Family Pictures

New Years Day we went to the mall and had family pictures taken at Kiddie Kandids. They do such a great job there I love going to them. This was the first year that D'alice did not cry and I was so excited as to how fast and easy it was. The kids pictures turned out great. I am so blessed to have such beautiful and healthy children.

Christmas 2008

This year we spent Christmas at Grandma & Grandpa Stokes. D'alice and Tai were really good this year and received a lot of fun things.
D'alice got a princess tent with a pillow and a nightlight, A little Mermaid vanity, and a Pink sled!
Tai got a red & white car that is a play center, some fun toys that light up, and a Curious George monkey. He lit up as soon as he saw his monkey. It is his favorite toy.
This year we were blessed to have family and friends with us and I just want to take the time to let everyone know how much each of you mean to us and we love you all! And to my little family, I am so blessed to have you in my life. I love you!

Christmas Eve 2008

This year the family Christmas party was at aunt Kelly's. This year Tai recived his Christmas gift from China! It was so cute, he got a little outfit and a par of pumas. D'alice got a princess piano. This year instead of gifts Pa & Jo gave the family's a calendar and a card letting us know they donated our gift money to the food bank and that the money the gave fed a family of 5 for 3 weeks. I thought that was an awesome gift! It made me feel good because this year the Loveland side of the family also made a big donation to a family in need. This year was a hard year for a lot of people and I feel great knowing that we helped others this Christmas season. It makes you remember what the real meaning of Christmas is.

Winter Fun

So far this winter has been a fun one for us. Starting with the first snowfall where D'alice had to get outside right away to make her snowman. She thought the snow was going to melt so she had to do it right then.
There was our trip down to Nephi to see the Bellistone side of the family. D'alice was able to sled with her cousin Chayton.
My favorite was the day after Christmas when we got over 2 feet of snow and we kidnapped Shaylee to have a snow day. We went sledding and then came home had Hot Chocolate and then back out to make a snowman. Hannah came over to help the girls make there snowman. Later that night D'alice told me that her snowman had a "butt crack" I asked her why it had a butt crack and she replied " Well I drew the crack in the back" I laughed so hard I cried.
So far it has been a blast and we still have plenty of snow to keep on playing.

Fall Time Fun and Halloween '08

D'alice and Tai were in such a good mood that we decited to go outside and play in the leaves. Tai loved eating the leaves and D'alice had a blast swinging on her swing. When the camera came out so did the goofy faces. It melts my heart to see how much my kids love each other. Tai's face just lights up when he see's his sister.

Halloween was not very much fun this year because D'alice has an extremely horrible fear of people in costumes. So we got a few cute pictures of D'alice as Cinderella and Tai as a Skunk but there was no trick or treating for us. However D'alice did have a lot of fun carving pumpkins with Grandma and Grandpa Stokes.