Daxtons Blessing

We cannot get enough of this little guy! The lucky kid always has somebody that wants to hold him or play with him! He has such a sweet little personality and loves all of the attention. His lips just make me want to kiss him!! John was able to bless Dax. He gave him a beautiful blessing! We are so lucky to have so much family come and support us. Like always, I didn't do a very good job of taking pictures, but at least John had it pulled together and got some video of our family. My Mom, Dad and Dax My Grandma and Dax. Sadly John's mom had left by the time I got the camera out.

It's Great to be 8!

Coleton turned 8 in January! I cannot believe he is already 8. Coleton is such a good kid and so fun to have around. There is no doubt that Heavenly Father sent him as the oldest boy in our family for a reason! He is such a good example for the other boys to follow! Coleton loves all sports so he chose a jersey cake for his birthday. He loves to ice skate so he chose to have his friends party at the Olympic Oval. Most of the kids had never ice skated before but it only took them a few minutes to get the hang of it. They all had so much fun. Sadly, I only took a few pictures, the rest of the time I was holding up kids:) Turning 8 is exciting for so many reasons, but scouting is one of those reasons! Coleton is so excited to be a cub scout! He has already earned his Bobcat! Another one of the exciting reasons is that you get to be baptized! Coleton doesn't show a whole lot of excitement about things, but he did show his excitement about being baptized! See what I mean about what a good brother he is! He loves Daxton and Dax loves him! Coleton is going to be an amazing missionary one day!! Coleton loves breakfast foods! In fact Saturday is his favorite day because it is the only morning John is home to cook him cheesy eggs! For his brunch he chose to serve breakfast. It made me laugh that he knew exactly what he wanted! Breakfast casserole, muffins, fruit, juice and of course...DONUTS! (He is the only person I know that really believes you need dessert after breakfast!)

Christmas 2012

We had a fun Christmas! It was a little bit different having a new baby around. John and I are too old for the lack of sleep thing. I think between all the Christmas Eve fun and Dax we got maybe 3 hours of sleep that night. We did create some more funny Christmas Eve memories though so that is fun!! One of our favorite traditions is making a gingerbread house. It is so funny because every year John groans about it but every year he ends up taking it over and barely letting the kids help. It makes me laugh. Here are the kids in their Christmas clothes minus Coleton's tie. I haven't mastered the whole tie thing yet (with 3 boys I should learn) and John is always at the church so most Sundays Coleton gets his tie done right before Sacrament meeting in the foyer. This Sunday was no exception. Here are the kids on Christmas Eve. I just love how exciting Christmas Eve is. Just thinking about it makes me smile! Our Christmas morning mess. I can handle the mess on Christmas but it makes John crazy!! (That is another one of my favorite things about Christmas. It is so funny to watch him try so hard not to be bugged, then go get a garbage bag and start sorting things into piles!)