures of the girls. She just got a new camera and took them for Mindy's Birthday. These are some of my FAVORITE!!