The Polar Express!

Last week we had such a fun day! We left in the morning and met up with our friends Rex and Shauna and their cute boys, and we went and cut down our Chritmas Tree's. They live here in Nevada but when we lived in Logan we would go with them every year to cut down our tree, but last year when we lived in Laughlin we couldn't go. It didn't feel like Christmas without them so I was so happy when we could go this year! I didn't take any pictures of us cutting our tree, sorry. We got Tayton a little tree and he decorated it all himself. He wanted a pirate tree so he hung all his pirate toys on it, but then he decided he wanted to play with them so his tree is a little bare now. I will put some pictures up later.

Then later that night we went to Ely and rode on the Polar Express to the North Pole, Tayton had such a fun time. He loved it, here are some pictures:

Waiting to get on the train.


All Aboard, tickets please.





Tayton and the conductor!


Here they are reading the Polar Express book to us.


Hot choclate and cookies, can you tell Tayton loved it!


Dad and Tanna having a fun time.


I had to put this picture in, see the guy with the beanie, well he took all the family pictures for us. I didn't realize it until the end of the train ride, but that is the officer who gave me my speeding ticket. It was so funny, it is such a small world. He was nice so it was ok. I am just glad I didn't realize it until the end of the train ride.


SANTA! Tayton was so excited, I couldn't even get him to look at me he was that excited. Tayton asked Santa for an airplane with a hoop. (Geo Trax) Santa asked if he had been a good boy this year and Tayton said he was a good boy, so maybe, just maybe, Tayton might get an airplane with a hoop under the tree, we will just have to wait and see what Santa brings.



Here is the family with SANTA!


The end of the train ride, he has a hard time sitting still. On the way back from the North Pole everyone sang Christmas Carols, it was so fun, Tayton loved it.

So thanks Rex and Shauna, we had such a fun time. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas, I can't wait! I think Christmas is so fun with little kids. I love this time of year, (except all the mean and crazy shoppers) Merry Christmas everyone:)

Our Thanksgiving trip!

We had a great time over Thanksgiving. It was so much fun. We brought home two German Short hairs. There names are Molly and Satch. They have been really good dogs, and we are so excited for them. Tayton is having so much fun with them, he will sit in the dog run for hours just playing fetch. He even wanted to sleep in the dog house last night with them. It was pretty cute. Here are a few pictures of our dogs.

Tayton having fun with Molly and Satch.


This dog is Molly, isn't she so cute.

We had to bring two cars because we needed lots of room for the dogs and all the stuff we got. So I decided I would leave early and go hang out with my sister and some friends that I hadn't seen in a long time. On my way to Salt Lake I got my first speeding ticket ever. I was in between Ely and Wendover. If anyone has ever been on that drive, you no there is nothing out there. The only car I passed happened to be a Highway Patrol. There were two officers and one was in training, the other officer even new Levi and I still got a ticket. So be careful when you come to visit me everyone, don't speed in the middle of nowhere. Other than that I had such a fun time, and Tayton had so much fun with my sister, he even said he loves Aunt Christa more then mommy and he wanted to stay with her forever. I didn't take any pictures of them, but here are a few pictures of another one of Taytons favorites Uncle Dante.


The weather was so nice, Tayton loved riding his bike that Uncle Dante made him.


Dante made this fun bike, Tayton loved it. Dante took him for a fun ride. Tayton always has so much fun with him.

Why we were there we went to temple square and saw the lights, it was pretty crowded but we had a great time. Tanna loved looking at all the lights. I also had some crazy times shopping on Black Friday. People can be so mean, I have a couple of bruises from all the people pushing and shoving but it ended up ok. I ended up getting everything on my list except I have nothing for Levi. He wants a nice bow for hunting but that is one thing he will have to get on his own. It was fun to see our family and friends again. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!


Here is Tanna, all bundled up.


Tayton saying cheese!


One happy family!

I have an obsession...

So I have been a little crazy the past week making tons and tons of hairbows. My obsession started a couple of months ago. When I found out I was having a girl I was so happy because I could put bows and bracelets on my her. My friend Shannon taught me how to make bows and now I am obsessed. Tanna has a bow for every outfit and the funny thing is, lately she has been pulling them off her head and smiles at me when she gets it off. It is pretty funny, but I hope she doesn't keep it up.

Well in Eureka there is a Christmas boutique and my friend has a booth and she mentioned I should sell my bows in her booth. So this weekend if you are not doing anything I recommend that you should drive on out to Eureka, and stop by at the opera house and there will be all sorts of things you can buy there. (Oh, and come visit me too!) I have made about 30 double bows (which are great for pig tails) and about 20 single bows. Hopefully I can sell a few or Tanna will have quite the number of bows. Anyway, here are just a few of the bows I have made. One problem I have is I don't know how much should I sell them for. Any suggestions? Here are just a few of the ones I have made.

I love my big brother!

To my big brother Tayton,

Thank you so much for being my big brother. I love having you around. I love when you read me pirate stories it is so much fun. I love to play pirates with you and I am glad you share your toys and always let me be Elizabeth Swan. I love it when you sing your pirate songs to me, it makes me happy.

I love it when I wake up and you climb in my crib to come and play with me, even though sometimes mommy gets mad at you for waking me up. I love to watch you dance and be silly, it is funny. I love to watch you play football but I really don't want to be tackled, or have you put your helmet on my little head.

I love it when we drive in the car and you hold my hand, it makes me feel loved. I love that you make silly noises right in my face, but please try not to hit me when you do that. I love it when you pick out clothes for me, even when they don't match, I love to watch you and see everything you do, but most of all I love having you as my big brother.

Love, Tanna

Happy Halloween!

We had a great Halloween! On Thursday we went to the Annual Eureka Halloween Party. They invite the entire town and they have costume and pumpkin carving contests. Tayton won first place in his age group for his pumpkin! He was so excited, he won $5.00. He opened up his envelope and he was so excited he said "I won fifty dollar bill!" (My son loves to watch Goonies.) Now my pumpkin took 3rd place in the adult pumpkin carving contest and I won $2.00! They also had all the kids line up and they had a little parade of costumes. Tayton had such a blast!


Here I am having so much fun getting all the seeds out of my pumpkin.


Here is the first place pumpkin! It was supposed to be a werewolf but I was almost done then I accidently destroyed it. So all that was left was a big hole. Tayton decided he wanted to hang skeletons, pumpkins, and a bat from the inside and then he painted the rest of the pumpkin. It was definitely one of a kind.


The other prize winning pumpkin. Too bad there were only 4 pumpkins entered and mine took 3rd.


Tanna and daddy. Tanna is a bear, it was Taytons old costume. Everyone thought she was a boy, but what can you do? Levi dressed up like a sexy Game Warden! It was very realistic.



Here is Tayton in the costume parade.


In this picture the high school seniors are reading a spooky Halloween story to all the kids, and they put on a little skit too. All the kids loved it.

Then on Halloween we went to the children's Halloween party at the elementary school. They had ring toss, bean bag toss, a egg spoon race, and a cake walk. Tayton had a lot of fun, he loves to play those little carnival games.


Trying hard at ring toss.


I did it! Sorry it is blurry but he was jumping up and down.


Tatyon throwing the bean bags!



Tayton doing the egg race. He was having a hard time because he kept dropping it but he soon figured out a way too cheat which made it a lot funner.


Then later that night we went trick-or-treating. Every year we have always gone trunk-or-treating, but it was so fun to go door to door. It reminded me of when I was little. People in Eureka are very generous and Tayton filled up his entire bag in an hour. We had such a great time, and Tayton was so excited he even forgot about going to the bathroom, so we had to leave a little earlier so we could take care of some business. Then later we went out to the local diner for a quick dinner and ended up staying for 2 1/2 hours. They had a little Halloween party and we just hung out with a bunch of people and ate some good food. It was so much fun. Then we came home and watched Monster House. (Smart idea to have a toddler watch a scary movie before bedtime.) So then Tayton slept in our bed all night because he was scared that the house would eat him. He seems to be over it today. This year was definitely one of the best Halloweens ever!



Look at all that candy!